We temporarily attached the vertical stabilizer and elevators, and ran the trim control cables through them (which was a lot easier to do with the borescope, since it involves routing the cables through small holes in the spars):
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| Horizontal stabilizer and elevators attached in place, with trim cables running through them |
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| Routing the trim cables with the help of the borescope |
With this, we could figure out the ELT install position - the space between the cables is almost enough, but can be made enough if the cables are secured slightly away from it:
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| ELT sitting in-between the two trim cables |
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| Trim cables clearing the ELT if slight force is applied |
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| ELT sitting in-between the two trim cables, viewed from the side |
I attached Clickbond cable brackets to keep the cables away from the center, and added #4 nutplates for attaching the buzzer:
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| Clickbond standoffs for holding the trim cables away from the ELT |
With this, we could also install the stick grips (part of another post), and try out different routes for the grip wires (I also considered just adding an Adel clamp to the landing gear mount, but that seemed too structural to mess with):
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| Stick grip cable routing underneath the seat |
We finished up the overhead inserts, with enclosed Clickbond nutplates to make sure wiring above it won't be damaged, and assembled the components to them:
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| Marking overhead insert nutplate areas for sanding |
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| Top side of aft overhead insert with all equipment installed |
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| Bottom side of aft overhead insert with all equipment installed |
We also spent an enormous amount of time trying to finish the forward overhead insert, and....we messed up :( we put a bit too much torque on one of the stud inserts, and it got loose, inbetween the metal and the carbon fiber layers - so we're back to square 1 for that one.
For the engine wiring, I CNCed a bracket from Delrin to test fit it (and test my CNC program, it was my first time using this machine for something serious):
An initial fitting shows that I didn't consider the that the hoses are not straight, and thus not at a constant distance from the cylinder - so more work is needed here.
Next will be closing up the overhead console and securing the ELT.
Total avionics rivets: 185
Total avionics time: 459.6h
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