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Instrument Panel, Wiring February 28, 2021

Project Update

Lots has been going on with this RV14 project, but not so much written on this blog for the last month! That’s because it’s involved continued planning, both for the wiring and panel design. So…

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FUSELAGE, Wiring January 24, 2021

VPX Wiring

The Vertical Power VPX has 5 connectors, full of pins which have to be assigned to devices and switches. Obviously this takes a bit of planning, and there is a web based configuration tool which…

FUSELAGE, Wiring January 15, 2021

Floodlight

While I was preparing parts for the BusBar C mount I made a little bracket to mount the cockpit floodlight. I used the thinnest material I could get away with, and bent a lip on…

FUSELAGE, Wiring January 14, 2021

Ground Block – Forest of Tabs

The electrical part of building an aeroplane is challenging, not least because you are cast adrift with very little “official” advice from the kit manufacturer. You are the “Design Authority” … gulp! Where to ground…

FUSELAGE, Wiring January 12, 2021

BUS C

I have designed a “Bus C” in to the electrical system for two reasons: Redundancy Extra fused power sources There is lots of debate about the pros and cons of Cb’s v Fuses in aircraft…

FUSELAGE, Wiring January 10, 2021

Wiring – Planning the Backbone

Over the last few weeks I have spent many hours researching and planning the overall wiring architecture … the “Wiring Backbone”. Consequently, there hasn’t been much actual progress in the workshop, which has been frustrating….