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    Hello everyone,


    I have problems visualizing the movement of the flaps control rods at this stage of the construction, and so I’m not sure how to finish the wiring of the two headers, and positioning of the harness to avoid any friction.


    On the right, I positioned the ELT remote ctrl, but looking at the flap rod, I wonder if I made a mistake…


    Do you have pictures of your wiring installations in both headers so I can see what solutions you have adopted?


    Thanks in advance!
    Yves

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    you are right. Don’t secure any of those wires now in the headers as I say in my thread. Leave them all loose for now until you actually install your flaps/rods/fuel lines etc in the headers.

    Quote Originally Posted by PBY Catalina View Post
    Hello everyone,


    I have problems visualizing the movement of the flaps control rods at this stage of the construction, and so I’m not sure how to finish the wiring of the two headers, and positioning of the harness to avoid any friction.


    On the right, I positioned the ELT remote ctrl, but looking at the flap rod, I wonder if I made a mistake…


    Do you have pictures of your wiring installations in both headers so I can see what solutions you have adopted?


    Thanks in advance!
    Yves

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    Default Re: Headers wiring vs flaps push rods movements

    Hi Yves,

    We do not use an ELT remote, however on the builds I have seen where the builder opted to add one, it is usually is turned sideways rather than vertical for clearance on the flap rod.
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    Default Re: Headers wiring vs flaps push rods movements

    oops. Sorry Yves. I didn’t see the part about your Elt remote. I was just thinking the wiring in general. It’s really hard to tell how that flap rod orients in there until the flaps are hooked up. Also, it moves vertically as you raise or lower the flaps.

    Quote Originally Posted by Daveembry View Post
    you are right. Don’t secure any of those wires now in the headers as I say in my thread. Leave them all loose for now until you actually install your flaps/rods/fuel lines etc in the headers.
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    That’s where I put my remote switch too. I wanted it on the egress side and up where a passenger could turn it on easily also. The little black Kydex cover directly above the elt switch is there because I didn’t think ahead, unlike you. 😀

    The white object to the left of the switch is the carbon monoxide detector.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan L View Post

    That’s where I put my remote switch too. I wanted it on the egress side and up where a passenger could turn it on easily also. The little black Kydex cover directly above the elt switch is there because I didn’t think ahead, unlike you. 😀

    The white object to the left of the switch is the carbon monoxide detector.
    Thank you Dan !
    Would you have a picture of the back side ?

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    Question to everybody: did you had mistake in the harness made by CC ?
    I'm testing my wiring, and the fist one is wrong

    I just spent a week wiring and trusting the harness that CC prepared.
    So I was wrong... so I’m going to start all over again and test all the harnesses before starting again....

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    Quote Originally Posted by PBY Catalina View Post
    Question to everybody: did you had mistake in the harness made by CC ?
    My FX-3 was built with left and right stereo channels reversed to front and rear headphones. CC corrected my aircraft but, to the best of my knowledge, never issued a service bulletin to alert owners of all the previous aircraft that had left/right channel reversal. (There was a CC drawing error).
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    cfr:
    https://forum.cubcrafters.com/showth...ol-and-testing

    Quote Originally Posted by PBY Catalina View Post
    Question to everybody: did you had mistake in the harness made by CC ?
    I'm testing my wiring, and the fist one is wrong

    I just spent a week wiring and trusting the harness that CC prepared.
    So I was wrong... so I’m going to start all over again and test all the harnesses before starting again....

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    Default Re: Headers wiring vs flaps push rods movements

    A related question, having been supplied with pre-drilled holes for upper circuit breakers in the left side door header, I now find these circuit breakers are in conflict with the flap control rods and to a lesser extent, the fuel quantity placards. My lower CB row is similar to the second photo attached here. Are there photographs out there of a successful placement of side mounted CB's on the door headers - either LHS or RHS?
    Quote Originally Posted by PBY Catalina View Post
    Hello everyone,


    I have problems visualizing the movement of the flaps control rods at this stage of the construction, and so I’m not sure how to finish the wiring of the two headers, and positioning of the harness to avoid any friction.


    On the right, I positioned the ELT remote ctrl, but looking at the flap rod, I wonder if I made a mistake…


    Do you have pictures of your wiring installations in both headers so I can see what solutions you have adopted?


    Thanks in advance!
    Yves

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