Power Up!
The time finally arrived when I couldn’t think of any more wires to fit … and I ran out of excuses not to switch it all on! I made a checklist … eg all components…
Avionics
Wiring Finished! Ground Block & Voltage Regulator
Having wired up the lower centre panel, the only things left to wire were the “Forest of Tabs”, and the Standby Alternator Voltage Regulator. Grounding Block or “Forest of Tabs” I’d routed all the ground…
Lower Centre Instrument Panel
When designing the instrument panel, I realised there were several items that I didn’t want or need to be on the main panel. Anticipating this, ages ago I had purchased the brackets F-14188B-L & R…
Wiring and Panel – nearly there!
All the avionics connections are now complete, so the last couple of weeks have been spent installing the switches and related wiring. PFD, Standby G5, pitot, static & AOA connections. Dimmers, switches, Air Traffic display,…
Guess what? Still Wiring – Garmin CanBus
Continuing the theme of giving a flavour of the things involved with wiring a Garmin G3X system, here’s how I’ve been wiring the CanBus. Garmin uses a CanBus to connect the various LRU’s (Line Replaceable…
More Avionics Wiring
The avionics wiring continues, and I think I’m just about on my self-imposed schedule to complete it by the end of this month. Like a lot of aspects of this project, although this phase was…
Avionics Wiring Continues
Having spent hours planning and documenting the proposed avionics wiring, the last few weeks have seen me attempting to actually create it. It’s been a lot easier with the fuselage on its side, allowing good…
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…
Avionics – Box Installation
Avionics Bay Supports I made the supports from 1″x1/2″x1/8″ aluminium angle, spacing them to match the hole span on the GEA 24. I match drilled two holes in each bracket for 1/8″ rivets. Having clecoed…
Avionics – Transponder Tray
Well here’s the plan for the GTX 45R Transponder location. I want to keep it as far forward as possible, to allow room for any required switches underneath the right G3X screen. The unit slides…