The Murphy Builders Site

At 12:05 PM 12/1/2008 -0800, you wrote:

Another reminder from the Dept. of Broken Records...

Unless the builder is a glutton for punishment, and really wants to install
~ 50-60 more traditional nutplates with three holes and two countersunk
rivets each... this is yet another excellent application for Click Bond
nutplates. Drill _one_ hole, slather the epoxy adhesive on the back of the
nutplate, pull the self-centering, self-tensioning silicone nipple through
the hole, wait 24 hrs., and you're done.

Ron
http://n254mr.com

If true, you could use fewer screws, save weight and time installing nut
plates. You should use nutplates as everyone has mentioned, the panel is
structural.

On my panel I made a fairly large hinged section on the left side with most
of the electrics mounted to the panel for easy access. In the 9+ years that
my planes been flying I think I've opened that panel about twice. If I were
building another rebel I'd do all the wiring that I could before installing
the firewall then I'd close it up and crawl under the panel for the rest.
Just throw a big cushion on the floor so the elevator cable doesn't dig
into your back and have at it.
Drew



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