Rick,
I located my control
cable penetrations using the Lancair provided firewall drawing. You should
have one in your package. You don’t want to get too creative or the cable
lengths could be wrong (assuming your using the Lancair FWF cable set) or the
bends might to too sharp. Good Luck.
Paul
Bricker
N63PB
7.1
hrs
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Subject: [LML] Throttle/ Prop / Mix Cable
Placement
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