• Welcome aboard HomebuiltAirplanes.com, your destination for connecting with a thriving community of more than 10,000 active members, all passionate about home-built aviation. Dive into our comprehensive repository of knowledge, exchange technical insights, arrange get-togethers, and trade aircrafts/parts with like-minded enthusiasts. Unearth a wide-ranging collection of general and kit plane aviation subjects, enriched with engaging imagery, in-depth technical manuals, and rare archives.

    For a nominal fee of $99.99/year or $12.99/month, you can immerse yourself in this dynamic community and unparalleled treasure-trove of aviation knowledge.

    Embark on your journey now!

    Click Here to Become a Premium Member and Experience Homebuilt Airplanes to the Fullest!

Search results

Find deals on amazon
Advertise with us
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. Pilotgil

    Making a windshield

    Here are some images on my design.
  2. Pilotgil

    Making a windshield

  3. Pilotgil

    Making a windshield

    Thank you!
  4. Pilotgil

    Making a windshield

    I do. I made the model in Fusion. I have a .step file.
  5. Pilotgil

    Making a windshield

    Thank you that was helpful. Do you have contact info for Great Lakes (I could not locate on Google with any certainty) or their tooling instructions?
  6. Pilotgil

    Making a windshield

    Hi, Does anyone have some advice on how to form a custom shape windscreen for my project? For scale, this is about 18 inches tall. I'm thinking acrylic sheet or polycarbonate 1/8 inch thick when complete. Thanks, Gil
  7. Pilotgil

    Arduino GPS EasyNAV First Look

    I revised the GPS EasyNav software after some additional flight tests. I also improved the CDI code with a small deadband around "null" (+/- .1 degree) and updated the distance to read out in 1/10 nm and changed the time from 1/10 hours to hours and minutes. I also added some traps for limits...
  8. Pilotgil

    Arduino GPS EasyNAV First Look

    I am finished with this project. Fun, little GPS project. Basic navigation data, CRS, TRK, etc., Database, and a CDI for course deviation indication. Cost about $80 in parts (less the faceplate) and runs off of a custom Ardunio Due board. Now I can find "home" and my favorite local airports with...
  9. Pilotgil

    Arduino GPS EasyNAV First Look

    Is that +/-2% or +/-1% for a 2% span? Just plan your Error Budget and make sure you can meet your spec. There's a lot to consider.
  10. Pilotgil

    Arduino GPS EasyNAV First Look

    Careful with most displays as they are not bright enough to be seen in the sunlight. These displays are quite dim at about 200 nits. You need on the order of 800-1000 nits to be usable in an airplane panel based on my experience. The biggest issues are designing a reliable system. Even something...
  11. Pilotgil

    Arduino GPS EasyNAV First Look

    Actually, this works perfect for what I need. Feel free to design/code your own.
  12. Pilotgil

    Arduino GPS EasyNAV First Look

    This has been designed to be a common platform with minimal hardware changes resulting in software configurable instruments from something as simple as a fuel pressure gauge to a simple navigation system. For navigation database you need about 1 MB of space the only solution that makes sense is...
  13. Pilotgil

    Arduino GPS EasyNAV First Look

    For the database, you just scroll through and stop on what you want. Then the EasyNAV will just automatically do a "direct to" your selected waypoint. There is no "flight plan mode" which is what you may be thinking. There just isn't enough memory in the $3 Arduino. You can also reset the...
  14. Pilotgil

    Arduino GPS EasyNAV First Look

    Hi All, I started on the EasyNAV Arduino GPS 2 1/4 instrument (same footprint as my others). The picture is a bit crummy, but you'll get an idea from it. This is a standard (but custom PCB to fit the form factor), Arduino. The GPS is a 66 channel unit, Standard 2 1/4 instrument just over 1 inch...
  15. Pilotgil

    3rd Arduino Instrument - Cheap GPS NAV

    I really like the PIC series and have a ton of experince with them (as well as all the development tools), so complex embedded projects I try to stick with PIC. The Arduino was just a "see what it could do" design. Since I had all the hardware designs for the sensors already proven, it was an...
  16. Pilotgil

    3rd Arduino Instrument - Cheap GPS NAV

    You know what they say in avaition: "if you want to make a million dollars, start with two million"...:depressed I have already did a 4 cylinder EGT/CHT system (another project for a O-200) and most recently a 2-cylinder EGT System (same hardware interface for the thermocouples) with RPM, Water...
  17. Pilotgil

    3rd Arduino Instrument - Cheap GPS NAV

    I haven't. But maybe. There doesn't seem to be much interest and with so many wanting an "EFIS" instead of individual instruments, I'm not sure it would be worth the effort.
  18. Pilotgil

    2nd Arduino-based Instrument Design

    I'm not sure, I never worried about keeping track. But it's not just programming, it's also the hardware and mechanical engineering which was at least as time consuming as the coding. Just the Solidworks 3D modeling took dozens of hours to make sure everything fit. There's also all the NRE and...
  19. Pilotgil

    3rd Arduino Instrument - Cheap GPS NAV

    My 3rd Arduino Instrument is going to be "Cheapy GPS Nav". I decided since in this airplane I fly to just a few airports in the general area, I really do not need a database which covers airports a 1000 miles away. So I will make a limited database and allow for a few of the entries to be a...
  20. Pilotgil

    2nd Arduino-based Instrument Design

    This project is complete! While the instrument is labeled "FUEL PRESSURE" it can be changed to any type of pressure and a range from 0-5 PSI up to 0-300 PSI. On to the next.
Back
Top