Coming along

For some reason I overslept this morning so the day got off to a late start. After trying to decide what to do I thought that as it was on the chilly side but bright, I’d nip across to Malbec and mow the runway. I had to abandon that idea when I found that my ride-on’s battery was totally flat.

So I then turned my attention to my new high level panel front and this is where I eventually got to with it.

The picture shows it in its coat of special primer. Tomorrow I’ll give it a spray of light grey and hopefully be able to finish it off with its switches and circuit breakers in place. Each switch has an associated 10A circuit breaker – from the left: fuel pump, radio, strobes. Then on the other side, the landing and cabin lights that share a circuit breaker with the clock/timer that I’ve ordered from China and will go into the rectangular cutout. On the far right will be the 15A panel master circuit breaker.

The layout has worked out nicely and I think that it’ll be much nicer and more useful than what was originally in the aircraft. The circuit breakers are a bit higher than I would have liked – I think that 5A for each with a 10A master would have been ample, but I wanted to re-use the ones that were already in place.

The clock/timer will have elegant blue digits and as it will have an accuracy of 2 seconds a day and comes with battery backup, there should never be too much of a problem with its being inaccurate. I think that it’ll be handy having it and not having to consult your watch while navigating, but only time (geddit..) will tell 😉