Dave Morris wrote:
>
> #1 - I looked all through Don's newletter index and even read through all
> the newsletters in vain, trying to find a lucid drawing of a cool front
> canopy hinge. How is everybody making these? Are you just cutting out
> pieces of aluminum or buying something from Ken Brock or what? Are you
> attaching the hinge to the forward fuselage cover or to the forward bulkhead?
I'll send you a photo or two later today. Even though folk are making
theirs from aluminum, consider making yours from glass. The aluminum
ones must be bolted to the canopy, where as glass (and foam)hinges
can be glued into place.
> #2 - What is the consensus these days about the instrument panel? Are
> people still building them out of fiberglass as a bulkhead, or are you guys
> using a regular aluminum panel? I would assume it would be easier to add
> instruments and make layout changes using a think aluminum panel instead of
> fiberglass, but I had also heard that the instrument panel is part of the
> structure and needs to be thick and load-bearing. Any thoughts?
Consider both. Add the aluminum over the fiberglass (you need something
in which to attach the aluminum anyway).
Pat
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