ERushing
Well Known Member
Good Morning,
I'm ready to start riveting the bottom skins - finally! But before I do, I had a couple of questions.
1 - I've melted holes in the van's plastic conduit. I'm a little concerned about abrasion on the wires and AOA line that I have running out the hole. Has anyone come up with a good way to treat that hole to avoid abrasion? I've seem some use a braided PET sleeve. Any recommendations of source or particular brand? I have some leftover from RC builds but the stuff is cheap and frays like mad! Other ideas are welcome as well. (I've searched but haven't seen much in the way of recommendation.)
2 - Pitot Service Loops - The AOA and Pitot lines are a bit stiffer than I thought. How have people done and secured service loops? I've got my Gap 26 Pitot located one bay outboard of the pushrod access bay. Pitot/ AOA tubes are already bent and it's kinda tight in there...
Anything else I should think of before closing them up? I've got string run to pull wires, the AP servo bolted in, and the conduit permatexed in place. Also note that I'm going to secure that AOA line and heated pitot wires onto the heated pitot controller plate so it won't just be floating around.... I just need to figure out how I'm going to do the AOA/ Pitot service loop before installing the anchor.
I'm ready to start riveting the bottom skins - finally! But before I do, I had a couple of questions.
1 - I've melted holes in the van's plastic conduit. I'm a little concerned about abrasion on the wires and AOA line that I have running out the hole. Has anyone come up with a good way to treat that hole to avoid abrasion? I've seem some use a braided PET sleeve. Any recommendations of source or particular brand? I have some leftover from RC builds but the stuff is cheap and frays like mad! Other ideas are welcome as well. (I've searched but haven't seen much in the way of recommendation.)
2 - Pitot Service Loops - The AOA and Pitot lines are a bit stiffer than I thought. How have people done and secured service loops? I've got my Gap 26 Pitot located one bay outboard of the pushrod access bay. Pitot/ AOA tubes are already bent and it's kinda tight in there...
Anything else I should think of before closing them up? I've got string run to pull wires, the AP servo bolted in, and the conduit permatexed in place. Also note that I'm going to secure that AOA line and heated pitot wires onto the heated pitot controller plate so it won't just be floating around.... I just need to figure out how I'm going to do the AOA/ Pitot service loop before installing the anchor.