Current Progress Part 8

Some of these pictures are slightly out of sequence due to my travels.

I decided to put the six primary instruments on a removable sub-panel.  This panel can be removed from cockpit, allowing easier access to the instruments and to the ajoining areas behind the panel.

During the wiring of the instrument panel, on my living room floor.   The cut-out for the six flight instruments in their sub-panel can be seen on the right.

A final picture behind the panel before the skin is installed.  The only way to access this afterwards is by drilling out many rivets.  This started off very neat, but just didn't end up quite as neat.

A final picture of the panel from the cockpit.

This is how I mounted the NAV antenna.  The rudder cables can be seen at the top and the bottom, where they exit to the outside of the rear fuse.  The steel U channel is the forward mounting point for the tailwheel.  The antenna is mounted on two 1/2 x 1/2 x 1/16" alum angles.

Here the 'upholstered' seatbacks are test fit.  The fabric was attached to the 1" foam with 3M spray adhesive.  The foam was attached the same way to the 1/4" birch plywood seatbacks.

Here is the top elevator horn with its attached control cable.  I decided the reinforce the upper elevator 'stop' with a 0.060" aluminum strip on the inside of the fiberglass fairing.

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