I had a hole left in my cherokee that I couldn't afford to put another radio
in. When we got the plane (sans interior), we had a lid to a glove box. I would have
sworn that I saw the box itself, but I couldn't find it when I went to use it. Funny
thing though... the tray part of the coffee-grinder Narco Mark 12-B radio that came
with the plane (what a deal!) was just the right size. Very deep (probably about
12"), and fit the standard Piper glovebox lid I had. Fuzzy picture, but you can see
it he

http://juneau.me.vt.edu/~papenfuss/panel_09_03.jpg

I did have to mount the lid off-center a bit from the tray, and glued some upholstery
carpet to the inside of the 12B tray (it was perforated aluminum).

Anyway, YMMV, but it worked out great for me. Lots of room in there for POH,
batteries for headsets, flashlights, etc. You should be able to get the tray from a
salvage yard or moldy-old FBO garage junk pile.

-Cory

Jay
Honeck wrote:
: Does anyone make a "glove box"-type of container that can be slid into a
: vacant radio tray spot?

: We've got an open spot in the radio stack, which currently has a simple
: cover plate over it. It would be kinda cool to use this space to hold
: sectionals, sun glasses, etc...

: A guy on the field has something like this, but he made his own -- and it
: looks it. I'd like something a bit more finished, perhaps with a door?
: --
: Jay Honeck
: Iowa City, IA
: Pathfinder N56993
: www.AlexisParkInn.com
: "Your Aviation Destination"



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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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