Wired-up and ready

I finished wiring-up the Savannah’s new high level switch panel today. I had to nip up to Boulazac, near Périgueux, to buy some more crimp-on spade connectors as I hadn’t realised how close I was to running out, but I got there in time before the store closed for lunch – just!

Here are some shots of the wiring from various different angles.

I’m pleased with the outcome and think that it’s a big improvement on what was there before. The trailing blue wire is the live to the clock/timer that’s on its way from China. All that now has to be done is to run the live to the main panel circuit breaker and connections to each of the systems that the switches connect to, so easy-peasy to connect up from now on in.

I’m now ready to go ahead and repair the tray on which it’s mounted and with a bit of luck, the Savannah will be finished by this week-end bar attaching the new strobes that I’ve ordered, as I’ll have already connected and run the new wing cables for them, and connecting the clock/timer when it arrives.

I was also very pleased to receive a ‘variomètre’ (vertical speed indicator) at lunch time when the post arrived that I recently bought off Le Bon Coin for 28AAD, my French Weedhopper. Here’s a shot of it.

It’s in excellent, new-looking condition. I was originally going to buy a new one from the Flylight web site in the UK but the delivery charge to France was too high and made it uneconomic. So this one for 135€ including postage from Marseilles fitted the bill nicely and with it the Weedhopper will be fully complete and airworthy 😉