---------------------------------------------------------- Avionics-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 12/17/05: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 04:27 AM - Mini-EFIS Panel Considerations () 2. 10:15 AM - Good "no nick" wire stripper? () ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:27:08 AM PST US From: Subject: Avionics-List: Mini-EFIS Panel Considerations --> Avionics-List message posted by: Responding to an Avionics-List message previously posted by: NYTerminat@aol.com <> 12/17/2005 Hello Bob, Good Questions. <<1) Does this have to be done before you can get a DAR or FAA sign off on your experimental?>> No, for two reasons: A) The inspector is basically inspecting your plane for day VFR airworthiness. (He has no formal FAA requirement beyond this capability). B) There are places / airspace where you can fly VFR with no transponder. See FAR 91.215 (b). Your Phase one test area could be one of these places as could your subsequent Phase two operations. (But Phase two operations without a transponder could be very limiting).** <<2) If not how does one get the plane to an airport that have an avionics shop without first flying?>> FAR 91.215 (d) allows such deviations from the basic requirement rule. Many shops have mobile test equipment and they can drive to your airport. For an IFR cert I suggest that you remove and take both the altimeter and encoder to their shop first for bench testing and calibration and then reinstall them before having the mobile test equipment come to your airplane. <<3) Does the original certification of the new equipment count initially? Not really. Because in practice the installation itself is being tested. See FAR Part 91.217 (b). I suggest that a reading of FAR 91.215, 91.217, 91.411, 91.413 and Appendices E and F of FAR Part 43 would help. It is a bit of a struggle to read those parts and their relaionship. All are available on the FAA web site. OC **PS: There is another reason also. Suppose you get your VFR or IFR cert first, the plane doesn't pass the initial airworthiness inspection, and there is delay before actually passing the inspection. Then all the time between the date of cert and the eventual passed inspection and first flight is a wasted portion of the two year period of the cert. ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:15:59 AM PST US From: Subject: Avionics-List: Good "no nick" wire stripper? INNOCENT GLOBAL 0.0354 1.0000 -1.7923 --> Avionics-List message posted by: Responding to an AeroElectric-List message previously posted by: "Craig Payne" <> 12/17/2005 Hello Craig, The Klein catalog stripper number 1004 (with spring) and 1003 (without spring) is a very inexpensive manually operated stripper that will do a good job. http://www.kleintools.com/. No dies, grips, or fancy semi-automation to worry about. The key to using this stripper is to make sample strips of the wire to be stripped, examine each sample strip with a magnifying glass and make stop screw adjustments until you get just the right depth of cut or pinch (your choice) of the insulation. You need to go through this trial and error process for each different size or brand of wire that you are stripping, but once the stop screw is properly set for that particular wire then stripping is a fast process. If you decide to be primarily pinching and tearing the tough Tefzel insulation then a pair of pliers with smooth jaws can be used to hold the wire to be stripped while pulling off the short piece of insulation to be removed. OC