continued wit hthe instrument panel mounting. Finished off the pilots side area where I had to make new flange and strengthen, and fill and sand and trim to final size.. Increased the standoffs on the co-pilot side to 1/2 ", works better than the 1/4". Then positioned and mounted nutplates to the mounting bracket, and drilled and countersunk the panel flanges. All of these screws will be covered by the carbon fiber / alum inserts which will be mounted in the corners of the cutout areas. A lot of back and forth with the fitting, I made some standoff brackets out of some 1/2" alum strap for the outboard sides. I got some speed nuts @ Ace, but they are too flimsy, I'll try to pick up some Tinnerman nuts tomorow and try them. The whole thing is remarkably solid. I still nedd to figure out how to attach the bottom corners to the fuse sides/longerons. I'm going to sttrengthen the bottom of the panel by glassing in a foam core stiffener, that will span from the outboard edges to the center stack, I'll probably do the bottom of the center stack as well, but will wait til I've figured out the center console and how to tie the tow together.
Finished with the mods to the pilot side display area
Increased co-pilot side standoff's to 1/2" and added the standoff's for the outboard edges
Everything mounted and fastened together (So-Far....)
