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Date:  6-11-2006
Number of Hours:  2.50
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Brief Description:  Made antenna doublers and drilled mount location.

One of the things I needed to do before the rear seat floors are permanetly installed was to put in the Comm antenna doublers and run the antenna cables. The doublers are there to help absorb some of the stress of the antenna sticking out into a 200mph airstream. I followed everyone else and put the two antennas in the bay just inside of the outside. This gives enough spread distance according to Comant the antennas maker. Because I had already sprayed the soundproofing material I new rivets wouldn't give me a tight seal. So I decided to bond the doubler in place. What the hell do I mean by bonding? Simply put I glued it. Now for this purpose E6000 is more than enough to do the job and is actually probably better. This is some wicked stuff that does not let go. I also use it for things like securing conduit in place and snap bushings. Lot's of people use it to glue on the rudder cable fairings and I also will probably do so. The holes are drilled for the coax but I still need to run it.
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0.032 doubler marked up. The line on the right is the existing rib flange, I ended up cutting it off.

0.032 doubler marked up. The line on the right is the existing rib flange, I ended up cutting it off.

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E6000 (akaShoeGoo or Goop) on doubler ready to install.

E6000 (akaShoeGoo or Goop) on doubler ready to install.

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Doubler in place and held with clecos.

Doubler in place and held with clecos.

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