DrWalker
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Really enjoy the variety of amazing panels in this forum, but I'm stuck with the basics of how to attach the panel to the fuselage.
In the fuselage install manual and on drawings #27, it shows a 3/4" angle piece flat face against the front of the panel slightly above where the panel bends forward at the bottom. Side rails F-416 went on without difficulty and I see that the panel sits directly in front of the rails. However, the cutouts on each side seems to remove the portion of the panel that would attach to the 3/4" angle installed at the end of F-416. The plans show the bottom of the panel an inch or so lower than 3/4" angle which is on the opposite side of the panel.
My initial read of the plans was to install the 3/4' angle across the entire panel and attach it to that, but that's doesn't look like all the panels I've seen and interferes with what little panel space is available and looks terrible (although it would be strong!) The overall width of the panel does not allow it to slide downward into the fuselage, but at it's lowest position the cutouts are adjacent to the 3/4" angle pieces that will be encased in the ends of F-416 and therefore does not provide material to attach it.
Since the instrument panel is the mounting for the F-421 upper fuselage cover and the canopy rests on this same arch, it clearly needs to have some ability to carry a load. What holds it up and how is attached? What is the distance from the longeron/F-416 side rails up to the top of the instrument panel?
In the fuselage install manual and on drawings #27, it shows a 3/4" angle piece flat face against the front of the panel slightly above where the panel bends forward at the bottom. Side rails F-416 went on without difficulty and I see that the panel sits directly in front of the rails. However, the cutouts on each side seems to remove the portion of the panel that would attach to the 3/4" angle installed at the end of F-416. The plans show the bottom of the panel an inch or so lower than 3/4" angle which is on the opposite side of the panel.
My initial read of the plans was to install the 3/4' angle across the entire panel and attach it to that, but that's doesn't look like all the panels I've seen and interferes with what little panel space is available and looks terrible (although it would be strong!) The overall width of the panel does not allow it to slide downward into the fuselage, but at it's lowest position the cutouts are adjacent to the 3/4" angle pieces that will be encased in the ends of F-416 and therefore does not provide material to attach it.
Since the instrument panel is the mounting for the F-421 upper fuselage cover and the canopy rests on this same arch, it clearly needs to have some ability to carry a load. What holds it up and how is attached? What is the distance from the longeron/F-416 side rails up to the top of the instrument panel?