- Drilled holes for stick grip retaining screws in both sticks
- Test fit G3X touch units in panel
- Mocked up engine controls on bench. I ended up liking 2.5" spacing between controls.
- Cut engine control bracket down to 8" and drilled holes for engine controls.
- Drilled engine bracket for plate nuts and bracket to instrument panel
- Drilled instrument panel for garmin nut plate brackets
- Cut down Garmin nut plate brackets to individual plate nuts
- Riveted Garmin nut plates to panel and riveted 2 more plate nuts that will secure the vent bracket
Back of instrument panel with plate nuts installed:
Garmin nut plate brackets in place to drill for rivets:
Drilling engine control bracket to instrument panel:
Mocking up engine controls to check spacing - 2.5" on center was good for me.
Test fit of G3X Touch units:
Cut down right control stick with grip and retaining screw: