| Hi Tom,
Adding to the other points that have been made: - are you going to have fresh air? that would come from the tail ideally. - Are you putting a com antenna in the tail? If so, recommend doing the vswr test before you close everything out.. - going skiing? might want to make a ski tube closed off from the other stuff. - on the ahrs, consider dual ahrs now. It's cheaper and smaller than adding another later. - going for a transcontinental record? might want to consider additional fuel for solo flights - what's the de-ice plan? If you are going to put something in it's easier to deal with now than hacking later.
As far as CG goes, I put both batteries ahead of the firewall and have a heavy metal full feathering hartzell prop. All the avionics boxes in the airplane are shoved as far forward in the cabin as possible. That helps some.
Other avionics stuff: - most people put an antenna tray under the glass in front of the tail. Garmin's new waas antennas are bigger than the old ones. plan accordingly. Also might want to think about access to those from the tail access panel just ahead of the stab. - easier to mount antennas, the less other stuff is in the airplane. belly mounted com, tcad, stormscope etc. consider what you will do for nav antennas. whisker on the tail is known to work - so that is some plumbing back there.
Colyn
On Apr 22, 2011, at 1:56 PM, Tom & Beth Sullivan wrote: As we're finishing up the A/C condenser mounting, wiring and plumbing, my part time build helper, an A&P, and I were looking at the space left in the aft fuselage area, wondering what we have left to fit in there? I'm thinking ELT and what else? I would like to complete as much as possible before temporarily installing the top and fitting the door. The autopilot installation came up and we are wondering if the autopilots typically used in the IVP are "trim tab" driven (I have Ray Allen servos on all of my trim tabs), or are there servo's hooked directly to flight control tubes? Specifically, we are wondering if we will need to mount some type of servo to the elevator push/pull tube? I've also fabricated mounts and installed the evaporator and fan on the rear pressure bulkhead (all of my own design) and wondering if anyone has pictures of this area during different phases of completion? Thanks in advance Tom Sullivan Refocused and making progress!!
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