Re: LCD Displays for 172 MIP
Bummer, no ideas ??????
Anybody have any experience with those ultra compact projectors?
I'm hitting multiple brick walls looking for LCD monitors that come even close to the above dimensions so I'm toying with the idea of putting up a semi opaque screen behind the instrument panel mask. A screen like those used in the old rear projection TVs and using an ultra compact projector.
The question is can a get one with a short enough throw and wide enough projection angle to cover the needed area of the instrument panel???
So an area of about 345mm wide x 255mm High . I don't have the depth measurement from the firewall to the MIP frame but I'll get that tomorrow and edit this post to include it.
HELP!!!
Re: LCD Displays for 172 MIP
Hi couldn`t you use a combi with monitors and instruments from Simkits or FI ea?,
when using short trow maybe something with a mirror and screen is a option if Yoke rod is not a problem
regards Henk
Re: LCD Displays for 172 MIP
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Originally Posted by
kermit
Hi couldn`t you use a combi with monitors and instruments from Simkits or FI ea?,
when using short trow maybe something with a mirror and screen is a option if Yoke rod is not a problem
regards Henk
I had considered the hybrid approach and may have to go back to that, but the challenge is if I stick with the conventional layout for the six pack the two instruments change the most between different aircraft, the Airspeed indicator and the Vertical Speed Indicator are in opposite corners of the panel.
The yoke rod will cast a shadow, but if the rough sketches I did last night are correct the shadow would be in an area that has no instruments so I'm good there.
Thanks for bringing up the mirror, to make it all fit it might need to be a folded arrangement.
Tom G.
Re: LCD Displays for 172 MIP
Hi there,
Have you considered getting a gauge creation kit?
Re: LCD Displays for 172 MIP
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Originally Posted by
samfranklin
Hi there,
Have you considered getting a gauge creation kit?
I had but I'm not sure how that addresses the need to have different air speed arcs or Vertical Speed Scales. I would still be left having to mechanically swap out instruments to change aircraft type. Or, am I not understanding what you are suggesting?