Author Archives: pclifton

Grounding: terminations

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Grounding: securing the bundle

Another no-photo night, I’m afraid. I decided to work on making provisions for securing the ground bundle. I already knew I’d be adding an Adel clamp on the auxiliary longeron forward of the gear tower, but I was debating also … Continue reading

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More grounding prep

Just a brief session tonight. Earlier today I sola fantasized about getting all the ground terminations done tonight and powering things up before the weekend, but it didn’t take much looking out in the hangar tonight to realize that was … Continue reading

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Let’s get grounded

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Priming some stuff

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OAT sensors

Then I fed the wires forward, where they’ll run alongside the elevator trim and tail light wires. A look at the backside of the sensors through the aft deck: Then I got to re-lace the wire run I put together … Continue reading

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ADS-B antenna cable

I’m a bit less satisfied with the aft end of the run, though. I cut the cable a bit long, figuring I could deal with slack back at the avionics shelf, but I’m not really liking how all the slack … Continue reading

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Look, an antenna cable!

A look at the overall routing from above. So far, the only place the cable is supported is at that lightening hole, but I think I want to add something at the forward edge of the shelf as well – … Continue reading

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Switch console plug, redoing some lacing

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Fuse shelf feed wiring finished

Note: all the securing of the bundles here is temporary. That’s likely obvious where the bundles are secured with twist-ties, but that also applies to the zip ties; I used those where I needed the bundles held a little more … Continue reading

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