Title: Cleaning up some wires and the dash
This week I spent most of my time tidying up and bundling wires and installing more adel clamps. The main wire bundle going aft along with coax and pitot and brake tubes are secured all the way up the the instrument panel. It still looks like a hot mess but it is better. I also started wiring up some more avionics. The only avionics im doing so far are the ones that i know there final location. To help with that I am going to temp install the instrument panel but with out the dashboard so its easier to work. With just the instrument panel hanging in position ill be able to work the G3x display and the G5 as well. I also heard back from sling technical about the closeout skins not being 100% correct. There answer unfortunately didnt make anysense. In short they said the panel is short to account for the thickness of the finish carpeting. But if the carpeting pushes the panel over as they suggest then the side holes might fit but the bottom holes will then be off. Its a problem ill deal with down the road. As I get further along in the avionics I have to make some final decisions and also figure out how im going to do some things. For example the pieces I received from Midwest Panel Builders for the long range fuel tank pumps uses times and extra circuit boards. While I'm sure it works fine I am planning to go with a simpler option where the pilot just turns on and off those pumps as appropriate. What this means is not everything i bought from them im going to use and not everything I need. Lastly I started trimming the dashboard to fit the instrument panel and its probably about 90% done. One of the other decisions I was trying to figure out was how to secure nuts on the backside of the dash so I can just screw in the instrument panel. After awhile I realized I dont need to secure nuts, nut clips or install rivnuts. With the displays out of the instrument panel there is plenty of room to just install regular nuts and tighten them with a wrench. There is no need to make this more complicated. Once again I am telling myself, 'keep it simple stupid'.


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