I have not remembered to bring my camera in many work sessions, so here is the blanket apology for the poor quality of the photos done with a cell phone camera (it's an early gen iphone).
In any event, we got the panel fit and started to finalize the brackets. The radio stack was deep enough that we had to make a significant sized cut in the sub-panel, and reinforced in this area with angle aluminum. We made some brackets to hold some of the torque from the depth of the mount as well, and that brought up the subject of how one gains access to these to unscrew in order to remove the panel, if need be later. I am currently familiarizing myself with the wiring to attach the engine sensor harness to various components: tach, oil pressure, manifold pressure, oil temp CHT, EGT, etc. The plug and play panel from Aerotronics simplifies this of course, but there are still a lot of wire runs to each component.
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| View of panel from left side |
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| overhead view, also taken from left side |
While I was up on the step ladder, I took this shot of the engine, showing the harnesses penetrating the firewall:
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| Lots of wire to hook up |
Mike (the M in N1991M) came over to the hangar and set up shop to study. He is home from St. Andrews for a bit, so he's teaching himself programming in Objective C. He is also working on a TV project at the University of Oregon at the moment. Hopefully showing off his James Franco looks!
