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PostPosted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 10:09 am    Post subject: Photos of your Firestar instrument panel..... Reply with quote
Hello All,

I enjoyed the video that Allen posted, and got a few glimpses of his instrument panel. I would be very appeachitive if anyone who has a Firestar size panel would post a picture of their panel. I have spent a lot of time trying to figure out a layout to accommodate everything I want to mount on my panel.

Thanks for your help,

Nick Cassara
Palmer, Alaska

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 10:20 am    Post subject: Photos of your Firestar instrument panel..... Reply with quote
Nick- I sent a photo to your e-mail address. I hope it works, as I am not very good attaching photos. Easier for one person to have to delete, than for everybody plus Matt. Let us know, and I will share with the List.

Bill Sullivan
Windsor Locks, Ct.
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Nick Cassara <nickc(at)mtaonline.net>

Hello All,

I enjoyed the video that Allen posted, and got a few
glimpses of his instrument panel. I would be very
appeachitive if anyone who has a Firestar size panel would
post a picture of their panel. I have spent a lot of time
trying to figure out a layout to accommodate everything I
want to mount on my panel.   

Thanks for your help,

Nick Cassara
Palmer, Alaska

Prototype Kolbra (with Firestar nose)

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 11:34 am    Post subject: Photos of your Firestar instrument panel..... Reply with quote
Here is a photo of the panel in my just completed Earthstar eGull (electric powered). Not a Firestar, but might still offer some ideas.The 8.4" Samsung tablet in the center will normally show a moving map sectional (I use Avare). When hooked up to bus power (via a simple 12V-5V adapter) it can run at full brightness, which is about as good as it gets on tablets.
On the right is a GRT Mini-X EFIS with all the options- amazing product, highly recommended. I replicated the USB on the back in the panel, for easier software updates and downloading flight stats to a memory stick.
Under the EFIS is a "Cycle Analyst" to display battery data, etc - not something you would use. It provides a handy finger rest for operating the EFIS buttons in turbulence.
On the left I have a Flightline FL-760 radio. Since my plane has an electric motor, I thought I might get away with a ceiling speaker and gooseneck mic (and PTT on the stick), but the feedback between the mic and speaker made me reconsider. I am now installing jacks for a headset.
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Hello All,

I enjoyed the video that Allen posted, and got a few glimpses of his instrument panel. I would be very appeachitive if anyone who has a Firestar size panel would post a picture of their panel. I have spent a lot of time trying to figure out a layout to accommodate everything I want to mount on my panel.

Thanks for your help,

Nick Cassara
Palmer, Alaska

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 11:45 am    Post subject: Photos of your Firestar instrument panel..... Reply with quote
My original Firestar, with 1/2 windscreen.

Bill Sullivan
Windsor Locks, Ct.
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Hello All,

I enjoyed the video that Allen posted, and got a few
glimpses of his instrument panel. I would be very
appeachitive if anyone who has a Firestar size panel would
post a picture of their panel. I have spent a lot of time
trying to figure out a layout to accommodate everything I
want to mount on my panel.   

Thanks for your help,

Nick Cassara
Palmer, Alaska

Prototype Kolbra (with Firestar nose)

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 1:22 pm    Post subject: Photos of your Firestar instrument panel..... Reply with quote
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The 8.4" Samsung tablet in the center will normally show a moving map sectional (I use Avare)


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It's just a thought, but, have you considered fabricating a small hood for the tablet?  Might make it a bit easier to see​.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 2:56 pm    Post subject: Photos of your Firestar instrument panel..... Reply with quote
It is hard to tell from the photo, but the glare shield does extend about 3" back over the panel.

Even at full brightness, the tablet cannot touch the brightness of the GRT EFIS next to it. I don't know of any other tablet or phone that would - probably due to the need to conserve battery. And even the best tablets cannot touch the GPS and accelerometers in a dedicated aviation instrument, not to speak of pitot, static and OAT input which allows the EFIS to provide density altitude and wind vectors. But as a moving map / sectional, the tablet is well worth the panel space.
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The 8.4" Samsung tablet in the center will normally show a moving map sectional (I use Avare)


​Martin --
It's just a thought, but, have you considered fabricating a small hood for the tablet?  Might make it a bit easier to see​.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 5:11 pm    Post subject: Photos of your Firestar instrument panel..... Reply with quote
Here is my panel. There is only one problem with it and that is with the compass, there is no where on the panel that I can get it far enough away from steel to allow it to be any where near correct.Larry

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Hello All,

I enjoyed the video that Allen posted, and got a few glimpses of his instrument panel. I would be very appeachitive if anyone who has a Firestar size panel would post a picture of their panel. I have spent a lot of time trying to figure out a layout to accommodate everything I want to mount on my panel.

Thanks for your help,

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Palmer, Alaska

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 24, 2015 8:46 am    Post subject: Re: Photos of your Firestar instrument panel..... Reply with quote
Here is my new panel and my old panel on my Firestar. Don't paint it white. Big mistake. Reflects too much off the lexan.

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 25, 2015 10:01 pm    Post subject: Re: Photos of your Firestar instrument panel..... Reply with quote
I noticed that some of the panels are extended towards the pilot. How far is it practical to extend the panel away from the original fiberglass surface? Four or five inches or more?

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