Common instruments on small aircraft

On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 10:06:24 +0200, Mxsmanic wrote:

Ron Wanttaja writes:

Take a look, then, at a photo of the panel of *my* airplane:

http://www.wanttaja.com/hhrad2.JPG

Be afraid. Be very afraid. :-)

Where are the cabin pressure controls and the FMCs?

They fall away with the SRBs.

http://www.bowersflybaby.com/stories/leoraker.JPG

Ron Wanttaja

"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
...
Take a look, then, at a photo of the panel of *my* airplane:

Awh, 'ell, that's quite a bit more than my previous aircraft (a
gyrocopter)... Its airspeed indicator was a disc in a plastic tube that rose
up with increased air speed -- similar to this
(http://www.hallwindmeter.com/images/short_bracket.jpg)... No altimeter...
I'm thinking that there *might* have been some sort of engine temperature
gauge, but I'm not sure... There might have been some sort of very small
tachometer, but it was small enough to not be really useful... Come to think
of it, I'm not even sure it had a compass... Most flights were done at 500
ft or less, so you follow roads, rivers, or anything else that might be
interesting... grin