John's Build

[fastfred]

John how thick did you make these things for the foot pedals?

[jrevens]

They’re 1/2” thick. I thought it might be too much, especially with my long legs, but it turned out to be good. It’s just some plastic material I already had.

[fastfred]

Thanks
I have some thick rubber I can use. I need it more than ever now with a little heavier shoe. I got cold after an hour 15 minutes today testing my temperature threshold 20 degrees is about my limit and I need to wear a scarf or neckie as a breeze gets me right in the back of the neck.
Ez flying in the cold crisp air.

[Flybyjim]

I am working on my panel and I see there are 5 attachments for the glare shield around the panel, with just these 5 does the glare shield lay flat to the panel all the way around?

[David47]

Don't know about others, but I put 8 attachments of I/P to glare shield ...

[jiott]

The 5 on mine hold it just fine to the panel curvature.

[jrevens]

I had fabricated my panel with a continuous 3/4" flange attached to the upper edge, so I located extra holes at equally spaced positions that could accommodate clip nuts as needed. I ended up using 7 of them.




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[jrevens]

Regarding fuel sight gauges - when I was building I had one of my "re-invent the wheel" moments (also known as "temporary insanity") and thought about ways to improve the fuel sight gauges. While researching for possible new, better tubing options that might not darken or get cloudy with age & exposure to fuel, I found this -

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So, this stuff is a little stiffer and doesn't take a small radius bend well without kinking. I built this fixture to try forming the tubing after heating it at different temperatures in the oven, putting it in the fixture and heating again, followed by cooling. The problem is that the tubing went from nice & clear before, to slightly cloudy after heating. There may be an optimal temperature or technique that I'm not aware of to prevent this, but I decided not to waste any more time at that point. I haven't given up though, and I have some other ideas that I may try when my tubes become darkened and I replace them.


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[Av8r3400]

I’ve been looking for the correct composite 90 degree compression fitting to use with an actual glass sight tube. This would be the real permanent fix.

[jrevens]

Yeah, I've thought of that too, Larry. A straight tube would be easy to get in Pyrex, but one could also be formed. The problem with the straight one would be that the compression fittings would diminish the length of the tube that is visible.