Overview
With diminishing real estate in the cockpit there was no place to install the headset plug points. Locating them on the port side would be a pain as it required crossing over the leads to exit.
Inspiration was found in the prototype when a box was noted on the side of the canopy and it was realized that headset leads plugged in here could be simply hung up at exit.
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| Shorts Tucano T1 Note box ringed in white |
A pair of plastic jiffy boxes were selected from Jaycar and installed onto the side frame using four [4] #6 x 12mm S/S self tappers to allow removal for painting.
The two sockets were installed on the front cover and interconnected using multi core cable fitted through 10 mm loom tube via the grommets in the image below.
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| Jiffy boxes ready for cable installation |
Note: One advantage of the plastic boxes is they create a floating earth required by the jacks without the need to use insulated inserts
Next the existing side panel was drilled and profiled to allow a RS232 9 pin socket to fit through with the cable connecting the radio with the headset and intercom. The plug cover was fabricated from scrap 0.040'' 2024-T3 aluminium sheet fixed with M3 screws and rivet nuts onto the factory side cover.
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| Pilots connection point and plug entrance Hole required bell mouthing to clear plug |
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| Co-pilots connection points Loom tube will be clipped to the frame after painting |
Comment
Why do this in the middle of wiring - well it create's all the necessary fixed wiring points required to complete the cable connections.
A final shot of the cockpit - it's a rough mock up but I hope you can see a cockpit that creates a military feel and not just another GA cockpit and yes, it's so 1980's !
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| The box on top is the get-out-of-jail card if the compass is unhappy in the panel So far its looks happy but it will be interesting when the power is applied and we try to swing it. |
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