SNB-E01: Avionics & Electrical
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Intercom Harness Wiring – Part 1
Laid out aft cockpit panels on front formers and marked hole locations. Cut out mounting and component holes in formers, deburred, and riveted plates to fuselage. Measured out length of pilot side headset harnesses and cut three-wire shielded cable to length. Soldered harness onto headphone jack and used heat shrink to protect solder joints on…
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Transponder/ADS-B Harness Wiring
Removed RH side panel cover and finished wiring all circuit breakers and power feeds. Installed power outlet on RH side of panel. Left feed wires for autopilot and aux power panel for now. Installed pre-fabricated transponder and ADS-B harnesses and routed them on RH side of fuselage. Removed flip flop and squat switch wires from…
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Radio Harness Wiring
Completed wiring harness for the SV-COM-T25 starting at the com radio side. Began harnesses for SV-COM panel and the SV-INTERCOM as well. Will finish populating other harness later. Hours Worked: 2.80
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Fuselage Floor Avionics – Part 2
Fabricated transponder and com antenna cables from parts then installed into airframe. Secured cables to rear spar carry through with adhesive pads. Hours Worked: 1.85
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Fuselage Floor Avionics – Part 1
Clecoed forward fuselage floor back onto fuselage to start under seat component layout. Made riser mounts for ADSB, transponder, and com boxes so that nutplates could be used out of scrap aluminum. Riveted mounts to fuselage floor behind seat pan and bolted SV-COM-T25, SV-ADSB-472, and SV-XPNDR-261 units into place. Drilled holes for transponder and ADS-B…
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Flap Motor Wiring
Partially wired flap switch on bench and added extra leads to make installation into panel easier. Installed flap switch into panel and connected ground and power wires. Decided to share ground with alternator reset switch so ran additional wire to reset switch. Used Molex connector for reset switch which contacted outside terminals at the right…
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FWF Wiring – Part 3
Terminated amp shunt wires and tachometer lead by installing inline fuse holders with 1 amp fuses. Ran voltage regulator reset line from panel to voltage regulator. Hours Worked: 0.89
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GPS Antenna Install
Drilled mounting holes for both GPS units on top of turtle deck and installed antennas using MS24693 screws. Applied clear silicone sealant around edges of GA 35 antenna to prevent water intrusion into baggage compartment; did not use sealant under Dynon antenna because a gasket was included. Secured wiring for SV-GPS-250 antenna. Hours Worked: 0.83
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Garmin GPS 175 Install
Diagnosed GPS175 screen issue by dissassembling unit and cleaning and reseating screen ribbon connectors; ops check good. Installed GPS harness onto back of tray and wired up ground and power connections. Installed unit and tested; ops check good. Fabricated antenna cable from RG400 coax and drilled center holes for both Dynon and Garmin GPS antennas.…
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GPS 175 Harness Wiring
Created Garmin GPS 175 and Dynon SV-ARINC-429 harness by cutting wires to length and installing high density Garmin pins on one side and standard density D-sub pins on the other end. Referenced the wiring diagram and Dynon’s 3rd party connection guide to fabricate harness. Opted to use common rail on the Garmin connector for ARINC…
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AHRS Unit Shelf
Installed GPS 175 tray behind panel in preparation for GPS install. Connected SkyView WiFi adapter to back of display along with USB extension (which will be secured at a later time). Fabricated shelf for SV-ADAHRS-200 box from 0.032 sheet. Bent and cut flat template then clecoed onto back side of the #2 cross tie. Checked…
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Fuel System Electronics Wiring
Installed molex connectors on fuel probe and fuel flow transducer and connected components to EMS harness and SkyView circuit breaker. Attached voltmeter input of EMS box to main bus bar. Ran firewall forward wires of EMS harness through gromet to engine compartment. Installed main display harness and hooked up power and ground connections. Connected SV-EMS-220…