Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19991130130144.00ae06e0@olsusa.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 13:01:44 -0500
To: lancair.list@olsusa.com
From: Marvin Kaye <marvkaye@olsusa.com>
Subject: Re: Lancair IVP Wiring
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Posted for Brent Regan <brent@regandesigns.com> to eliminate attachment and
dual formatting:

Hello Bob:

You will be able to get 99% of your wiring supplies from Digikey
(www.digikey.com) or EDMO (www.edmo.com). EDMO is wholesale only so be sure
to put on your business cap when calling. For connectors the best ones are
no connectors. I used solder and heat shrink in many places where some used
connectors. My reasoning is that for the life of the aircraft you may have
to remove a trim motor twice. The total time it takes to terminate a
connector is more than the time it takes to solder and unsolder the two
wires several times.  You have the benefit of avoiding the cost, weight and
lack of reliability of any connector.

If you have to use a connector, use the best you can find. One good choice
are the AMP CPC series (Digikey) with the gold plated pins. I used a
bulkhead version of these for the wings. As you can see from the attached
pictures and sketch, I made a small pressure bulkhead on the aft spar and a
tapered cuff through the fuselage. By putting the pressure penetrations
(fuel, pitot, nav and electrical) here you do not have to have and flex
hoses in the wing root or the inspection cover in the fairing. It works
great and is the only way to go.

Compliments of the season

Brent

BOBPAS26@aol.com wrote:

> Dear Brent,
> Have followed your active participation on LNL for some time and am FINALLY
>getting started on my IVP. Jim White and I each bought one and went to
> Lancair in September to close the wings at the factory. Kits arrived here in
> Arlington, VA in early October; we are now installing and aligning
> winglets--some challenge.
>
> I'm writing to see if you have a good source of aircraft-grade wiring and
> (particularly) connectors that you like. Most of the wiring for the wings is
> provided in the kit/accessories (e.g. Jim Frantz's AOA), but need some wire
> and connectors for the aileron trim and VOR antennae.
>
> Also, did you drill the fuselage for the wires and seal around (as
> recommended by some), or provide pressure bulkhead terminals for wiring to
> the wings/tail?
>
> Sorry to bother you with these details, but thought that if you could
spare a
> minute, we'd get very good advice.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob Pastusek & Jim White
>
> PS: If you're ever in to DC area, we're building in an old warehouse about a
> mile south of National Airport--I mean Reagan National Airport-- and would
> love to show off the workshop and projects.  rrp

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