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CJohnston(at)popsound.com
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Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:12 pm Post subject: closing out floors and wire running

Hey Tim - 



I was getting ready to close up my floors, and wondered about hooking up

coax for the comms on the belly.  I noticed that you ran some tubing

through bushings - did you run the wire later?  Did you have trouble

fishing the wire through the hole on the bottom skin when it came time

to install the antennae?  I'm just a bit confused here and I don't want

to be drilling out rivets...  also, if you had to do it differently -

would you change antenna choices at all?



Any thoughts are appreciated!



Thanks

cj

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CJohnston(at)popsound.com
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Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:17 pm Post subject: closing out floors and wire running

Whoops - meant to send that to Tim Olson directly, but I'd appreciate

everyone's input as well!



cj

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Tim(at)MyRV10.com
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Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:29 pm Post subject: closing out floors and wire running

I ran the tubing down in that area so it would hopefully make the wire

shoot out of the tubing and real close to the exit hole.  In practice,

it did take me 3 or 4 minutes to get the wire fished through, because

I was off a bit on the tubing angle, but it could be done more

accurately than I did without much work.  I just grabbed it with one

of those little claw grabbing tools from an auto parts store and pulled

it right out.  It makes for good future access to install the connector,

without having to have an access panel under the seat...which is another

option that some have done.



As for antenna choices, I can say that I'm *almost* 100% satisfied

with the antenna choices and locations.  The only one that has been

giving me grief is my Comant combo antenna (WSI/GPS).  That particular

antenna has failed once (the GPS part failed), and the replacement

has been acting the same now.  I'd get them to swap it, but

hopefully within a couple short months I'll be installing a

new GPS/Sirius antenna for the upgraded WSI, so it'll be irrelevant.

Other than that, I don't have any complaints.  I can't believe

how much better the range of my signals is than my old plane.



As for the wire under the rear seats, I've had another builder who

did it that way report back that he had great success too.  So, just

try to do it as best you can so the wire exits near the hole, and

you'll be just fine.  Remember that you'll have a 5/8-3/4" hole

or so for the exit, so there's room to grab a wire.



Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying

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Chris Johnston wrote:

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 Hey Tim - 

 

 I was getting ready to close up my floors, and wondered about hooking up

 coax for the comms on the belly.  I noticed that you ran some tubing

 through bushings - did you run the wire later?  Did you have trouble

 fishing the wire through the hole on the bottom skin when it came time

 to install the antennae?  I'm just a bit confused here and I don't want

 to be drilling out rivets...  also, if you had to do it differently -

 would you change antenna choices at all?

 

 Any thoughts are appreciated!

 

 Thanks

 cj

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