Brief Description: Forward bay "black box" rack; ELT
All I had time to do today was make a pair of end braces and a diagonal brace for the Black Box rack. A second diagonal brace will go on the other side of the rack, slanted the same direction. Today's new braces were all made from 0.050" x 1" stock.
I've begun planning how this entire structure will be assembled, where the nutplates will go, etc.
Today, I also removed the "old" 121.5 MHz ELT and sent it back to Ameri-King for a $50 rebate. I received my new 406 MHz ELT. The new antenna fits just fine in the same aft bulkhead location I used for the other ELT, and luckily the original mounting setup will work. The only thing I'll have to do it replace the existing 4-conductor RJ-11 control cable with a new, 6-conductor RJ-12 wire. Luckily, I haven't installed it all the way to the cockpit yet.
