Getting the wiring harness in was a hairy adventure. I had only a small amount of faith I could do it and not have my runs turn to an incredible mess. Despite appearances above, the runs stayed intact, and now it’s just a matter of getting them directed and tied down. It’s intimidating, to say […]
I don’t have a lot of great photos for this post–just a bunch of video, unfortunately. I’ve installed an incredible amount of whirlwigs on the frontside of this thing: Battery: I went with an Odyssey battery. I looked at the EarthX battery but wasn’t comfortable investing so much in a battery that wasn’t going to […]
Getting it up an all three was an effort. Brakes didn’t fit right, tires needing to be seated with tubes and wheels assembled. It was hours of grinding away at assembly, a swift change from the hours of grinding away at wiring and electronics. It’s big. It’s very big and very cool.
Nervous about doing something wrong, I’ve pulled the whole harness from the build table and, well, taped it up in the cockpit. Overall, I’m pretty happy with the fit. It relieved some of my concern about the length of wires, routing, etc. It has, however, brought back the realization that this panel/subpanel will be very […]
Work on the harness continues with more wiring, labeling, and research. I’ve found it necessary to start a wire log, with each wire numbered and logged including to/from, gauge, color, notes, etc. In addition to listing the wires, the document also tracks all fuses with locations within the bus system, tracks all grounds and their […]
I’ve started to make runs on work table now harness board. With the wiring diagram nearly complete, I should be able to get the majority of the harness built on the board without too much time spent breaking for research. After running all of the wiring that will go to the G5 I decided to […]
I added a variety of snap bushings to a recent order, knowing I’d need some during the upcoming wiring project. Moving quickly I added what I thought were the sizes I needed. Nailed it, except for one size. Are those bushings or bracelets? Oh well. At least if I need to run some power cables […]
Just in time for my birthday, the airplane gets decorated. In an effort to figure out wire runs, I tried to create a mock harness out of wire. To be fair to myself, I did wind up with a very harness-looking mess of wire at the end, and several of the lengths of ribbon were […]
I don’t think I underestimated the amount of work here, but I think I underestimated the amount of detail and minutiae. I thought there’d be more wires and less head scratching. I feel like each wire winds up being some sort of research project of it’s own–gauge, shielding, termination, length, protections… I’m hoping to have […]
And in goes the GDU–the screens for the system. With these added this whole panel has to weigh 30+ pounds. It’s a beast. I’ll need to get the subpanel cut so I have have the racks tie into that. There’s a lot to do here, and I don’t know exactly where to put my energy. […]