Hi Mark, The new bird looking great-the panel ,a marvel of technology. Us older guys would require a magnetic compass and a piece of string with a conker on the end just to reassure one is going the right direction and the right way up! I noticed in your notes about jacking and getting a willing? helper to put his back under the spar and... I did this and promptly dumped KR on spinner. Needless to say don't use this method on a tail dragger!
Hi to the family, All the best , Mac On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 2:02 AM, Mark Langford <ml at n56ml.com> wrote: > No KRnet traffic all day? That's pretty rare! > > I reached a bit of a milestone today...I got the instrument panel > installed in N891JF a couple of days ago and now I'm seeing signs of life. > So far, everything checks out fine. I'm slowly connecting various > sensors, and things like the fuel pumps, primer solenoid, flap motor and > limit switches, etc, but there are plenty more to work. See enclosed > photo, and note the four loops of cables on the left side under the panel. > I already ran two similar cables (a shielded 4- conductor and a shielded > 7-conductor) up to the firewall. > > One piece of advice that I can offer for today is to make your front deck > removable, or provide access to the back of your panel in some way other > than having to stand on your head. That sounds easy enough, but you really > don't have much of a slot to fit into, and certainly no room for more than > one hand or shoulder at a time. The back side of the firewall is all but > unreachable. I did my best to complete all connections to the back of the > panel before I installed it (hence the loops of cables), but the few that I > had to connect after installation have been very frustrating, and > potentially hazardous to my health, considering possible strained muscles. > > See http://www.n56ml.com/kmlfd.html for one way to make your front deck > removable, with minimal weight gain. I eventually connected the canopy to > the front deck, and am able to remove both front deck and canopy as a unit > in under three minutes. That makes a big difference in accessibility, > maintainability, and safety, as you your are able to make changes easily > and reliably. > > My new goal is to fly it by March 1st, and I think I can make that one. > > Mark Langford > ML at N56ML.com > website at http://www.N56ML.com > -------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options > >
