Guest Ginger Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 As a student I find it a little annoying not to get a decent view of the small instruments on the right of the panel. I am referring to the 50mm tacho, the engine temp and the oil pressure of the Sportstar although a similar problem applies to other aircraft. I thought you should be able to read an instrument accurately with just a glance, however the small instruments on the right hand side are not really good for this. I don't think we need to have a fully perpendicular view of the instruments on the opposite side of the panel but a small curve to improve it wouldn't hurt. There must be others with this problem so why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Like mine? I agree. Edit: here's a better view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fred Bear Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Yes, a smart design Garry has there ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest disperse Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Would make it harder to fly from the right seat though ?? as in training But any photo of the Cheetah looks good Ross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Robbins Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Troy, The Instructor's too busy looking out the front window (or side window the way some guys fly their final approach) at whatever obstacle the student's trying to fly them into to worry about a little thing like an oil pressure gauge. Well dressed instructor --> Student de-brief --> :hittinghead: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spriteah Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 im confused Are you actually meant to look at those moving things on the dash. :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hihosland Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 dash moving? ? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Longden Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Mooney and Glasair have it right.... I have to get the passenger or instructor to double check the oil temp in the Tecnam because the parralax error makes it impossible to read quickly, accurately and safely from the pilot seat. Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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