well, that does make me feel better dan. thanks! i'll deal with it when i get to that point, and i'll check out how you did it when i get there.dan said:Not a huge deal. The catch is that the location you picked will probably end up jutting into the fuselage *above* the seat pan...obviously not desirable. Imho you want your wires entering the fuselage beneath the seats.
If it's any consolation, I put my conduit in the top forward corner, which is equally undesirable...since it dead ends into the F-704 side doubler. Can't penetrate there. So in my case I had to "S" the wires to enter the fuselage. You'll probably have to do something similar. Not ideal, but not a huge deal.
N941WR said:Chad,
This may be too late to help but you never know.
At the top of my wing page I talk about the little jig I made to locate the conduit holes. Maybe you could do something similar for your pitot tube holes.
Here[/ulr] is a picture of where I ran my pitot tube and AoA lines, per the Van's document Dan mentioned.
It is good to know that web site helps someone every now and then. My goal was to add to the already great information on Dan's and other sites.cjensen said:ha! funny you should post that bill! i already copied your little jig idea to locate my conduit holes! thanks!
from my website:
i'm gonna run the pitot line as vans says to...learn something new each day! i didn't even know that document from vans website existed. wish i would've looked a little harder before i made the conduit holes. oh well, it'll work out.
I'm getting ready to prime the ribs for the left wing (doing one wing at a time). I was planning to run the pitot as per the drawing (basically in the tooling tole at the front of the rib, with glands of course). One of the tooling holes is just the right size for the gland being used. I note from the picture that you are using plastic tube for the pitot line. I kind of assumed that the soft aluminium tube would run all the way back to the fuselage. Care to clarify for me? Thanks,N941WR said:Here is a picture of where I ran my pitot tube and AoA lines, per the Van's document Dan mentioned.
well shucks... you're quite welcome!AntiGravity said:PS. Special thanks to Chad for being just a fraction ahead of me and asking all the questions I need answers for! Thanks Chad