[R-390] Crayola front panels

[Cecil Acuff]

Don't guess we'll be building any invisible aircraft out of that stuff 
anytime soon.  Nor R-390 panels....

Cecil...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Meyer" <meyer_rm at yahoo.com>
To: <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: [R-390] Crayola front panels


> Not to stir this pot any more than it's already been stirred but if we're 
> going
> to go through all that trouble, why not just just transparent aluminum
> (actually transparent alumina)  Might be the best of all worlds.  Yes, the
> stuff is real: http://tonytalkstech.com/2004/08/23/transparent-aluminum/
>
> Cheers!
>
> '73 de N2DXN
>
> Bob
> --- Roy Morgan <roy.morgan at nist.gov> wrote:
>> At 09:57 PM 4/20/2005, Bob Camp wrote:
>> >Hi
>> >
>> >Now if I was going to try to stir things up I would suggest we make the
>> >panel out of a aluminum / lexan / aluminum sandwich. That way we get
>> >conductivity, rigidity, *and* we can use rear mounted color coded LED's 
>> >to
>> >illuminate the markings.
>>
>> Most military aircraft panels and avionics were made with black painted 
>> and
>> engraved plastic (likely Plexiglas) panels mounted over the aluminum 
>> front
>> panel of the box.  Pilot lamp holders made with red plastic were placed
>> wherever needed to light the things up at night.
>>
>> >The LED's could change colors to match the mood of the station we are
>> >listening to ....
>>
>> Darn, we did not have that feature.
>>
>> Roy
>>
>>
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