Dear Tony,
Pursue it and let the rest of us know what you find!
Bob Williams
Tony Renshaw wrote:
> Gidday,
> I made a note yesterday to see how much the coaming on my work a/c
> overhangs the CRTs. It is about 18", the length of my forearm from elbow to
> fingertip. Mr Boeing back in 1983 when he designed the 767 was aware then
> of the limitations of the screens in sunlight. These screens I am told are
> not quite as good as later generation screens on newer models. What I can
> tell you is that in indirect light they are fine. You may well ask what
> this has to do with my Europa? Well the instrument panel is quite similar
> to a 767 if you remove and recess the instrument panel back as far as
> possible i.e. you will have about 12-15" of created coaming. Our eye
> position looking at a screen that I suppose is about 8-9" square-ish is a
> full arms length, so I figure it wouldnt be too much of a strain on the
> eyes to place the panel as far forward as you could get it. Now I am only
> suggesting the portion immediately in front of the pilot as the radiostack
> will obviously need depth, but why so for a flat display with a remote
> generating source? I am sure that similar technology to the screens I look
> at every day is available at a fair price. If anyone is interested I will
> try and find out specifics of the CRTs. If your intent is to be able to
> read them in direct sunlight I would suggest to forget it, for now anyway.
> By the way, I am not commenting on the asthetics of such an instrument
> panel. I personally think the lack of convention would put it in the "ugly
> duckking" catagory, but for the practical owner it could well turn into a
> "swan".
> Reg
> Tony Renshaw
> Reg
> Tony Renshaw
> Builder No.236
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