On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 17:59:06 -0400, Ray Andraka
wrote:

Blanche Cohen wrote:
I've got a Garmin III Pilot mounted with velcro on the top left corner
of the glare shield (someday, the entire glare shield will be velcro...)

It's "up" for visibility -- keeps my head up, in the corner so it
doesn't restrict visibility nor is it "obviously" in the way, and
out west, invaluable for staying out of MOAs and R-spaces.


I fabricated a bracket for mine that is just a piece of sheet aluminum
bent at 90 degrees to which the Garmin mounting bracket is screwed. The
leg of the bracket goes behind the plastic panel overlay and gets
captured under two of the overlay screws. I had it velcro'd for years,
but had problems with the velcro tape coming off in the hot sun. When I
had the interior redone, I didn't want to put velcro on it. Anyway, it
works well and cost nothing but a scrap of aluminum out of the shop to
make, and it is far more secure than the velcro ever was.

Screws? Doesn't that make it a permanent mount and require
certificated equipment?:-))

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com