There is plenty of room elsewhere for one of everything. My XS has copper
foil tape from RST for the nav/com, glideslope, and marker beacon antennae
"glassed" onto the fin and longitudinally along the top of the fuselage, and
on a thin fiberboard panel across the fuselage behind the baggage
compartment bulkhead. Now if you want TWO of something, the wings might be
handy, but following RST's guidance regarding separation from any other
metallic object may be difficult (which is why I did not consider using the
wings for mounting any antennae).
Best regards,
Rob Housman
A070
-----Original Message-----
On Behalf Of Steve Hagar
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 6:41 AM
Subject: Antennas in wings?
I will be bonding the top panel on my first wing shortly. I see it as my
first point of no return if I want to get back in there easily to do more
work. I have yet to think of any electronics yet, however I can't seem to
specifically remember if any one has touted any advantages to putting
antennas inside the wings. At this point the strobe mount is curing in the
wingtip and the power supplies will be in the fuselage. Today's effort is
mounting the conduit for the pitot line and the wing tip light wiring.
I would very much appreciate any comments or experiences related to wing
mounted antennas, good, bad, or indifferent.
Thank you gentlemen,
Steve Hagar
A143
Mesa, AZ
--- Steve Hagar
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