Deems Davis
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 925
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 Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:11 pm Post subject: LED strobes, etc. remaned fiberglass panel |
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I haven't started on the instrument panel/console yet, and probably
won't for another 3 months (??) I'm trying to stay pretty much in
sequence. But in my prior life (Long e-z and Lancair) working w/
fiberglass showed just how easy it could be . I figure that l'd order
some 1/4" high density foam and then laminate it both sides with glass,
then I'll begin to shape the moulded pieces (borders, ridges, etc and
attach them. Then do a lay -up over that. I fugure that I'll still keep
metal (Alum?) panel inserts, making them modular, and attach them to the
glass structure w/ nutplates. that way if you decide to change/update
the panel you can remake the partucular module and reinstall. We'll see
how it goes, if it turns out OK, it shouldn't be too big of a deal to
pull a mold, that could be shared. One of the prime reasons is that I
want more vertical panel space, and the blank that Van provides is too
narrow. I'm not the tallest person in the world so I can easily afford
to trade off some knee room for some added panel real estate.
If I recall the information I got while (at) OSH indicated that the cost of
the bare fiberglass frames was just under $1k. Shouldn't be too hard
to beat that price.
Deems Davis # 406
Fuse
http://deemsrv10.com/
John Dunne wrote:
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Deems,
Your light setup looks fantastic!
What I'm interested in though, is a reference you make on your site to
building your own fiberglass instrument panel. Have you progressed with this
as yet?
I'm curious as I can't seem to get much feedback on the commercially
available units and am thinking along the same lines of making my own.
John #40315 Fuse.
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