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1. 05:53 AM - Re: Inspection/ Maintenance panels (steveadams)
2. 02:42 PM - Re: Inspection/ Maintenance panels (super58d)
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| Subject: | Re: Inspection/ Maintenance panels |
It is great that you are thinking ahead about this. While building you have open
access to everything and it is very easy to forget about doing maintenance on
the completed plane, which is completely different than building. Something
as simple as checking the torque on a bolt can turn into an hour long game requiring
3 hands, a mirror, the skills of a contortionist and a lot of luck, so
the more access you have the better. I have the standard sized access panels in
the wing, and while I have changed out a fuel sender and replaced some pitot
tubing through these panels, it was tight. I also put an access panel on the
rear seat bottom for direct access to the control cable pulleys under the seat.
Another thing to consider is access behind the instrument panel and where you
put everything. Try laying on your back with your head under the panel and see
how well you can see and reach things, and how long you can stand laying like
that (it's not a lot of fun). So it's best to have good, relatively easy access
from the front of the panel. As far as the fuel tanks, there is no sealant
or bladder to go bad, so most likely any leak you have will be either around
the sender or where the fuel line attaches. Making big changes to have easy access
to the whole tank seems a bit overkill to me. Good luck and keep thinking
ahead.
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| Subject: | Re: Inspection/ Maintenance panels |
Steve,
Great ideas, thanks. I never even thought about the seat bottoms. As for the
instrument panel, where would you propose an access panel go? I was thinking of
making the instrument panel hinge downward, or have sections that hinge down,
so as to make maintenance and getting behind easier. I think It'd make wiring
and install of the panel components much easier too. The top I'd secure with
screws and decent sized anchor nuts.
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Mark
s/n 094
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