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Rob's REBVAIR Project
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Date:  11-22-2014
Number of Hours:  3.00
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Brief Description:  Power Bus Tray part 2

Here you can see multiple angles of the finished product, with some components tossed in for reference. Tricky part was the hinge and accounting for the witches hat on the firewall (those things are the bain of this entire firewall build). The tray is about 1.5" deep, and sits level with the lower edge of the panel extension, so there's plenty of clearance before you get into the panel components per-se. It's also only on the right hand side of the aircraft to be close to the battery, and also to not interfere with the engine control cables running through the center of the plane.

I used perforated 0.063" aluminum to promote air circulation, especially since this will sit below the radio and transponder. It also looks really cool, and I am now searching for other areas I can incorporate the material in other non-structural areas...possibly backlit with some cool red lights.

The key to this design is the path the wires take leading in and out of the tray. Clearly, to be able to drop one end of this for inspection requires that the cables all enter and leave the tray from the firewall, with some excess wire to allow for the shallow movement of the tray as it opens. The top of the tray edges will get some plastic edging glued on to further avoid chafing any wires.
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lots of room for busses

lots of room for busses

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looking in thru open front panel

looking in thru open front panel

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underside

underside

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