What year did Beech change the throttle quadrant layout?

[Fearless Tower]

Anyone know definitively what year Beech changed the power quadrant layout in the Barons and Bo's?

Particularly interested in when they moved the gear switch to the left side.

 

[Pilawt]

The answer is in Larry Ball's book They Called Me Mr. Bonanza, which has a year-by-year list of changes. I'm away from home until Saturday night so I can't look it up right now. If you don't get the answer from another source by then I'll check it when I get home.

(I'm thinking that change happened in 1984, but could be wrong. I'll look it up.)

 

[taters]

happened mid 1984 with the A36/B58 the F33/B55 retained the "old style" setup through the end of production.

 

[flyingron]

To my knowledge Bonanzas (up to the current day) have NEVER had throttle quadrants.

Somewhere around 55 they added the wheel to the piano key switches, prior to that they were a row of identical switches. Around 1962 they went from the piano keys to a more traditional "wheel on a microswitch" configuration. 84 does sound about right for them moving the wheel to the pilot's side of the panel.

 

[poadeleted21]

To my knowledge Bonanzas (up to the current day) have NEVER had throttle quadrants.

Somewhere around 55 they added the wheel to the piano key switches, prior to that they were a row of identical switches. Around 1962 they went from the piano keys to a more traditional "wheel on a microswitch" configuration. 84 does sound about right for them moving the wheel to the pilot's side of the panel.

https://www.google.com/search?q=g36...oXkoATe04K4BA&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAA&biw=768&bih=900

 

[taters]

To my knowledge Bonanzas (up to the current day) have NEVER had throttle quadrants.

Somewhere around 55 they added the wheel to the piano key switches, prior to that they were a row of identical switches. Around 1962 they went from the piano keys to a more traditional "wheel on a microswitch" configuration. 84 does sound about right for them moving the wheel to the pilot's side of the panel.

EGGGHHHHH
here is the 88 A36TN I used to fly for a living...note the throttle quadrant

 

[flyingron]

I stand corrected about the quadrant issue.