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18-Apr-2010
Catégorie: Finishing : Wiring

The only remaining wire going to the aft fuselage where those of the strobes. I run the two wires in the central tunnel and then the route to the wings via small holes under the seats. The holes will also allow the routing of some other wires : terminals strips below the sticks, taxi light and nav lights.
I have no more wire to run to the aft fuselage, there are six wires to run from the bulkhead behind the seats and fifteen wires through the main bulkhead.




Working time on this subpart
Today :  2h (Total : 69h)

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17-Apr-2010
Catégorie: Finishing : Wiring

Some small difficulties today, but I managed to finish securing the wiring of the aft fuselage. I think nothing should move in the future.



I also begun to use a new technique to make nice harnesses. The harnesses are tied to the structure using plastic tiewraps, but they are made using lacing cord. It's not that difficult, less bulky and probably cheaper (see b]HERE).



I then installed some of the wire that will have to go through the main bulkhead. The picture shows the harness coming from the rear fuselage and the autopilot servo harnesses (top of the picture).



This is the left side with the NAV antenna wire.



This is the right side with the golden COM antenna wire and the autopilot roll servo harness.



There are still some wires left and the pitot tubing.
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Today :  3h (Total : 67h)

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16-Apr-2010
Catégorie: Fuselage : Cabin

Before doing the wiring runs going through the center fuselage, I replaced the fuel lines going from the fuel valve to the tanks. I was never satisfied with those lines. I'm now installing braided hoses. The hole through the bulkhead proved somewhat difficult to drill. I still have to tweak the whole installation.




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Today :  2h (Total : 235h)

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11-Apr-2010
Catégorie: Empennage

The nav antenna is to be installed in the left wing tip. The antenna is resting on the bottom of the tip. Per plans, the part facing the opening of the tip should be in direct contact with the sing structure, but it's not possible as the tip slides into the wing. So the contact will be made via the the four screws, if it does not work, adding a connection media won't be that difficult.



For the time being I installed a small length of coaxial cable, just to test how to install the terminals.




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Today :  2h (Total : 64h)

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10-Apr-2010
Catégorie: Finishing : Wiring

Now that the wires are installed in the rear fuse I have to fasten them somehow, and the only solution to do this is to crawl into the back of the fuse.
After some efforts, the strobe wire is secured against the stringer (on the left of the picture).
The other wires route via the bottom of the fuse and through the frames. They will be secured via tywraps installed in some square support that I have prosealed in place. One is visible just aft of the bend in the orange wire holder and there are to more on the right side of the picture.



This is how the strobe wire is routed along the stringer.



As I had some more proseal, I glued on the terminal strip for the nav lights.



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Today :  3h (Total : 62h)

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