Wingtips and final empennage fairing

I put the fiberglass wingtips on the other day, at least with a few screws.  All the lights are connected, too, so it was a great opportunity to test everything out.  I wish I’d taken video, but I verified that all these work:

  • Position lights (red and green LEDs on the wingtips and a white on on the tail)
  • Strobe lights (again, one on each wingtip and one on the tail)
  • Landing lights (one in each tip).  I also verified the pulsing system works–we used this one: http://www.xevision.com/hid_pulsing.html

With the battery and power supply hooked up, I also took the opportunity to test the pitot heat.

We also installed the last of the empennage fairings: the lower rudder fairing.  This one contains the tail/strobe unit, so we had to run the wires back there.  It’s all hooked up now, with a 9-pin D-Sub connector in the fairing.

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