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[blaswichk]

Ha! I just sent my Trig TT22 back for credit as it requires a dedicated rs232 input from an external gps reciever, yuck! another freaking box for another 1300 bucks. I’ll just call ahead for a non-electrical arrival at the one field inside the veil. We are fat ultralights with no stinking certificated electrical systems!

[earthstaraircraft]

Don’t call your self a fat Ultralight!

Happy Flying,
Mark

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[dlong1957]

Kess, using the uAvionix SkyFx Ext ADS-B it has its own GPS so you wouldn't need anything feeding the Trig. Cheaper than the 1500 dollar box. The Trig has a built in altitude encoder so the mode S had all it needs.

[hashbang@gmail.com]

I've decided not to get the Trig. I went with the EchoUAT and I'll get a regular transponder. The echo with their SkyFx was about 1200, and I get a non ES transponder for a couple hundred on ebay. Total price with in/out well under the TT22 price, and then I'd still need a UAT radio.


Joel

[blaswichk]

Ok, I’m not a fat ultralight. I’m a light airplane that people call an ultralight just like they do in Canada and Europe because it has a pusher engine like in most other ultralights. I’m good with that, all the surviving slighty overweight and faster ultralights got converted to uncles sam’s view of what a light sport airplane might look like.

[hashbang@gmail.com]

I picked up wing tip lights and a red beacon from Avio Lights. Looking at the tail, it appears the top flat part might be a good spot for a light. What's the best way to run wires down through the tail to the tail tube, and then run them through the tube? I'd probably have to drill a small hole in the tube, and need to secure the wire in the tube. Doesn't look easy...


Wing tip lights don't look easy either since there are no existing wires, and I'd have to reach the ribs to secure the wire. Any one with experience doing this?


Thanks
Joel

[mark_drz]

I can tell you that when you remove that wing tips you’ll see straight down the wing through the lightening holes in the ribs. You can easily run a wire using a tube or a fish tape to move it down the way.

I’m not sure I have any great ideas for running it down the tail

Mark Drzymkowski

[cossitt.alan]

The edges of the lightening holes are very sharp. You'll need to protect the wire in some manner and to make sure it dosen't ever snag on the alieron controls. I'd contact Earthstar about what they suggest.


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[blaswichk]

I did wing tip lights, but not a tail light. I used pex plastic water pipe from lowes in about a 3/8” id tube. When I pulled the wing tip off, (not fun) I saw down the lightning holes that the ribs have sharp edges. No problem, I just preloaded the wires in the tube and slid it right through to the push-rod hole. I then removed the inspection covers for the ailerons, which were already removed to inspect and used tie-wraps to secure to the rib to keep the tube from moving around. On the other wing, I located where the wingtip light would be and drilled it in place. And yup, I was looking right down the big holes closet to the spar. Easy deal, I then used Molex white plastic connectors to make wing removal easy. I would do the same in the boom tube and drill a small pop rivet hole near the rudder pivot to use a cable clamp riveted to the bottom of the tube, away from control wires, then another hole just big enough for a rubber grommet that fits tightly around the single wire going up. All of that will add weight to the tail and should have a fresh W&B. All doable.
Enjoy you bird, (see-Gull). N3776A,“The Blue Streak”

[mkoxxy]

Yup, complicated. I'd hate to have to run a long tube down the tail boom,
not so much for safety or operational reasons, but for the noise and
weight. Since I do not intend to ever fly at night, I opted for just a
belly and top strobe, per Mark's suggestion. If the strobes do their job,
you should be hard to miss, even if one is blanked out at times.
Joel, please let us know how those Avio Lights work out. Red would look
cool on the Quark!