Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Final cockpit layout


The beauty of building your own aircraft is that you can tailor the cockpit to exactly what you want. Personally I like to have it as simple as possible hence the spartan layout that you see in the picture. If the fuel is turned off the lever pokes into your leg thereby reminding you. The fuel sight gauge is against the tank hence it can be accurately calibrated for the 3 point attitude on the ground. Prior to take off the total will be entered into the EFIS which will then determine fuel remaining by means of the fuel flow. The electrical system is also very simple with automotive blade type fuses which can be removed if a system needs to be disabled.

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