---------------------------------------------------------- RV9-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 02/22/07: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 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) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 03:13:12 PM PST US From: "Wayne" Subject: RV9-List: 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 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 03:50:45 PM PST US From: Dave Cudney Subject: Re: RV9-List: 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 > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 04:59:05 PM PST US From: "=?ISO-8859-1?B?Sm/jbw==?= Carlos Martins de Medeiros" Subject: RV9-List: 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 -- JC - Aracaju - Brasil ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv9-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV9-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/rv9-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv9-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.