Exciting news this week. Midwest Panel Builders has got back to me with the rendering for my future panel. We made a few tweaks but i went with very close to their stock design. The panel will also will be backlit which should be a huge plus for any night flying.
The other big work push this week was to get both wing root CPC connectors installed on the fuselage side. The problem I was having was to find a connector that would accommodate varying wire size from 22AWG to 14AWG. Looking at Aircraft Spruce and Steinair websites I couldnt find 100% what I was looking for. I found out the TE electronics is where they got their connectors so I went to TEs website and found what I needed. After that I just needed to make sure the wire routing wouldnt interfere with other moving parts inside the fuselage and I started pinning it out. This is what I used:
RECEPT,SZ 17-16 CPC 206036-1
CPC PLUG ASSEMBLY SIZE 17-16 206037-1
CABLE CLAMP KIT #17 206070-8
III+ PIN,24-20,15AU/FL,STRIP 66102-8
III+ SKT,24-20,15AU/FL,STRIP 66104-8
III+ PIN,18-14,30AU/FL,STRIP 1-66359-6
III+ SKT,18-14,30AU/FL,STRIP 1-66358-9
After the CPC I started and am still working on routing the brake lines from the master cylinders on the brake pedals down the center channel to the parking brake and then to the wing root. The stock TSI comes with a hand brake so routing the lines for toe brakes has been a little harder than expected because I need the lines to move with the pedals but to not contact surrounding structure or the other pedals to prevent chaffing. Im making progress but its not as straight forward as I thought. Once those brake lines are run then I can finalize the wire clamps and then I will start pinning out some of the avionics such as the radios, comm panel etc.