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Deems Davis
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 Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:43 am Post subject: RYO Center console - Responses |
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Thanks to all for the kind words.
I'm really not interested in another career or job, (I finally got to
the point I could retire, and I'm having too much fun building an
airplane!). My purpose in posting the info was to encourage anybody that
was inclined to do some RYO (Roll Your Own) composite work to go ahead
and do it. (I'm now thinking about some cockpit/canopy panels and a
rear seat console). I'd be happy to talk to anybody who's so inclined
off line and let them know what I learned and what I'd do differently.
I did send a note to Aerotronics who makes the instrument panel, who
asked me to keep them abreast of my progress mounting their panel
(Aerotronic cost = $600) and asked them if they had any interest in
pulling a mold off of it. We'll see if they have any interest. I saw a
picture of the panel on Henkejan's Kitlog website. Apparently he saw it
(at) SNF. Since the console is built to match their panel, I doubt it has
much utility with any other panel. They are marketing the panel to RV-10
owners HOWEVER, the panel was originally built for Lancair IV's and it
required some noodeling to install it in a -10 as it's NOT a perfect
fit. They are very upfront about this when you talk to them.
I built the panel using 8 plys of 6 oz cloth. in hind sight that's
probably too much, it looks like the panel was built with 5-6 plys. I
didn't make the patterns undersize, I used the fwd fuse tunnel cap as a
base and built the foam plugs directly on them using some bondo to hold
them in place temporarily, that way the glass can be drilled so that it
matches the screw/nutplates that hold the cap on the tunnel when the
foam is removed. The foam I used as Last-A-Foam from ACS and doesn't
dissolve in acetone (I sent a note to Last a Foam to see if there was
something that would dissolve it, but got no reply). Disolvable rigid
foam would have been a big help
I still have 1 3/4 - 2 inchs of room from the top of the untrimmed stick
in the full forward position to the bottom edge of the panel. I
understand that you need to cut the control stick to mount the grips, so
I'm thinking I should be OK.
Deems Davis # 406
Fuse
http://deemsrv10.com/
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jhasbrouck(at)woh.rr.com
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| Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 3:50 pm Post subject: RYO Center console - Responses |
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Deems,
That's sweet! How much does that bad boy weigh?
John Hasbrouck
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Deems Davis
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| Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:03 pm Post subject: RYO Center console - Responses |
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Good question: according to the bathroom digital scale 3.4 lbs
Deems
John Hasbrouck wrote:
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jhasbrouck(at)woh.rr.com
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| Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:59 pm Post subject: RYO Center console - Responses |
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Deems,
Wow, is that all. 3.4 lbs. ain't bad at all. Thanks for sharing.
I've been contemplating doing the same thing.
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