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Buck's RV-8
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Date:  1-30-2011
Number of Hours:  2.50
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Brief Description:  Wing closing prep

I spent an hour doing some final prep-work on the wing wiring. Since I've now switched to LED nav/strobe lights, I wanted to upgrade my 22 AWG nav light wire to 20 AWG, so I used the smaller wires to pull the larger ones through the wing conduits. While I was at it, I also pulled an extra 20 AWG wire through each wing, just as a spare. You never know when you might need one.

Next, I turned the pitot line's wing-root AN fitting 45 degrees down from its previous orientation, drilled a hole in the rib aft of the wiring conduit, and installed a bushing for the pitot line. The down-turned angle will let the pitot line pass underneath the aileron pushrod and exit the wing more in line with the location where it will pass into the fuselage.

Note: My fitting is installed on the second rib, not the actual root rib. I'll get a photo posted shortly. The one I took last night wasn't too good.
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