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I recently completed an instrument panel upgrade for a customer and thought I would share some photos. Perhaps some of you could use the inspiration to do your airplane or a friend’s.
We combed through the obvious contenders for this equipment but settled on the MVP50 for the following reasons:
Pros:
- All important data is displayed on one large display. No paging through menus to view various important information.
- The physical dimensions. The depth of the unit becomes an issue in these installations. We attempted a Garmin 275 but it is simple way to long to use in a Pitts panel. We tested various options by mocking up paper templates.
- The size of all the data is big and easy to see during acro. If you can read the old analog gauges you can read these.
- the MVP has data wires coming out of it that go to an engine data collection unit that is mounted just behind the firewall. This is different then the JPI units which run all thermocouples to the the back of the head unit. In a Pitts I see this as a distinct advantage for keeping things tidy and lightweight.
Process:
A sub panel was cnc cut for the MVP, and then grafted by riveting and bonding the sub panel to the original panel.
We combed through the obvious contenders for this equipment but settled on the MVP50 for the following reasons:
Pros:
- All important data is displayed on one large display. No paging through menus to view various important information.
- The physical dimensions. The depth of the unit becomes an issue in these installations. We attempted a Garmin 275 but it is simple way to long to use in a Pitts panel. We tested various options by mocking up paper templates.
- The size of all the data is big and easy to see during acro. If you can read the old analog gauges you can read these.
- the MVP has data wires coming out of it that go to an engine data collection unit that is mounted just behind the firewall. This is different then the JPI units which run all thermocouples to the the back of the head unit. In a Pitts I see this as a distinct advantage for keeping things tidy and lightweight.
Process:
A sub panel was cnc cut for the MVP, and then grafted by riveting and bonding the sub panel to the original panel.
