Posted for Scott Richardson <scott_m_richardson@yahoo.com>:

Hi folks,

I have a couple questions for those of you that have built all aluminum instrument panels (not inserts) for LNC2 aircraft:

o  What have you used for minimum instrument spacing for the
    3 1/8" instruments?  I'm planning on 3.5" center-to-center
    spacing in 0.063 sheet (it's for a 235 so I'm trying to cram
    it all in).  Is this too close?

o  What type of structure have you used behind the panel to     provide it structure and tie it to the airframe?  I'm
    envisioning 3/4" Al angle around all of the outside edges
    tied to the central radio stack.   Any pictures of an aluminum
    panel taken from the front (header tank side) would be very
    helpful.

Thanks for the help!

Scott Richardson
LNC235/290
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