Engine control bracket, parking brake and CDI mounting
I started off the day by mounting the engine control cables. I pulled out the bracket that the controls mount to and marked the hole locations. The plans don't have the cables mounted symetrically, so I modifed that. Also, the plans call for four 1/2" holes... the carb heat is a 3/8" hole and the mixture cable is a 3/4" hole. I also mounted the parking brake cable on this bracket. I attached the nutplates to the sub-panel bracket, which was a challenge doing inside the plane. This is probably something you should tackle prior to riveting in the center sub-panel.
I worked on connecting the parking brake cable to the brake valve. This was fairly straight forward. I used a DG3 adel clamp to hold the cable using a small bracket I attached to one of the firewall stiffeners.
I wanted to hook the marker beacon antenna up to the audio panel but the sub-panel was blocking direct access to where I needed to connect it. So I removed the panel and enlarged the hole in the sub-panel, REMOVING THE CANOPY RELEASE MECHANISM HAT SECTION. That hat section gets in the way if you have a full height radio stack. There are so many wires running to the audio panel... and i had them all running through just a narrow slot. Guess I'll just have to bolt the canopy in place like everyone else is going.
With the panel removed I want to get back to finish mounting the instruments in the panel. I made a cut-out for the hobbs meter and punched a hole for the compass. I put them on the far left side above my key switch. It's a little busy over there but that's the best I could come up with.
I mounted the 209A CDI as well. Making the cutout for the OBS knob takes the most time since you want it to look nice... I probably spent an hour alone just mounting the CDI.
(Time: 9 Hours)
I worked on connecting the parking brake cable to the brake valve. This was fairly straight forward. I used a DG3 adel clamp to hold the cable using a small bracket I attached to one of the firewall stiffeners.
I wanted to hook the marker beacon antenna up to the audio panel but the sub-panel was blocking direct access to where I needed to connect it. So I removed the panel and enlarged the hole in the sub-panel, REMOVING THE CANOPY RELEASE MECHANISM HAT SECTION. That hat section gets in the way if you have a full height radio stack. There are so many wires running to the audio panel... and i had them all running through just a narrow slot. Guess I'll just have to bolt the canopy in place like everyone else is going.
With the panel removed I want to get back to finish mounting the instruments in the panel. I made a cut-out for the hobbs meter and punched a hole for the compass. I put them on the far left side above my key switch. It's a little busy over there but that's the best I could come up with.
I mounted the 209A CDI as well. Making the cutout for the OBS knob takes the most time since you want it to look nice... I probably spent an hour alone just mounting the CDI.
(Time: 9 Hours)
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