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Here's what I've been doing with the Stratus. Here's my working
cardboard template that I'm getting into shape.
I'm basically making
a basket or tray that holds the stratus along the axis of the
airplane, so that I can see the status lights, and so that it doesn't
slide off into my lap from the glare shield. I did this very early in
the year.
A few weeks later, I put together a more precise version of the tray.
Here I've put it together.
Eventually the thought is to make the tray
out of Aluminum so it's stiffer, but the cardboard will do for a
short-lived version.
The green cord is a USB power cord that runs along the top of the
glare shield and then comes over by the pilot to power the iPad.
The cardboard tray, cable tied into place on the compass mounting
tube,
with the Stratus sitting in/on it. And the power cable to the
Stratus:
Here's what the setup looks like from outside the windshield:
If I park the airplane just right, I can get the car into the hangar
with the airplane still in it and shut the door:
A closer view of the above shot. You can see the oil cooler nicely
here in the lower corner of the cowl. You can also see the Stratus in
its mount under the windshield.
And after a couple of hours of futzing and prepping, the airplane is
ready for its trip to Texas (another post).
The weather was likely to
be fairly cold the morning that we left; you can see the extension
cord going in the oil door on the cowl; it's attached to the engine
heater plug and comes from a timer on the other end. I set it to
start warming the oil several hours before we got to the hangar. It
worked great.