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europa(at)pstewart.f2s.co
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:32 pm Post subject: panel

Almost embarrassed to display such ingnorance - we have made our sub- 

panels from 3mm  6002T6 ally. The right hand panel has alti, ASI,  

microair radio and transponder, prop controller (plus a few other  

bits) hanging off it.  Do they need supporting behind the panel. if  

so what sort of stuff have folk used?



Thanks in anticipation as ususal



Paul

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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:23 pm Post subject: panel

Your panels sound a little different to mine in that my left panel has

all the flight instruments and the right all the avionics. The only

flight instruments which were heavy enough to need extra support were

the electric artificial horizon and DI. For these I made a small

aluminium bracket support mounted to the base of the main panel with a

foam layer on top. As these 2 instruments were one above the other I

transferred this support by jamming a pad of foam in between them. For

the right panel I used the racks supplied by each of the avionics

manufacturers. They were arranged as a vertical stack with the correct

spacing to give a minimum clearance between boxes. Two side plates were

riveted on to make all the racks one box structure. An aperture in the

main panel was cut to suite and the completed rack was bolted to the GRP

panel. I found the neatest way to do this was to fill the uneven gaps

between the rack and the main panel with Redux filler, drill both the

rack and the filler with the rack in position for perfect line up and

then fix inserts in to the filler so that the rack could be directly

bolted to the main panel. Be sure to cover the appropriate parts of the

rack with insulating tape when applying the filler so that it can be

removed easily after it sets.



Although this does not directly answer your specific question I thought

it might be helpful to others. From what you indicate it is likely that

the avionics items are the only ones deep enough to need support behind

the panel. Although they may not be very heavy the effects of 'g'

loading and vibration should be considered so a support shelf mounted to

the inside of the main panel might be a sensible solution. 



I hope this helps.



Nigel Charles



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Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:21 am Post subject: panel

Thanks to all responders



paul

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