Instument Panel

[Grant S. Bailey]

Note my instrument panel is coming together.

[Yellow Duck]

Re: Instument Panel

Damn Grant, that things looks great. Where did you find the biesel? Really comming.

[selje]

Re: Instument Panel

I have never flown a Taylorcraft with glove boxes. Can they open and cause problems with movement of the control wheels?

[crispy critter]

Re: Instument Panel

No Jerry, they have springs that keep them shut and if the spring breaks the just fall all the way down and hang up-side-down from the panel. Have never seen one with a broken spring before though.

[Pearson]

Re: Instument Panel

Jerry,

My '46 BC12D has two glove boxes. I love em! They do not interfere with control movement in any way during flight. The ONLY drawback, and it is a small one, is when on the ground with the yoke in it's normal full forward position, you can't open the glove boxes unless you pull the yoke back a couple of inches. The boxes themselves are just slightly shorter than a folded sectional chart. They are great for storing all kinds of stuff during cross country trips.

Hopefully there will be a small photo attached to this message showing the clearance with the yokes forward. If not, you will know that my first attempt at attaching a photo failed.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/neat1s...nm=56a5re2.jpg

[W1COM]

Re: Instument Panel

looks good. Same as the panel on the 15a I am redoing. My bezel is in pretty poor shape, Did you have your's redone ?

[Grant S. Bailey]

Re: Instument Panel

Nope, that is the way the bezel was when I purchased the airplane. The rest of the panel was terrible though, all cut up and holes all over the place. I managed to get a NOS panel from the factory when they first got going.