Anyone try an Aviation Install?
Posted by: blitz
Anyone try an Aviation Install? - 11/02/2002 18:29
I was wondering if anyone had tried an aviation install. I have a Cessna T210 with a factory cassette/radio that is no longer too functional. It connects through four headphone jacks for the passengers. I have Bose noise cancelling stereo compatible headphones for passengers which do a good job on the noise level.
I am replacing the GPS in the plane and since they will be in the panel anyway, it should be fairly easy. All that is available is 24Volts. I would need to reduce the voltage for the player and a small amp to drive the headphones. Heat should not be a problem because I can tap into the existing radio blower just below the player.
I've used laptops before but the vibrations in a plane are failrly high frequency (2475 rpm) and with the player tied to panel was somewhat concerned with damage to the hard drives.
Has anyone tried it? I wouldn't even think about it except it has the factory already in it and wired up for the headphones.
Posted by: msaeger
Re: Anyone try an Aviation Install? - 11/02/2002 19:08
I haven't read about anyone doing one but I don't think it would hurt much I would guess the worst thing that would happen would be the hdd failing and those are easy to replace
Posted by: tfabris
Re: Anyone try an Aviation Install? - 11/02/2002 23:05
Sounds like a fun project. Please take pictures.
Posted by: hybrid8
Re: Anyone try an Aviation Install? - 11/02/2002 23:13
The HDD failing? We're talking about an airplane. And the "worst" thing you can think of is the HDD failing. Hmmm... I can think of a couple of other things I'd like NOT to fail.
Bruno
Posted by: blitz
Re: Anyone try an Aviation Install? - 11/02/2002 23:19
BTW. For anyone interested, here is a link to multiported avionics cooling fans for 14 or 28 volt.
http://www.edmo.com/s2/s2-18.asp
Almost all avionics today are fitted with cooling ports. A small hose <1" runs from the fan to the radio. this might solve heat problems in any install. I think all that would be necessary would be to blank off the bottom large hole in the mounting tray and have an adapter for hose made.
Posted by: msaeger
Re: Anyone try an Aviation Install? - 11/02/2002 23:21
I'm only refering to the empeg not the thing it is installed in
Posted by: TommyE
Re: Anyone try an Aviation Install? - 12/02/2002 05:23
Posted by: rob
Re: Anyone try an Aviation Install? - 12/02/2002 05:39
There are a few aviation installations - from a Cessna to a 747. I think the first plane install was by Jurg Sommerauer and he had a web page up at one time. I'm not sure what the URL is.
I've heard that there can be problems with vibration in some installs - particularly in a helicopter.
Rob
Posted by: andy
Re: Anyone try an Aviation Install? - 12/02/2002 07:33
747
Really ?
Posted by: Geoff
Re: Anyone try an Aviation Install? - 12/02/2002 09:39
In reply to:
747
Really ?
In that case, next time I cross the Atlantic, I'm bringing my Rio remote
Posted by: jimhogan
Re: Anyone try an Aviation Install? - 12/02/2002 16:05
Ahem, did you have to sign a NDA for the 747 install?
Details, please!
Posted by: andy
Re: Anyone try an Aviation Install? - 12/02/2002 16:17
I can't imagine who has a personal 747. I know Paul Allen has a 757 and Boeing sell a surprising number of private 737s, but I have never heard of anyone having their own 747 (unless you count Air Force One I guess).
Posted by: genixia
Re: Anyone try an Aviation Install? - 12/02/2002 23:49
Probably installed by Bill when he was going through his anti-Microsoft phase. He'd heard the Empeg ran Linux and that it'd also help him pull the interns.
Posted by: ADent
Re: Anyone try an Aviation Install? - 13/02/2002 00:01
Don't permanently installed electronics in a certified aircraft have to have some kind of paperwork? Or is the permanent tray just considered wiring and the active components are 'not' permanently mounted.
There are a number of private 747's. I think most are royal families though - think Saudi and Brunei.
I know Chrysler Aerospace, err I mean E-Systems, err I mean Raytheon, err I mean the new guys down at Waco did a royal Saudi setup. I don't know what the plane cost, but the interior was certainly not cheap.
Posted by: rob
Re: Anyone try an Aviation Install? - 13/02/2002 05:15
Yes there is an NDA involved and I will probably be thrown out of a 747 in flight now.
Rob
Posted by: rob
Re: Anyone try an Aviation Install? - 13/02/2002 05:18
Yes, it is necessary to get FAA approval to fit a car player into a plane above a certain size (or usage type, I'm not sure of the details). This involves doing all sorts of horrible things to car players!
Rob
Edit: FDA?? I don't think they care too much. Changed to FAA!
Posted by: huh
Re: Anyone try an Aviation Install? - 13/02/2002 08:34
I think a lot of the Saudi stuff was done at Associated Air Center at Love Field in Dallas. When you walk through their lobby they have some huge presentations on their custom work. A few DC8s, I think 757s, etc.
Some of the less opulent custom work can be found here
http://www.associatedaircenter.com/bbj.htm
Here is an AV Rack
http://www.associatedaircenter.com/avionics.htm
Note in the write up that the technicians receive training on large commercial aircraft. Now that's nice.
Posted by: tfabris
Re: Anyone try an Aviation Install? - 13/02/2002 10:02
This makes me wonder about the Empeg in an airplane now. I mean, if it'll fsck up a keyless entry system, what would it do to avionics at close proximity?
Posted by: lectric
Re: Anyone try an Aviation Install? - 13/02/2002 11:59
Well, If it were properly shielded and grounded, nothing. And if you can afford to install one in a 747, you can afford the custom shielding. It just scares me to think of a pilot getting mesmerized by Hula Hoops. ;8^)
Posted by: blitz
Re: Anyone try an Aviation Install? - 13/02/2002 12:50
My avioncs guy had already mentioned the certification. I know there are "aviation" CD players. An airplane is a mess for electronic noise anyway.
If you want a really scary aviation thought, I think I saw NT running on a moving map display advertised in an aviation magazine.
Posted by: bonzi
Re: Anyone try an Aviation Install? - 13/02/2002 13:08
Yes, FlightMax multifunction display from
Avidyne. The most scarry thing is that they have a version for regional airliners, too.
Posted by: rob
Re: Anyone try an Aviation Install? - 13/02/2002 13:14
I think the idea would be to put it in the main cabin, not the cockpit
The certification seems to be more concerned about the fumes that are released by the product in a fire than the electrical characteristics (if it passes FCC it's close to passing FAA in that respect). We never bothered with FAA certification for the product because we didn't think the potential market would make it worthwhile, but maybe we were wrong!
Rob
Posted by: blitz
Re: Anyone try an Aviation Install? - 13/02/2002 13:43
I don't think you were wrong.
Posted by: jane
Re: Anyone try an Aviation Install? - 14/02/2002 08:38
Hm... For installation in a Helicopter or any other "leisure" aircraft, there are two considerations. (these rules are for amateur radio receivers and *transmitters*)
1) Power (If you do not connect it to the aircraft's own power, everything is much easier
2) Aerials/antennas. These need Authority approval if mounted on the outside of the cabin.
Marius (Escort Cab + Mark II)