PAW and no nav software?

[tnowak]

Ah ha - forgot about those!
Tony

[RF3flyer]

For completeness I thought I'd post a picture of my panel. That white space above the compass was my hope but I really can't afford to disable the compass. As you can see, I am tight for space.

[tnowak]

You are a bit short on space!
Any chance the space to the right of the panel could be used to mount a small smartphone? Looks like a small shelf in your pic.
Similar to what, I assume, you have on the left for a radio?
It will be trial and error as to whether a smartphone in that position affects your compass or not.
Tony

[RF3flyer]

In between other life demands and mulling this over I stumbled across this post from jcross: http://forum.pilotaware.com/index.php/topic,807.msg10729.html#msg10729
Now that looks interesting! And JCurtis's post on page 1 of this thread suggests it should have no effect on my compass which could make the white space above viable for a display. The rest of the hardware would have to be located elsewhere, though, as others have done.

[JCurtis]

You would still need to check the compass if you put anything electronic near it, all electronics will generate some magnetics to a degree - its called EMC (Electromagnetic compatibility) for a reason. Do a compass swing, put your phone there, and re-do the swing - you will soon see if you get a deflection.