{"id":116,"date":"2014-03-20T17:26:27","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T01:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/?p=116"},"modified":"2014-04-02T05:58:28","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T13:58:28","slug":"pilot-consoles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/?p=116","title":{"rendered":"Pilot Console"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Worked on the pilot consoles the past two days. \u00a0Mostly done. \u00a0I used a small level to make sure there was a 2 degree cant outwards so that stuff left on the consoles wouldn&#8217;t end up on my feet during straight and level.<\/p>\n<p>This is the left console brace. \u00a0All the nutplates are installed but no pics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_1323.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-114\" alt=\"IMG_1323\" src=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_1323-700x525.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_1323-700x525.jpg 700w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_1323-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the right console. \u00a0Drilled and ready for nutplates. \u00a0I started to drill the holes where #8 screws go with a #21 bit. \u00a0At that size after the hole is drilled you can screw a screw into the hole and it holds it perfectly centered. \u00a0There is some play when you use a cleco. \u00a0All the holes get resized later.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_1326.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-115\" alt=\"IMG_1326\" src=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_1326-700x525.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_1326-700x525.jpg 700w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_1326-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I deleted the canopy from the Finish Kit today and sent a check to Todd&#8217;s Canopies. \u00a0I like the look of the tinted canopy. \u00a0It&#8217;s also a bit thicker and so perhaps a bit safer when it comes to birdstrikes. \u00a0It&#8217;s also half the price of Vans canopy that money saved will get me an Andair Fuel Selector valve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Worked on the pilot consoles the past two days. \u00a0Mostly done. \u00a0I used a small level to make sure there was a 2 degree cant outwards so that stuff left on the consoles wouldn&#8217;t end up on my feet during straight and level. This is the left console brace. \u00a0All the nutplates are installed but <a href='http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/?p=116' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201,"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions\/201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}