I’m (almost) ready to drill the firewall holes for the Throttle/Prop/Mixture cables on my ES (basically the same F/W as a IV).

 

1. I’ve considered the placement of other items on the firewall and the location of the major hoses near the firewall (fuel lines etc).

2. I’m also cognizant of keeping the cables away from the rudder pedal movement area on the inside.

3. Obviously sharp bends (and/or twists) are to be avoided.

 

However, I’d like to be sure I’m not ignoring anything else important (I don’t know what I don’t know).  I’ve looked through lots of pictures of other’s planes which I have, and they all seem to be a little different. 

 

Is there any reason not to get the cables as close as possible to the correct placement/orientation before the firewall (and then relatively straight back to the panel)?  This would seem to simplify the spaghetti behind the panel – perhaps at the expense of the spaghetti fwd of the firewall.  It seems one disadvantage of this approach is that there isn’t any service loop behind the panel without loosening the cables at the firewall grommets.  Perhaps this is not important if the cables/controls are on their own sub-panel.

 

Any other thoughts/insights/lessons learned???

 

Rick Titsworth