Visitor, instrument mounting and more wiring.
Wish I could come up with more creative titles for my entries but when working with wire, there just isn't anything you can say. :-)
Matt Burch came for a visit this morning, so I spent some time earlier cleaning up the shop. Things sure get dirty in a hurry. We yacked for a couple of hours and he headed on home.
I started working on the panel again. I drilled holes for the keyed mag switch and the 5-amp breaker for the alternator field wire. I spent way to much time getting a perfect fit for the VSI that needs a cut-out in the lower left. On my first panel, the cut-out was horrible.. too big and wrong shape. I also mounted the AH and ASI. Starting to look like a real airplane when you see instruments in the panel!
I ran 6 #22 wires back to the tail cone for the altitude hold servo. I won't have it initially but having the wires already back there will make it easy to install later. I need to order some #20 wire to run back there was well. I pulled a string through my conduit to use later as a pull-string.
While I was sitting inside, I went ahead and cinched up a bunch of the zip ties and cleaned up the wires, tying them where needed. I need to run some wires to the right side of the fuse for the wing level servo and I think the wiring in the fuse area will be done! I still have all the avioncis wiring to do.
I pulled out the fuel selector plate and put a couple of nutplates on it and mounted the selector valve. As soon as I run the last few wires in the middle fuselage area, I'll mount that permanently. I'll have some wiring to do on the center console for the fuel gauges and low-level fuel monitor.
Bonus picture. Sandi and I were sitting in the shop talking and Winnie (the cat..) climbed up and made himself at home. He's been a bit attention starved since becoming an outside cat and can be quite pathetic as Sandi puts it. :-) He'd stay like this for hours if I let him.
(Time: 6 Hours)
Matt Burch came for a visit this morning, so I spent some time earlier cleaning up the shop. Things sure get dirty in a hurry. We yacked for a couple of hours and he headed on home.
I started working on the panel again. I drilled holes for the keyed mag switch and the 5-amp breaker for the alternator field wire. I spent way to much time getting a perfect fit for the VSI that needs a cut-out in the lower left. On my first panel, the cut-out was horrible.. too big and wrong shape. I also mounted the AH and ASI. Starting to look like a real airplane when you see instruments in the panel!
I ran 6 #22 wires back to the tail cone for the altitude hold servo. I won't have it initially but having the wires already back there will make it easy to install later. I need to order some #20 wire to run back there was well. I pulled a string through my conduit to use later as a pull-string.
While I was sitting inside, I went ahead and cinched up a bunch of the zip ties and cleaned up the wires, tying them where needed. I need to run some wires to the right side of the fuse for the wing level servo and I think the wiring in the fuse area will be done! I still have all the avioncis wiring to do.
I pulled out the fuel selector plate and put a couple of nutplates on it and mounted the selector valve. As soon as I run the last few wires in the middle fuselage area, I'll mount that permanently. I'll have some wiring to do on the center console for the fuel gauges and low-level fuel monitor.
Bonus picture. Sandi and I were sitting in the shop talking and Winnie (the cat..) climbed up and made himself at home. He's been a bit attention starved since becoming an outside cat and can be quite pathetic as Sandi puts it. :-) He'd stay like this for hours if I let him.
(Time: 6 Hours)
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