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Buck's RV-8
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Date: 1-8-2008
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Number of Hours: 5.50
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Brief Description: Front seat; annunciator panel
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Lots of great progress on my new annunciator panel design. I cut and drilled a piece of 0.063" aluminum as a prototype mounting plate for the LED light assemblies, including holes at the corners for the #6 screws that will attach it to the instrument panel. If this layout scheme turns out to be an aesthetic success, I'll cut the final version with a CNC mill so all the holes are perfectly in line.
I also created the printed legends that will fit inside the light assemblies. I used Avery Clear labels, printed in Bold 10pt "Franklin Gothic Demi" font. (I originally tried "Arial Narrow," which fits and looks nicer, but the weight of the characters was a bit weak, which made the labels a bit harder to read.)
I also researched ways to dim the entire annunciator panel using a potentiometer on the ground side of the lights. I'll test this method sometime soon.
Finally, I spent a couple of hours installing the various platenuts that will attach the front seat to the floorboard and the aircraft structure.
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The prototype annunciator panel, laid out on 0.063" sheet.
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A home-made annunciator legend, made with a clear Avery ink-jet labels inside the light cover.
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Front seat support ribs, primed and mostly riveted together.
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