I’m sure
we’ve missed some things – any comments or
suggestions?
Hello
Valin,
The panel
looks good, real star trek. A few things caught my eye that you might want to
consider.
Consider
moving the AOA indicators. In a standard panel layout the airspeed indicator
is upper left in the layout. The reason for this is that you refer constantly
between the AS and the outside during approach and landing. If you're like me,
you'll soon replace the airspeed in your landing scan with the AOA, therefore
consider moving it to the upper left (pilot side) and upper right (copilot
side). It creates a more efficient scan during approach and
landing.
Although
the annunciator panel looks good, it takes up a lot of room. Individual
annunciator lights such as you've planned are rarely used in today's high
performance jets. Consider a small screen with that can display anything
you want. That way you can get all annunciations in much less space, as well
as using the screen for checklists, etc. Vision Micro makes exactly such
a screen. I have it in my 320. Works great and takes up very little room. In
addition, when any critical parameter is reached you get a warning tone in
your headset that immediately brings your attention to the
annunciator.
Bill
harrelson@erols.com
N5ZQ
LNC2 O-320 VA42 Fredericksburg,
VA