Tonight I installed t-connectors on the Pitot and Static pneumatic lines, and routed all lines to their respective ports on the G5 and ADAHRS unit.
With that done, the panel wiring is complete!
Well almost complete, I still need to:
– safety wire some more connectors
– throughly inspect all wiring and fix all potential chafe points
– route the firewall-forward wires up to and through the firewall
– upgrade the battery-vertical power wire from #8 to #6 AWG
Tonight I installed a couple of adel clamps to hold the pitot static lines, keeping them clear of the sharp edges they pass near under the panel. The routing is a little weird because I don’t want to put too sharp of a bend in the tubes. The tubes come up out of the wiring channel, pass over the wiring frame I built, come out the bottom of the forward side of the sub panel, then up through a gap between the panel and sub panel. I plan to install t-connectors on the top of the shelf behind the PFD, sending air to both the G5 and the ADAHRS unit mounted on the back of the PFD..
I then mixed up some epoxy resin and glued some zip tie holders onto the shelf.
Quick job tonight, shortening up the wiring for the outside air temperature probe. Because I installed the probe in the air vent instead of the wing, I was able to shorten up the wiring considerably.
The wiring is a 3-conductor braided cable, and the braided portion of the cable needs to be grounded. I used a solder sleeve with attached wire to quickly solder a ground wire into position. I had plenty of spare pins and connectors, so I was able to install pins on the wires and wrap it up quickly.
Tonight I made a fitting to hold two cushion clamps, which will support the pitot and AOA pneumatic lines as they enter the fuselage from the wing.
I also made a corresponding fitting to help guide the Nav antenna on the right side of the fuselage.
I considered installing a bulkhead fitting for the pitot and AOA lines, and eventually decided against that option. I needed some way to prevent the lines chaffing on the aft gear brace assembly, and since the tail dragged doesn’t use part U-01402, I used the two AN5 holes to mount a fitting with two cushion clamps.
I made one of these for each side, the left side for pitot lines and the right side for the Nav antenna.
For the Nav antenna fitting, I epoxied a plastic zip tie holder to the aluminum fitting.
