Author Archives: pclifton

Harness assembly part 5

Whew. Well, I didn’t get all the rest of the wire laid in today like I’d hoped, but I’m getting really close. To just summarize at the beginning here, all I have left to do is to connect audio out from … Continue reading

Posted in Avionics, Electrical | Hours Logged: 6

Harness assembly part 4

And for fun, here’s a close up of the busiest part of the harness. This is the area just to the right of the panel/avionics shelf, so in a sense everything passes through here. It’s the wiring equivalent of an interchange … Continue reading

Posted in Avionics, Electrical | Hours Logged: 7

Harness assembly part 3

No photos today. I could have taken another photo of the harness as it stands now, but at this point I think it’d just be “here’s a slightly different-looking pile of wire.” I’m starting to feel like I’m reaching maximum … Continue reading

Posted in Avionics, Electrical | Hours Logged: 6.5

Harness assembly, continued

The next fun items were the transponder and ADS-B receiver. In addition to power and ground runs, these both have serial data connections to the HDX displays – something I hadn’t had to work with yet. Making these more fun … Continue reading

Posted in Avionics, Electrical | Hours Logged: 6.5

Harness board layout and beginning assembly

This didn’t quite complete the harness buck, though. Next up was adding nails at all the junction points, which is how the wires will be held in place as they’re wound along their paths. For this, I used some small … Continue reading

Posted in Avionics, Electrical | Hours Logged: 6

Harness detail planning

And then it was time to get down and dirty with harness planning. The overall intent was to take the line drawing I did a while back and 1) refine all the despited branches and groupings and 2) give each … Continue reading

Posted in Avionics, Electrical, Fuselage | Hours Logged: 5

Assorted detail wiring prep stuff

Of course, I wanted to test out the pads as well, so for both the front and rear seats, I laid the cushions out on the workbench, attached the pads to the provided wiring harness, hooked them to my power … Continue reading

Posted in Electrical, Fuselage | Hours Logged: 7.5

Finish kit inventory and cleanup

Just more menial stuff tonight. I got the hardware bags inventoried – a task that I thought was going faster than expected right until I got to the bags with mixed rivets in them. Nothing like spending 30 minutes of … Continue reading

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Finish kit is here!

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More random assembly stuff

Busy day with assorted stuff, but I got a little bit of time in. I hadn’t yet reinstalled the components mounted on the baggage bulkhead, so I got that stuff in place. This also involved reworking my stacked mount for … Continue reading

Posted in Fuselage, Panel | Hours Logged: 1