July 8, 2007 - Panel |
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| Work continues on the panel. I countersunk the 3/32 holes around the stack. | ||||||
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My next task was to see where the center subpanel needed cutting so
the long SL-60 Comm/GPS unit could slide through it. I put the panel back on the
airplane.
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| I clecoed the stack angles to the panel, then bolted the bottom GTX-327 rack to the angles. This would have been easier had I done it before screwing the panel on -- next time I'll know better. I had to bolt the 327 rack so it was rigid. Then I slid the SL-60 rack on top of the 327 rack, and marked the subpanel with a Sharpie. | ||||||
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Better look from the side.
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| Back to the mapbox. I fitted the little .025 1/2 x 1/2 angles to the right subpanel and drilled them. | ||||||
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| The vertical angles go on the front of the subpanel; the horizontal angles go on the back. | ||||||
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| I removed the center subpanel and cut out the rectangular hole. First with the Unibit, then with the jigsaw. | ||||||
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