This post covers the past few days, again with the following pics covering maybe 40% of the tasks and effort taken to get to this point.

First off, both AG6 warning annunciation units are completely wired and ready for operations.

In addition, the throttle quadrant micro-switches are now all wired up (pic 1), with the wires tidied up and wrangled (pic 2).

Also note that the “converted” OAT probe used as a temperature sensor inside the air heating duct is installed (with silicone RTV) —this after a call to GRT to ensure that the final wiring configuration (e.g. different than a standard OAT probe since its signal is connected to one of the HXr EFIS’s analog alarm inputs) was correct. Which required them to confer for a good 10 minutes before calling me back with the final circuit configuration… Ahem, which is what I had <smile>.

Besides splicing in a few wires to relays mounted on the underside shelf of the Tri-Paragon —not unlike sleeping bats— I also finalized the population of the JB Wilco (WG) canopy/gear warning module with a couple wires (that originate from the the nose gear limit micro-switches) to provide both up and down limits used for the warning annunciations.

In prepping for the install of the GNS-480 GPS unit, I found that 1 of the 3 coax connector assemblies that I have is missing a small internal “braid clamp,” that must be procured/acquisitioned prior to antenna cable install… another sideline task that ate up nearly 2 hours in searching both physically through my stuff for the part, then searching for it online.

Finally, amid all the Ground & Power wires terminated, the wire labels printed and applied, the routing and terminations of other various wires, so on and so forth… I also installed the forward motor portion of the pitch trim actuator which allowed me to run all the wires (power, ground, auto-trim, and EFIS reporting) and tie those into ‘the system.’

Here we have a shot of the installed and wired up pitch trim actuator, looking aft.

And another shot of the installed and wired up pitch trim actuator, looking forward.

And, as par usual: PUSHING FORWARD!