Panel arrives
Hours: 2.0 | Posted in ElectricalThe CNC-cut panel arrived on Thursday so I’ve done a couple hours of fooling around, putting in switches and indicators to play with and show off…I mean, to check that all the holes are correctly sized. I did find that when I drew the pots for the light dimmers, I mis-measured and put the alignment holes off by a couple 32-nds. I just filed them into ovals with a tiny round file; the placards will cover it up. Everything else–at least the pieces I have–fits well.
With the dimmer pots temporarily in the panel, it seemed like a good time to wire them up, so I soldered the cable that runs to the dimmer module to them. Everything will come out, of course, for more panel construction, but it was easy to solder them seated in decent light.
Also ordered more random stuff from Mouser (connectors, switches I forgot to order, extra switch hardware and locking rings), McMaster (channel for the backlighting, cap screws, washers), AFS (tray & harness for the second screen prewire), plus a Garmin 18x 5Hz GPS, which will feed position info to everything onboard in phase 1 of the panel: EFIS, ELT, APRS.
Also heard from the placard engravers, and they should have shipped on Friday. Now just waiting on avionics, which I’m hoping for in the next couple weeks…AFS said they shipped their portion of it to SteinAir on the 17th.
