panel work

BSwayze · Post by **BSwayze** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 4:48 am

Well, I'm sold on the VP system. A good friend of mine just installed one in his RV-7, and I followed his progress. Check it out in detail before making any decisions, one way or the other. You might like what you see.

hydroguy2 · Post by **hydroguy2** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 6:08 pm

Got my panel labels made up and had to toss it together for a peek. I color coded the buss's. Yellow is everything off the Master. Red is off the Battery/Essential Buss.

I can't stop smiling, it looks better than the pic shows.....might be the photographer

Post by **Spike** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:27 pm

Nifty idea on the color coding. Nice job dude

Spike

BSwayze · Post by **BSwayze** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:55 pm

Brian,

Nice job!! Simple and clean looking. I love it!

hydroguy2 · Post by **hydroguy2** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 8:13 pm

BSwayze wrote:.... Simple and clean looking. ....

That was the goal, oh yeah and cheap too. Kind of a old school meets glass. Night legal, VFR and all under $7500, what's not to like!

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 11:26 am

That's really cool Brian! Hmmm...I haven't labeled mine yet...do I smell a copy cat!!??

hydroguy2 · Post by **hydroguy2** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:08 am

Wires, wires and more wires. Here's a peak from a few days ago

ANd here is last night. Still have all the terminations Forward of the firewall and at most of the components, but at least the panel area is getting cleaned up.

Post by **Spike** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:21 am

That has got to be a fun part of the build. Nice job dude

hydroguy2 · Post by **hydroguy2** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 9:19 am

Spike wrote:That has got to be a fun part of the build. Nice job dude

Except I'm a mechanic! And this many wires seems more like brain surgery.

I planned a simple panel and yet I have 150-200 wires to figure out where they belong and how it all ties together. Lots of time spent on the bench tagging stuff.

1 wire at a time seems to be working. Hope to power it up next tuesday......any recommendation on a good fire extinguisher

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 12:06 pm

Lookin good Brian! Every time I look at this thread, it reminds me that I need to get my butt in gear and LABEL MY PANEL! I just need to figure out how I want to do it...

hydroguy2 · Post by **hydroguy2** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 6:25 pm

IT's ALIVE!

Got the wiring issues worked out and powered it up today.

night mode, the LED strip is just taped to a piece of AL to simulate the glareshield.

please excuse my photography skills, I dropped my camera and the LCD screen broken, so I just kind of point it in the general direction and click. The wife said no taking hers to the shop.

Post by **Spike** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 6:10 am

Most excellent!

Spike

Brantel · Post by **Brantel** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:51 am

Lookin gooood!

dons · Post by **dons** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 3:33 pm

Sure is clean looking.

Bob Barrett · Post by **Bob Barrett** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 4:38 pm

Looking good. You did an oustanding job of wiring and your panel is great! Look forward to hearing about your first flight soon!

hydroguy2 · Post by **hydroguy2** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 10:42 pm

Finally got rid of the vice grips holding my elevator trim. also mounted the RamAir and purge valve knobs. Still need to finish trimming the brackets and make some labels

About ready to rivet the forward skin on and move back to the baffling and cowl. Talked with my painter friend about renting his booth in May, fingers crossed.

Post by **Spike** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 7:40 am

Great progress