LettersFromFlyoverCountry
Well Known Member
In addition to allowing me the opportunity to move up my annual inspection date to typical "no fly" months, the recent service bulletin and subsequent removal of the tail has given me the opportunity to correct some wrongs when I built.
On my RV7A I didn't want to drill through both the tie down bracket and rudder spar to run the wires for the tail light and strobe. So I had to cockeye it off to one side.
The mistake is I then went into the rudder fairing, choosing to use a grommet for the entry point.
This was dumb for many reasons. First, using the AMP connector means I'd have to cut wires to remove the rudder anyway and, second, you get a lot of flexing in the wire between the rudder and the vertical stabilizer.
I'm thinking about a two inch wide rectangular "slit" in the fairing would make more sense and I'm wondering what other folks have done here?
On my RV7A I didn't want to drill through both the tie down bracket and rudder spar to run the wires for the tail light and strobe. So I had to cockeye it off to one side.
The mistake is I then went into the rudder fairing, choosing to use a grommet for the entry point.
This was dumb for many reasons. First, using the AMP connector means I'd have to cut wires to remove the rudder anyway and, second, you get a lot of flexing in the wire between the rudder and the vertical stabilizer.
I'm thinking about a two inch wide rectangular "slit" in the fairing would make more sense and I'm wondering what other folks have done here?