Author Archives: pclifton

Avionics are alive!

From that point, I started adding things back until I was powering both busses again, and I was able to get the entire Skyview system up and running. I configured all the network devices, got an initial hack at a … Continue reading

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Grounding: DONE

 At this point, I decided it was time to work towards actually powering up the panel. There was still a decent amount of work to be done before that, mainly from a quality-control (read: avoiding release of the magic smoke) … Continue reading

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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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