>>The fuselage however is another matter, its taking years (literally).<<
They always do, no matter what the design. There are a hundred little jobs, but
to do each one right takes a day. Or a week :-(
Dave Elliot estimated a week to wire up the panel (he's been in practical
electronics all his life. How about six weeks.
BTW ,you know all those connections to the panel from the rest of the plane,
around 40? A medium size ZIF plug ( we used a 96 pin because it was there) works
beautifully. (zero insertion force, Farnells catalogue, cheaper and better than
RS, ask Dave Watson) Each pin will take 5 amps so you onley need to double one
or two.The hard thing is to decide where to put it. Ours is fixed just behind
the slot for the gear/flap lever. Sometimes it goes straight in but other times
it's 15 minutes to juggle it to connect. I think we would leave the plug
floating next time. The panel has been in and out quite a few times fixing
various squarks.
Graham, hoping I'm not boring anyone
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