When I bought ZS-WEC, her instrument panel was made of a 4mm thick sheet
of Perspex (dark tinted). I replaced that, and did two instrument panels
since. The first one was made of a 0.8mm sheet of 2024 T4 aluminum. I
should mention there is a central piece of wood behind, so the thickness
was OK, except for the automotive instruments that would distort it.
Second iteration was 1.2mm, and I made flanges to convert all the
automotive instruments into aircraft type
ones.
As for the holes, I cut the smallest ones with wood drill bits, the larger
with wood "spades" bits, and large instrument holes with a fly cutter.
If it was to be done again, I would put the panel on shock absorbers.
Serge Vidal
KR2 "Kilimanjaro Cloud"
Paris, France
"Dan Heath" <da...@alltel.net>
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Objet : KR> instrument panel
Instrument panel made of .063 aluminum and holes cut with hole saws.
http://krbuilder.org/Electrical/index.html
A couple of pics from the top.
I made the one on my first KR out of luan plywood covered with a couple of
layers of glass.
See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics
See you in Mt. Vernon - 2006 - KR Gathering
There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for
building
is OVER.
Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC
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