Hoo boy, I'm popping a massive tub of popcorn right now so I can settle in and watch this one!! Keep 'em coming, Gunny!

Hookay, today I worked on putting the CGR-30P in. Got all the sensors but Carb Air Temp installed, put the EDC-33 and associated wiring harnesses in. The display is in the panel. Only got about 10% of the sensors hooked up so far.

gunny

EDC-33 and Manifold Pressure mounted on top of the glove box. Hey, its unused space and now the wires are out of the way of the controls and electrical system.


Glove box remounted and beginning to sort wiring loom into left/right


CGR-30P display in the panel (top right)

A word of wisdom with respect to the E.I. install... Try to make damn sure you follow their exact guidelines on their crimping. E.I. is a fantastic company, and the tech support from Daniel and Tyler is top notch... BUT.... the weak point of the E.I. stuff is for sure their connectors. It is sooooo common to have downstream electrical problems because folks dont follow their protocol for crimping the wires.

So much easier to take the time and get them right the first time. Believe me... you dont want to be chasing electrical faults after you have packed 10 lbs of shit in the 5 lb bag. You will love the unit!

Bigrenna-

Thanks, good advice. Their connectors are different!

gunny

Looking goodmate!

Looks excellent Gunny! I'm keeping a close eye on your panel layout, an ultimate combination of simplicity and function. We'll done!

Thank you for sharing your progress and updates.

Finally got all the sensors hooked up for the CGR-30P. Man there are a bunch! BigRenna was right those EI connectors are a bit on the painful side.

Main screen:


Second Screen:

Following, looking great!

Finally got most of my avionics to put the test panel together. Fabricated the bracket for the Xpndr/GTN-650. A little bit each day....

gunny

Aspen bracket:


Aspen installed:


Radio rack, bracket holds the racks together behind the panel:

bigrenna wrote:A word of wisdom with respect to the E.I. install... Try to make damn sure you follow their exact guidelines on their crimping. E.I. is a fantastic company, and the tech support from Daniel and Tyler is top notch... BUT.... the weak point of the E.I. stuff is for sure their connectors. It is sooooo common to have downstream electrical problems because folks dont follow their protocol for crimping the wires.

So much easier to take the time and get them right the first time. Believe me... you dont want to be chasing electrical faults after you have packed 10 lbs of shit in the 5 lb bag. You will love the unit!

they have a new style that uses an allen set screw, much much much better design

Final panel test fit. Gotta put some warning lights in.... then its time to take it apart and take the panel to the powder coater!

All the avionics in:


gunny

Clean and elegant. Nice work.

I like it Gunny! What color you gonna powder coat?

Thanks guys. Right now my plan is to powder coat a flat black, the subpanel is a glossy/textured black.

gunny

Thats a great layout. Clean and efficient for sure.

While the panel is being powder coated I tackled mounting a couple of boxes... the ACU for the Aspen, a preamp for my intercom (no audio panel), and the GDL-88. It's sorta on the big side and about the only place it could fit was under the EB baggage floor (where Barnstormer put his ELT).... glad I saved the spot. Now I've got to fish all that wire!

gunny

Some times you feel like you're wandering in the wilderness on a project like this. Finally, today its starting to look like something! I've got the new panel in, all the instruments in and a whole LOTTA wiring to hook up yet... but it looks like a panel!

Mid-Cont 4300 Electric AI, w/Battery backup, STEC-30, Altimeter, Airspeed, Aspen 1000 Pro, GTN-650 (remote to GDL-88), GTX-327, CGR-30P, ASL digital fuel level gauge, iFly GPS (for sectionals, low charts, terminal charts and wx from the phone on the ground). Simple, clean, as light as I can conceive..... and it looks like its done!

Bling! Very, very nice.

Getting there. It's not done yet... but mostly hooked up and it turns on!

That's the definition of "pins and needles", when you've flipped the master switch and pushing in the C/B's one by one just praying you don't see any smoke