Radio Installation

These pictures detail the work done from Monday, August 13 to Wednesday, August 15, 2001. We succeeded in installing and connecting all of the avionics (except the KG-102 and flux gate). The co-pilot headset and mic jacks were connected, as were the music inputs and data ports.

We found some problems after powering it up and testing it, but these were solved on Thursday (slight mis-wiring).

The white hose is for the vacuum system and static system. In the picture you can see lines connecting the altimeter & VSI, and two lines that run to the suction gage and altitude encoder.	One of the highlights of the installation: putting in the cans that hold the various avionics. In this photo Dan is installing the can for the GNS530 GPS above the can for the GTX327 transponder.	This is the wiring harness removed from the cans.
As each can is installed, from the bottom-up, each radio is put in place to ensure that it lines up with the one before it.	Installing the Narco 890 DME rack.	All of the radio racks/cans are now installed, and you can see the new mess of wiring coming out the bottom of the panel. These will be bundled up and routed to their respective destinations.
A shot looking up behind the panel at the radio racks. You can see the main bundle of wires clearly here. This will be tied up behind the racks and routed.	The empty avionics racks after installation.	Here Dan fights off the ferocious avionics wire monster.
At the end of the day Wednesday, Aug 15, 2001.	Another view of the back of the avionics racks, with the wiring neatly routed.

Thursday saw the completion of the intercom wiring, although I wasn't there to witness it.