REFLECTOR: panel screws

[Keith Hallsten]

Yes, I put a couple of screws in the lower center, through a little
fiberglass bracket laid up on top of the keel.

You will find that a lot of details are not spelled out in the manual.  The
point is to provide some general direction, or one example of how to do
something, and then let the builder do what seems best to him.

Keith Hallsten


-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Grigore Rosu
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 2:56 PM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: panel screws

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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