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 […]
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. […]
I took a moment today to mount the G5. The flush mount looks slick. I know a lot of people will be critical of the mounting method, but again: the flush mount looks slick.