{"id":171,"date":"2009-12-22T21:41:04","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T05:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/?p=171"},"modified":"2009-12-22T21:41:04","modified_gmt":"2009-12-23T05:41:04","slug":"instrument-panel-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/?p=171","title":{"rendered":"Instrument panel cut!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I was able to get the main instrument panel cut out.\u00a0 It turned out really nice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/instrument-panel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-173\" title=\"instrument panel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/instrument-panel-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/instrument-panel-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/instrument-panel.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The whole point of the panel is to get it installed!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/panel-installed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-176\" title=\"panel installed\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/panel-installed-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/panel-installed-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/panel-installed.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The panel has cutouts for a left &amp; right sub-panel, a 15&#8243; LCD PFD display, side bars for Garmin G1000 compatible controls and a button bar on the bottom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/lcd-installed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-175\" title=\"lcd installed\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/lcd-installed-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/lcd-installed-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/lcd-installed.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/lcd-and-sub-panel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-174\" title=\"lcd and sub-panel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/lcd-and-sub-panel-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/lcd-and-sub-panel-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/lcd-and-sub-panel.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The LCD has a smoked acrylic cover on it &#8211; the flash illuminates the LCD frame behind this cover.\u00a0 You can&#8217;t see it under normal lighting conditions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/behind-the-panel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-172\" title=\"behind the panel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/behind-the-panel-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/behind-the-panel-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simpits.org\/geneb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/behind-the-panel.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here you can see a bit of how the custom LCD panel carrier is mounted into the instrument panel.\u00a0 I&#8217;m really happy with how this turned out and with any luck I&#8217;ll be able to get the left sub-panel wired up and get its edge-lit panel created tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I was able to get the main instrument panel cut out.\u00a0 It turned out really nice. 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