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1. 03:13 PM - Instrument panel (Wayne)
2. 03:50 PM - Re: Instrument panel (Dave Cudney)
3. 04:59 PM - Instrument panel (=?ISO-8859-1?B?Sm/jbw==?= Carlos Martins de Medeiros)
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| Subject: | Instrument panel |
I just clecoed the instrument panel and front cover on my tip up canopy
fuselage. It appears that the brace to the instrument panel centers the
ideal location for an attitude indicator. Does everyone just put up with
offset instruments?
Also the radios in my current plane are about 11 inches long including the
harness (SL 30 and SL 60). The space ahead of the instrument panel and the
bulkhead is only about 9 inches. Do you have to hack holes in the
bulkhead.
Do Vans designers have broken necks? Do they use very short radios?
Wayne Owens
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| Subject: | Re: Instrument panel |
Wayne:
My answer to your questions would be no and yes. I had to move the
braces about 5 inches to the right on the right side and about 4
inches left on the left side.
I had to cut a hole in the bulk head to accommodate the radio stack
and the glove compartment. I then supported and braced the weakened
areas with angle aluminum.
I also used the larger panel which was an inch or so deeper and made
of thicker stock. You can see my panel at steinair.com.
good luck --- it seems to take a bit of cutting and tweeking to get
it right.
dave
On Feb 22, 2007, at 3:10 PM, Wayne wrote:
>
> I just clecoed the instrument panel and front cover on my tip up
> canopy fuselage. It appears that the brace to the instrument panel
> centers the ideal location for an attitude indicator. Does everyone
> just put up with offset instruments?
> Also the radios in my current plane are about 11 inches long
> including the harness (SL 30 and SL 60). The space ahead of the
> instrument panel and the bulkhead is only about 9 inches. Do you
> have to hack holes in the bulkhead.
> Do Vans designers have broken necks? Do they use very short radios?
>
> Wayne Owens
>
>
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| Subject: | Instrument panel |
Helo Wayne:
Ive got this problem too. What I did was to cut a hole in the rear panel to fit
the radio
and reinforced the panel with a frame made of 1/2" L beans.
The brace had to be cutted too, in order to install the airspeed in a simetric
good position.
Another L reinforced was rivetted on the brace.
No problem , till now.
RV-9A
90997
flying
165 h
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JC - Aracaju - Brasil
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