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I'm going through that right now so this is what I'm told.
No, you can't put the antenna in before you have it skin mapped. Every airplane is slightly different and past skin mapping has showed that the antenna may have to be moved just 1 inch in any direction. I have in my tail, Stormscope box, TCAD box, Air Conditioning condenser with Fan, and Two stepper motors for the autopilot servos. We intend to look at the skin mapping with some things turned on and maybe off. i.e. the air conditioning may not be able to run when I need the Stormscope, which may not be a big trade off.
Also, I'm told that most Stormscopes pick up your voltage regulator, which you get use to. But I have two regulators so that could be different from yours.
Finally, it is not that big of a thing to drill the hole after the plane is running, flying, and you can turn on everything electrical that you have on board.

Another thought on the NEXRAD, which I will be adding in the future, is that it will only give you radar WHERE THEY HAVE GROUND RADAR. That means you don't have any weather in much of this country let along out of this country. Obviously, we really need, on board Radar, Stormscope, and data link weather information, or just land. Regards, Jim Hergert
N6XE, Sexy L4P, 35 hrs new.

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