Dave I never got a camera mailedto be but now I have a vid for the computer.
I will take a few pics of my hinges and email them to you if you want. I
made mine from 1/4 alum plate cut with the scrolling sabersaw. Put the
little bearings that we use for the controls in and mounted with alum angle.
Mine are on the fwd fuselage cover as my bulkhead is used for wiring and
fuel lines on the front side. These have to pass through the bulkhead so
some pretty long slots have to be cut in the bulkhead.
My instrument panel is very swiss cheesed for instruments. I am using an
alum top cover which helps keep the panel stiff in the fore-aft direction
and am gonna glue in an arrow shaft on the center section which is really
"holey".
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, June 01, 1998 11:04 PM
Subject: DFLY: Canopy hinges and instrument panels
>#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?
>
>#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?
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>Dave Morris
>Soon to be N55UP
>PPSEL, Dragonfly, CAF, EAA
>Dragonfly pictures, info, and links at:
>http://www.davemorris.com/dave/dfly.html
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