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kkinney
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 Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:25 am Post subject: Standards for switch colors? |
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Pardon my ignorance. I'm trying to correct that.
I'm looking to add colored covers to my toggle switches. Is there a standard for which each color means? (Similar to red, blue & black knobs on the panel.)
Regards,
Kevin Kinney
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:16 am Post subject: Standards for switch colors? |
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Kevin,
Outside the box I suppose that depends if one is color blind? There is
no standard that I am aware of, but it won't hurt to run through the
FAR's. I'm sure you will find that Boeing and Airbus probably have
different standards for the same function. That is a good question worth
pursuing. In the big iron, red is normally emergency, while yellow
indicates caution. That is an international standard.
On your ship pink many mean panic and blue may indicate blown fuse. I've
never heard of a DAR testing all of your idiot lights which may be
impossible to simulate without damage to equipment.
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Eric M. Jones
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: Massachusetts
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| Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 12:42 pm Post subject: Re: Standards for switch colors? |
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I have actually seen such proposed "Standards", but I don't think they stuck. But the FAA wants a paddle on the flap switch/lever, and a wheel on the landing gear switch/lever. They were headed in the right direction.
Sec. 23.781 Cockpit control knob shape.
(a) Flap and landing gear control knobs must conform to the general shapes (but not necessarily the exact sizes or specific proportions) in the following figure:
Flap Control Knob, Landing Gear Control Knob see for particulars.
(b) Powerplant control knobs must conform to the general shapes (but not necessarily the exact sizes or specific proportions) in the following figure:
Power (Thrust) Control Knob, RPM Control Knob, Mixture Control Knob,
Carb Heat or Alternate Air Control Knob, Supercharger Control Knob
Fuel Selectors must be red, and there are some other minor callouts for colors such as the pitot heat lights, but not much.
I am unhappy with red warnings because I can't see them. Rather than plain color switches, the military likes striped controls. Nightlights make colors a difficult problem for everybody. Putting in Jules Verne knobs with crystal pommels would suit me fine, or beer-tap handles for the really important stuff. My cockpit (...if ever...) will not be very standard. Experimental builders have some great ideas.
I also want to again point out that some of the best articles on panel design were published by Ricardo A. Price, in Kitplanes Dec95 and Jan96 and Feb96. They deserve a place of honor:
http://www.kitplanes.com/magazine/avionics_electronics/7273-1.phtml
http://www.kitplanes.com/magazine/avionics_electronics/7272-1.phtml
http://www.kitplanes.com/magazine/avionics_electronics/7271-1.phtml
I also attached a DRAFT of my panel design write-up, just notes basically.... I may have even have some pirated stuff there that I dropped in cut-and-paste as reference notes.
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