Day 153

We’ve been working some more on getting the wiring and cables done.

One of the 90 degree coaxial connectors we installed for the GPS antenna was the incorrect type of fitting, so we cut it off and put the correct one. (Note to selves, check the connection type, they are not all the same…)

We routes the wires and cables up around the luggage compartment and secured them with high strength Velcro tape. It worked perfectly. It not only protects the wire from the abrasion that would come from zip ties, but also meant we didn’t have to drill a bunch of unsightly holes in the panels.

We also Cleco’ed in the seat backrest stops somehow we had missed this page when we were assembling the rear fuselage. Thankfully they can still be riveted in place now. It ended up working out alright as well because it makes it easier to run the rear headphone jacks and GPS cables with them not have it been put in yet otherwise you end up having to drill into them to run the hardware. So once we’re 100% on the wires, we’ll finish riveting them in.

We’ve been working with Midwest Panels to figure out our headphone wire routing issue and believe we have just about gotten it sorted out.

We have also finished mapping and marking all the wires in the harness Midwest wiring harness. Including the fuel boost pump. (The marker tag for the wire was missing and we had a tough time identifying which wire was meant for it)

Today we match drilled and set the 8 M4 rivet nuts for the IBBS batteries and the 4 M5 rivet nuts that hold the GSU25 on the cluster panels. To do this we had to back track and remove the wire units that had been installed because they did not leave enough room to access the panel. (Note to selves, now that we know what is supposed to go on the panel, we could drill those out while installing the bracing panels prior)

Our goal this week is to have everything set in place with the wiring, hoses, and cables so that first of next week we can start fitting the front top skin!