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Author Archives: pclifton
Hardware order
Yes, really, that’s what I spent three hours doing today: looking at all the components I have to mount and conjuring up a list of needed hardware. It’s mildly amusing that this is at least the second time I’ve carefully … Continue reading
Behind-the-panel planning
Next up were the standoffs. The mounting holes here are 3/16”, which makes this easy – I’ve got a bunch of aluminum tube that gets used for spacers on AN3 bolts like this all over the place. I even had … Continue reading
Posted in Avionics, Electrical, Fuselage
Hours Logged: 3.5
Finished cutting main panel
Then it was on to the GPS-175 rack. This was another bit that required some thinking to figure out the fitting process – I ended up removing the knob panel and intercom so I could clamp it in place using … Continue reading
More avionics planning
And to be honest, there was good reason to do this. The thing that prompted me to get going cutting the panel was the desire to finalize the avionics shelf. I felt I had a pretty good layout, but the … Continue reading
Panel do-over: finishing holes and adding hardware
And then it was time to stage all the pieces in their holes to see how it all looked. Note that some of this stuff isn’t quite aligned right here, by virtue of not being actually attached. For the displays … Continue reading
Instrument panel do-over: layout
Next up is working out the locations of the top three units; I want them as high as they can go without interfering with the wings, and their position essentially drives everything below. So I start out by marking … Continue reading
Service letter done, more planning
Another fairly unexciting day, following an unproductive weekend. I shot the rivets for the tailbone stiffeners for the service letter fix, then decided to look at doing some actual mounting of stuff to the fuse block shelf. So I pulled … Continue reading
Posted in Electrical, Fuselage
Hours Logged: 1