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Angier asks if anyone has installed a stormscope or strikefinder on the 360...

I've just finished my antenna installation for the strikefinder.  It's about
halfway between the baggage bulkhead and the bulkhead in front of the
horizontal
stab.  It's on the outside (underside) of the plane per recommendation of
Lancair Avionics and Insight (maker of strikefinder).  There's really no other
place to put it due to the ground plane.  The Cable pokes up through the
fuselage and must bend quite rapidly to not hit the elevator push tube.  A two
foot diameter aluminum ground plane is required inside the fuselage above the
antenna.  The cable is big and not very flexible so consider how you'll get it
back there.  It was tricky getting the aluminum sheet back there (2 feet is bigger than you
might think) and more wire routings had to be moved.  Also, it nearly
interfered
with the COM 2 antenna and does sit partially on top of the end of the marker
beacon antenna (bid separated of course).   I get a little noise from the
strobes right now.  The Insight guys were helpful and knowlegeable, seems they
did quite of bit of work on our airplane setup.  They're out of Toronto
Canada,
about an hour's flight from where I live and offered to help me clean up noise
if I fly it over.  I got the strikefinder at the time because it was less expensive and came with
heading synchronization at no extra charge.  Regards,
Ed de Chazal