Scale instrument panel template for 4-place Bearhawk

[Zzz]

A while back I traced my quickbuild kit panel and then measured slices of the curve to recreate the panel in Adobe Illustrator. Then I downloaded some scale images of goodies to place in there. Here's the file if anyone finds it useful for their own panel design purposes. I've barely begun thinking about my own panel layout, so no need for feedback.

If you have access to a HP plotter or something, you can print it out for a full scale template.

Bearhawk 4-place panel template (Adobe Illustrator .AI file)(14MB)
Bearhawk 4-place panel template (editable PDF)(13MB)

[whee]

I'm using Zs template for my panel layout and it is great to have. Thanks a lot Z!

[Zzz]

I'm using Zs template for my panel layout and it is great to have. Thanks a lot Z!

My pleasure. Sure would be cool if we had CAD or vector files of the other major alum panels on the aircraft too.


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[Battson]

When designing the panel - there are some simple fish-hooks to keep in mind, which I learned about along the way:

1. Don't forget to leave room for the mounting brackets which support the instruments.

2. The edges of the boot cowl slope inwards gently, making it impossible to use the whole space for long instruments.

3. There is a horizontal crossbar behind the panel's bottom edge, you can't rivet mounting brackets here.

4. There are welded screw tabs protruding upward from that crossbar, you can't rivet mounting brackets there either...

5. There are also diagonal bars behind the panel at each side, which run close enough to interfere with most instruments (if placed directly in front)

6. Don't forget to leave room for the wiring loom which protrudes behind the instrument.

7. Push-pull controls not reinforced with steel or extra alloy will cause the panel to flex, which can crack plastic faces on nearby instruments.

8. Passengers tend to grab the bottom of the panel to pull their seat forward, try to keep exposed electrical terminals behind the panel away from hand's reach.

9. Leave room to steady your hand against the panel if you have a touch screen or buttons, you need to brace your hand on the panel to operate these during turbulence.

Those would be the main things.

[Chris In Milwaukee]

There is one for the QB panel on the old Yahoo! group, I think:

https://xa.yimg.com/df/Bearhawk/Panel.dwg?token=N6OeVw9AcDkz0pntZbZQuw6IR6aQHI4ZbM39fyGS9qIwWHIYE7Bj6TcXzEDgxtx_slHyvd5kQzIkTqcJ5VQQH53Ttq9aBFxO&type=download

Not sure if the link will work or you'll have to go there on your own.

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Bearhawk/files

The file is named "panel.dwg"

A screen shot of the file rendered in ACAD2016 is attached.

[Zzz]

On my quickbuild, I'm just grinding the mounting tabs off and welding on new ones that are better positioned for my chosen layout, for what it's worth.


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