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Date:  4-28-2018
Number of Hours:  2.00
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Brief Description:  Pitot access panel

I decided to add a panel for pitot access. It was too difficult (impossible) to tighten the AN fittings for the pitot plumbing and also difficult to get the wires secured,
Van's support said it was OK as long as the double was dimensioned right. I assumed the simplest way was to copy the dimensions of the stall warner panel, so that's what I did.

I started by duplicating the panel itself, then I taped it at the location and match drilled the double and panel. I separated the panel and double and clecoed the panel to the skin, transferred the outline of the panel onto the skin. Then it was just a matter of cutting out everything inside the line. The result was a perfect fitted panel to the opening. I trimmed 3/64 to allow for the future paint.
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Panel duplication

Panel duplication

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Taped and drilled

Taped and drilled

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Ready for cut-out

Ready for cut-out

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