Bell 407 Overhead

Here are a few photos of a Bell 407 Overhead Panel that we made recently.

The dimensions for the unit which is shown here are actually the same as our standard Bell 206 Overhead Panel, as the two panels are going to be interchangeable within the simulator for which they're destined.

Each of the circuit breaker positions has been designed to accommodate either a real circuit breaker, a dummy circuit breaker, or a toggle switch - or, where there's no hardware to be fitted, one of the blanks. 

To change the hardware configuration (e.g. replacing a dummy breaker with an operational one) is simply a matter of removing the five screws down each side of the panel to allow access to the mounting plate upon which these are all fitted.

Bell 407 Switch Panel + AFCS Unit

This is a switch panel we made a couple of months ago for a Bell 407GX simulator. 

There's only one (red) pushbutton fitted because we were simply verifying for our customer that this particular component would fit.

The Korry-type button that's shown here is a new design that we've started to use recently. It's a fairly complex arrangement and requires quite a bit of depth to be available behind the panel itself, which of course means that it's not suitable for some situations (e.g. placement in front of monitors).

The photograph below shows the panel's backlighting, and for the purpose of demonstration we've also temporarily hooked up one of the legends in the korry in order to show the clear amount of separation between the upper and lower text blocks.

Next is the AFCS unit which accompanied this particular request. Not much to say about it really - just backlit pushbuttons, indicator lights, and header.