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04-21-2020, 07:50 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Windsor, Ontario
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There is actually a small difference in price. The left being about $5 cheaper.
https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catal..._antenna-1.php
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Windsor, Ontario
1942 Tiger Moth
2017 Waco YMF-5
Kit # 140694
Received RV-14 Empennage Kit October 22, 2019
Started Tail Cone Dec 2019
Received QB Kit April 2020
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04-21-2020, 07:52 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SC
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My Archer antenna is in the left wingtip, or will be when I install it.
Both Dynon ADHRS are one bulkhead behind the baggage compartment bulkhead.
I was worried about the cable running by the roll servo in the right wing, which is why I opted for the left wing for the Archer antenna. I don't know if this will be an issue but no sense in risking it.
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RV-9 (Yes, it's a dragon tail)
O-360 w/ dual P-mags
Build the plane you want, not the plane others want you to build!
SC86 - Easley, SC
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04-21-2020, 07:58 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: 50-50 Wichita KS & Scottsdale AZ
Posts: 327
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Originally Posted by N941WR
Mine is in the left wingtip, or will be when I install it.
I was worried about the cable running by the roll servo in the right wing, which is why I opted for the left wing.
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CanBus seems like pure FM to me, but I thought that it would be a good thing to have it in the same wing as the servo for wiring simplicity. Am I wrong?
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04-21-2020, 08:14 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SC
Posts: 12,887
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Desert Rat
CanBus seems like pure FM to me, but I thought that it would be a good thing to have it in the same wing as the servo for wiring simplicity. Am I wrong?
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The CAN bus had nothing to do with my decision.
For me, installing the two ADHRS was a retrofit from a D100. It was a pain working the fuselage but has worked out well. I installed a Dynon hub next to the pitch servo and plugged everything in there and bought one wire bundle forward. Pretty much the same as installing it in the wing tip.
There are a couple of reasons I didn't install the ADHRS in the wings; I remove my wing tips every year, I didn't want to risk damaging them, and I figured if I get hangar or ramp rash, it would be a wingtip that gets damaged. Better to have those delicate pieces of electronics in the fuselage.
Just my feeling.
Yes, it was a pain installing them after the fact as I had to drill up the floor and then work in the tailcone while sitting in the baggage compartment but now that it is done, I'm very happy with it.
The Archer antenna is being added in the next month or two and not at the same time as the ADHARS so it wasn't a mater of being "easier". I did run conduit down both wings, so it is a simple matter of pulling the cable down the wing.
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RV-9 (Yes, it's a dragon tail)
O-360 w/ dual P-mags
Build the plane you want, not the plane others want you to build!
SC86 - Easley, SC
www.repucci.com/bill/baf.html
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04-21-2020, 08:22 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 128
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Originally Posted by emsvitil
Put one in each wingtip so you can land centerline........
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Ha! But that never happens.
Actually I installed an Archer antenna in both wingtips. My Garmin 650 uses the left wing. And since my SL-30 radio has ILS capability, I have that going to the right wing. May as well. Still doesn't help my landings.... 
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04-21-2020, 08:24 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SC
Posts: 12,887
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rswalden
Ha! But that never happens.
Actually I installed an Archer antenna in both wingtips. My Garmin 650 uses the left wing. And since my SL-30 radio has ILS capability, I have that going to the right wing. May as well. Still doesn't help my landings.... 
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Do you notice much difference between the two? Granted, the different receivers probably have a bigger impact than the antennas being separated by the width of your wingspan.
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Bill R.
RV-9 (Yes, it's a dragon tail)
O-360 w/ dual P-mags
Build the plane you want, not the plane others want you to build!
SC86 - Easley, SC
www.repucci.com/bill/baf.html
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04-21-2020, 11:53 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 128
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Quote:
Originally Posted by N941WR
Do you notice much difference between the two? Granted, the different receivers probably have a bigger impact than the antennas being separated by the width of your wingspan.
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Bill,
Honestly I don't see much difference in signal strength. But, now that I can shoot LPV RNAV autopilot coupled approaches to 200'... I rarely use the ILS and VOR except for training.
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KFFC "Falcon RV Squadron" Peachtree City, GA
RV-7A Tip-Up, IO-390, 700+ Hours
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04-21-2020, 12:03 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Posts: 860
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Originally Posted by Desert Rat
Terrye-
Any problems in that location? Seems like there's a lot of steel back there, especially since I'm building a taildragger.
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Not installed yet, still working on firewall forward and instrument panel.
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RV-9A (Fuselage)
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