Daily Archives: 20/06/2019

Aerials, Autopilot, Electrics, Engine Controls, Instrument Panel, Panel, Radio, Sensors, System, Wiring

Thursday 20th June 2019

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Music: Gerry Rafferty and Daily Mix.

A lot to do today, as every day! When the delivery arrived I found that some of what I had ordered was out of stock. It’s not a big problem as there are lots of other jobs to do. So I’ll wire up the power side of the system and label, install and test the radio and transponder coax cable.

Time to wire up the power side of the electrical system. I’m reusing the wire that I have leftover from the other circuit wires that were trimmed back. There’s plenty to do the job although not a unified colour as long as they are labelled it will be ok.
My new friend. A Dymo Label Manager 200 that I bought some years ago. It’s been invaluable and luckily I managed to get some label cartridges.
The +ve bus with 11 of the circuits completed.
The circuit breakers connected, some tidying will be required but it’s mostly complete.
The complete panel powered up for the first time. The system shows a 7 amp power drain which is roughly what I had calculated.
My DPD delivery was a day late but got delivered at 10am so I could get on with the wiring of the Transponder and Radio with the coax.
The radio coax cable runs through conduit in the fuselage and is terminated with a TNC connector that I’ll do tomorrow.
With all the cables protected with sleeving or conduit and secured in place I can fit the interior trim.
The rear of the cabin. I’ve checked the radio/headset loom and it works fine so I need to mount the LEMO headset connectors and then I can fix the interior panels.
Right side of engine. All the sensors are connected except the Tachometer, soft start module, magneto wires.
Left side of engine.
Looks a bit busy but with a bit od tidying it will look a bit neater. Quite pleased with the progress so far.