August 17, 2004

Tonight’s hangar visit was a little shorter. I ran the mic wire from the the copilot side to the audio panel, and also attempted to solder on the transponder antenna connector to the cable. Well, this thing is a fantastic heat sink, as my soldering iron couldn’t muster it. So, I need to get the pencil torch on the case. Unfortunately, no matches at the hangar, so I ended up leaving to finish off later.

My order came from Mouser tonight too. I got the 78pin D-Sub for the annunciator. 78 pins! I know it doesn’t use all of ’em, but looks like at least half of them will be utilised. I’m NOT looking forward to wiring that!

I stopped by the hangar last night too, but I spent the evening cleaning up the mess and vacuuming a little.