One of my "missions" at the show this year was to find a throttle quadrant. We came across the new one from Andair early in the week, and I was VERY impressed! I thought about it until Friday when I plopped down the dough to be one of the first customers for it (actually THE first for one without a prop control and no buttons).
Here's a pic of the one they had on hand with prop control and flap buttons on the throttle.
If I end up with a CS prop, it's designed to be able to add or remove a slot easily, and a prop slot can be put in.
Andy and Terry were SO nice to meet in person! I hope you all got to say hi to them!
Center. I was thinking of doing left-hand throttle, but this quadrant is designed for the center position...it's such a nice feel, I had to make the choice!
cjensen wrote:It is a bit odd looking, but the feel of the 30 degree handle is so comfortable!
Hey that photo looks familiar! I agree with Chad. In fact, it was real hard for me to resist buying one of these, but I won't need it for a while so no point in it sitting around.
cjensen wrote:Center. I was thinking of doing left-hand throttle, but this quadrant is designed for the center position...it's such a nice feel, I had to make the choice!
If you ever get dual in your RV (BFR or whatever) your CFI will be much happier with the center throttle quadrant too. I've seen "Sharpie's" left hand quadrant and it just looks strange to me. Kind of crammed in there. I think the center throttle quad looks much better in side by side airplanes.
I completely missed the Andair booth. Glad you posted this.
Anybody see a 30 degree stick grip to compliment the 30 degree throttle?
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How big is that thing? In the picture it looks pretty large. I would like to use a quadrant but they take a lot of room it seems. How does it fasten to the panel? I somehow missed it even though I stopped by their booth.
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JohnR wrote:How big is that thing? In the picture it looks pretty large. I would like to use a quadrant but they take a lot of room it seems. How does it fasten to the panel? I somehow missed it even though I stopped by their booth.
Looks big in the pic, but it's really a nice size. I'll get a better pic of mine when it arrives next month with my hand on the throttle to give a better idea.
It comes with a mounting bracket that mounts up under the panel.
N258RE wrote:did anyone check out the quadrant at Infinity?
I bought one of there stick grips and was looking at it,
it is setup like a military quadrant: going quickly full forward with the throttle pulls the mixture and prop full too
We checked that out thoroughly as well. I was on top of all the quadrant's I could find, as it was on top of my list of things to buy.
They've made an outstanding product with LOTS of functionality. Did you fall over when you asked how much? When she said "About $1500", I about dropped right there!
Understand that the unit they brought is a pre-production unit. They can be marked however one likes (however, is it REALLY that difficult to know that forward is power, and backward is no power, and push is rich, pull is lean?), and the mixture knob will be anodized red. They didn't have red when they put this together, only black and blue.
As far as the "hammer" for a black knob...did you try it on for fit? I do agree that the throttle knob is not the most attractive thing in the world, but functionally, it blows EVERY throttle knob I've ever used outta the water...yes, big airplanes included.
N258RE wrote: it is setup like a military quadrant: going quickly full forward with the throttle pulls the mixture and prop full too
Forcing the mixture full rich would be detrimental at a high density altitude. Is there some sort of device to eliminate the mixture in the "pull"?
Yea, IIRC it had a mechanism where you could set the mixture at a limit (or even disconnect the two), so it wouldn't go full rich in a go-around at high DA.
CJ
I agree with Chad. In fact, it was real hard for me to resist buying one of these, but I won't need it for a while so no point in it sitting around.
