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With the subpanel painted, everything can now be mounted
permanently, so the panel frame is now riveted in place,
and all of the radio tubes have been drilled and screwed
in. The panel will be mounted and wired, but then
pulled for painting and labeling later. I've left
the quadrant off for now, just so I don't bump it.
Once I mount the engine I can put it back on and start
cabling that up too.
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One thing I'm not sure I understand is the canopy quick
release. They said not to paint the bushing (but you
need to paint the unprotected steel mechanism. But
the bushing is inserted into a steel sleeve in the
bracket, so there isn't much but the ends of the bushing
that even show. I did mask those off. The
outside of those steel cylinders may need to be cleaned of
paint later, but it appears those are what ride on the
brass bar stock that is mounted in the forward
fuselage. Probably not ideal from a wear point of
view, and another bushing might have been nice. The
mechanism will hinge on the quick-release pin fine the way
it is, and even with paint there, I'm sure it'll last a
long time. The catch is, when you pull the quick release
pin there is nothing that is yet removable. So I
must assume that the canopy top is held on by a thin
(maybe 1/4" or so, so you can call it thick too), piece of
aluminum stock like the flap brackets are made of. This
would thenslide in between the steel halves of the
bracket. That's the only way I can see the canopy
being jettisonable. But now that the parts are
painted, I could bolt them in. I also can mount the
air vents.
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One of the things I got for avionics was a new TruTrak
Vision 385 autopilot. I tested it out in my RV-10
this weekend and it worked well, so I may upgrade that
plane also. I got the copper bus bars cut and
drilled for my breakers, and threw all the avionics into
the panel. I also installed my GRT EIS in the
panel. I'm not sure if I'll stick to the
behind-panel mounting or buy a bezel and cut a big hole,
but it looks at least ok how it is.
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