I should be out in the garage working on the -10 tonight, but I just don't physically feel up to it. I've learned that building a plane is a lot like flying. If I don't feel good, I don't do my best work and I tend to make bad decisions. Better to stay on the ground.... eh, I mean, stay out of the garage.
I am rapidly approaching the day when I must close out the forward floor panels F-1050-L/R. So I really need to decide exactly where the transponder blade antenna will be located so I can create an access panel and install the appropriate doubler.
I want to mount the transponder antenna on the belly just a few inches aft of the firewall, offset to right of the centerline. Thinking it over, the exhaust pipes will be exiting just forward of where the antenna looks like it should go. Is that a problem?
Where did you mount your transponder antenna?
If I mount just aft of the firewall on the belly, should I mount it in the inner-most cavity under the forward floor? (Between F-1049D and F-1049A)
The middle cavity? (Between F-1049A and F-1049B)
Or the outer-most cavity? (Between F-1049B and F-1049C)
I have largely ruled out mounting in the center trunk because there is already so much going on in there.
Thoughts?
JW
I am rapidly approaching the day when I must close out the forward floor panels F-1050-L/R. So I really need to decide exactly where the transponder blade antenna will be located so I can create an access panel and install the appropriate doubler.
I want to mount the transponder antenna on the belly just a few inches aft of the firewall, offset to right of the centerline. Thinking it over, the exhaust pipes will be exiting just forward of where the antenna looks like it should go. Is that a problem?
NOTE: My Warrior has the transponder antenna about where I want to mount it on the RV-10, and lives in the exhaust stream of the O-320. That is a much smaller engine and the Warrior exhaust is near the front of the nose bowl so a few feet away. Other than getting a bit sooty, the blade on the Warrior appears no worse for wear. However, the RV-10 exhaust from the big IO-540 will exit just inches from my proposed antenna.
Where did you mount your transponder antenna?
If I mount just aft of the firewall on the belly, should I mount it in the inner-most cavity under the forward floor? (Between F-1049D and F-1049A)
The middle cavity? (Between F-1049A and F-1049B)
Or the outer-most cavity? (Between F-1049B and F-1049C)
I have largely ruled out mounting in the center trunk because there is already so much going on in there.
Thoughts?
JW
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