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  • Riveted Subpanel

    This weekend I spent a few hours working on finishing up the canopy frame and sub panel riveting. I focused on riveting the subpanel completely to the fuselage to make sure that when I do final fittings of the canopy frame, everything is rock solid. Here’s the left side attach of the sub panel to…

  • Canopy Bracing & Panel Lighting

    Tonight I spent a few hours finishing the canopy bracing. Here are the rivets on the underside of the canopy skin. The bottom are pulled rivets and the top ones are solid rivets. The center brace. Here’s the right side brace. One rivet will need to be redone as the bucking bar slipped. The entire…

  • Canopy Frame & Engine Controls

    This weekend I spent almost 20 hours working on the plane. I started by rigging the mixture, throttle, and prop cables to the engine. Here’s the mixture bell crank. The mixture cable is attached to the right side. I got it all adjusted so that the knob reaches the stops as the servo side hits…

  • Garmin G5 Pitot/Static Tubes

    Today I spent a few hours working on getting the pitot and static lines up to the panel for the Garmin G5. The G5 will act as a backup EFIS to the Dynon. I had to route the static line from the aft static ports to the front of the plane. The tube here runs…

  • More panel work

    Today I spent most of the day working on different parts of the panel. I cut the slot for the hour meter, and a double USB panel mount. These will be for updating both Dynon EFIS displays. Below the USBs will be the cabin heat control knob. I also received my Garmin G5 that will…

  • Switches

    Today I worked on the switches for the panel. I have 6 switches dedicated to the primary power and engine ignition. Here the top left is the master switch, and below is the L PMag ignition power and test switches. The PMag ignitions have a built-in generator that kicks in above 800 RPM. The test…

  • Panel work

    Yesterday I spent a few hours working on the panel. I received an order of some 6-32 nut plates for mounting the sub modules onto the panel. I started by doublechecking the measurements for the through-holes, and then drilled the panel. I didn’t get individual photos, but here is the back once the nut plates…

  • Cut Panel

    Today I cut the panel for the main EFIS screens and the sub modules. I measured and compared to the CAD probably a dozen times, and luckily it all came out straight and even. The first thing I did was look up how much the blank RV-7 panel costs on vansaircraft.com -$40. With that knowledge,…

  • Panel Layout

    I finished the detailed layout of the panel for the major components. I wanted to get these laid out first since they are symmetrical about the centerline. Here you can see the cutouts marked for the two main EFISs and the four sub panels in the center. I have left room for an Avidyne (either…

  • Panel

    I’ve been working over the last several months on the panel layout and design. I’ve gone through a few iterations and I’ve finally settled on a design. I have a full size rendering of the panel so that I can visualize it as I do the detailed measurements. I have the entire thing measured out…