The Garmin GPS was installed in the back of the plane, along with the Garmin Transponder. These are installed along the side of the fuselage, just behind the baggage compartment.
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| Garmin GPS mounted in bracket next to transponder |
An aluminum ground plane was installed for the GPS antenna; glued to the fabric aft of the turtledeck. We were originally going to put the GPS antenna towards the back of the turtledeck, but determined that there would not be enough separation between the COM antenna and GPS antenna if we did that. so another small aluminum ground plane was glued to the fabric further back after first attaching a fabric backer "doily" for abrasion resistance. The GPS antenna was then installed with 4 screws that went into nut plates that were attached to the aluminum ground plane.
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| Small ground plane for GPS antenna |
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| GPS antenna installed on top of fuselage |
We are in the process of modifying the routing of the coolant hoses that run from the pump to the radiator. This radiator hose was routed between the Rotax ring mount and the Just aircraft engine mount, without a lot of clearance. We were concerned that movement of the engine on the vibration isolation pads (shock mounts) could cause wearing on the side of the hose. For this reason, we will be shifting it up to give more clearance. Not a trivial task because we have to remove and remount an aluminum elbow that is screwed into the water pump to change the angle of exit first.
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| Original radiator hose routing |
All the avionics are now wired up, so we started to do a little cleanup of the wiring, too. Some wires were bundled with spiral-wrap covering which does a nice job of bundling them together. We have a lot more bundling to do, but at least we started this part of the job. Hours: 25
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| Some wires with protective spiral wrap covering |
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