I worked on getting things done behind that panel since I want to rivet on the boot cowl this week. I still had to make the glide slope antenna and connection. I decided to make my own antenna like some have done; it amounts to taking off the shielding from 16â of coax. I used a BNC bulkhead fitting at the panel.
Next I tied the EGT/CHT wires behind the panel and played with how to work in some slack into the wires. I just want enough so with the panel tilted down I can get to the connector on the back. I tried several ideas to see if I might be able to rivet on the top skin with the panel installed but I think that is a no go at least for about half the rivets. It is really not that big a deal to remove the panel, so that is what I plan to do.
I installed all the pitot/static and AOA lines to the non-instrument side of things so re-install of the panel is a little easier. After that I came up with an alternate static source. I put a âTâ into the static line then attached a section of line with some #6 size aluminum tube (stuff used for fuel lines) over the plastic static line. I then put one of the push on connectors with the brass fitting normally used to install into and instrument. By pulling down on the aluminum tube this compresses the push on fitting release and the fitting falls off thereby creating a pathway for static air in case the two static ports get clogged up (unlikely). I still need to find a cap for the brass part but this makes a nice cheap alternate static source; this is also a good access point to check the static system for leaks which is required every 2 years.
I will heak shrink with white to hide the cable some.
Alt Static source, fitting needs cap, and I need to label.
