REFLECTOR: panel screws
Grigore Rosu
grosu at cs.uiuc.edu
Sat Mar 4 16:56:17 CST 2006
Just installed the panel with 4 clecos and it looks great. Thanks Joe. I
have one more question regarding the panel: do we need to fix it with one
or two screws in the center as well, on the 2" flange that we made on top
of keel? On Velocity's website, at
http://www.velocityaircraft.com/photos/Keel%20and%20Control%20System/Center%20Stick%20Controls/pages/FRONTAILERONBEARING.html,
I see two holes in that flange; I guess they are for the screws in the
panel. However, the manual shows no holes and suggests no screws in the
middle bottom of the panel; it only suggests 4 screws on each side of the
panel.
Thanks,
Grigore
On Sat, 4 Mar 2006, Grigore Rosu wrote:
> Thanks everybody for the great answers! I'll just follow Joe's suggestion
> and use 1/8" cleco's for the time being. Yes, Kurt, my fuselage is all in
> one piece, I ordered the fast built kit.
>
> Grigore
>
> On Sat, 4 Mar 2006, Joe Ewen wrote:
>
>> I would not use screws at this point. Drill 1/8" holes (where the screws
>> will eventually go) and use clecos. You will be taking the panel out and
>> reinstalling it a number of times and better to not wear out the nut
>> plates.
>> Joe
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grigore Rosu" <grosu at cs.uiuc.edu>
>> To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 12:55 PM
>> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: panel screws
>>
>>
>>> Kurt,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the input. You are way more advanced than I am. I only
>>> finished the speed brake, the keel and the master cylinders, so I got to
>>> the panel fitting following the building flowchart provided by Velocity. I
>>> sended it (it took me more than 3 hours of caferful sanding until it
>>> eventually fit) and now, following the manual, I'm supposed to drill the
>>> eight holes. However, I don't know the size of those holes and the manual
>>> doesn't say anything about it. So I was curious what people typically do.
>>> I'd like at least to know what would a minimal size be, because I can
>>> enlarge them later. 3/16"?
>>>
>>> But probably I should do what John suggested: leave it for later (though
>>> this is hard, because, after all these hours of sending and fitting, I'd
>>> really want to see how the panel would look like) :-)
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Grigore
>>>
>>> On Sat, 4 Mar 2006 NMFlyer1 at aol.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> Grigore,
>>>>
>>>> I put Button Head Cap screws in my panel. They are hex drives, and I like
>>>> the way they look in a finished panel. They come Black, and go quite well
>>>> with
>>>> what I have done.
>>>> I decided against the removable panel for the throttle and mixture
>>>> controls,
>>>> but I am not yet flying.
>>>> One thing for sure. If you go with an alternative engine, as I did, it
>>>> will
>>>> take you much longer to build. Given that extra time, many things change
>>>> as
>>>> you are building. New products, new ideas, etc. So, you can either wait
>>>> and do
>>>> those things at the end, or you can try to allow for some modifications
>>>> to
>>>> your original plan.
>>>> I ended up changing a couple things in my panel, just due to new products
>>>> and innovations.
>>>> I took the CD player out, and installed an input for MP3 or Ipod. I have
>>>> the
>>>> Garmin 340 audio panel, but will probably slide in the PMA8000 with
>>>> Satellite
>>>> radio once I am flying.
>>>> I installed a TCAD in that CD spot. I also took out my number 2 nav, and
>>>> replaced it with a SL-30 (since they became somewhat affordable). I also
>>>> added a
>>>> Tru-Trak altitude auto pilot (I already had a navaid devices AP
>>>> installed).
>>>>
>>>> Have fun. This stuff is a blast!.
>>>>
>>>> Kurt
>>>>
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