REFLECTOR: Question about installing clamps

Phil Hooper via Reflector reflector at tvbf.org
Thu Dec 18 23:33:32 CST 2014


Thank you all for the excellent input.  Much appreciated.

Phil
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dave T Nelson via Reflector <reflector at tvbf.org>
Date: Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Question about installing clamps
To: reflector at tvbf.org, reflector-request at tvbf.org

This is just a FWIW, but all I've ever done in these situations was to use
a sheet metal screw of the appropriate length to mount a cable clamp to the
fuselage side.  Make sure the screw isn't so deep that you go through the
outside skin!

While it's not as elegant as many of the solutions I've seen proposed here,
after 1150+ hours, & I've never had one come out or even loosen.  Simple,
lightweight, cheap, fast, and it works.

http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/N-2/RP315-ND/241610

Dave

Dave T. Nelson
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----- Message from Erik Franks via Reflector <reflector at tvbf.org> on Wed,
17 Dec 2014 08:29:08 -0800 -----
*To:*

   Douglas Holub <douglas.holub at gmail.com>, Velocity Aircraft Owners and
   Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>

 *cc:*

   Reiff Lorenz <Reiff at lorenz.com>, Phil Hooper <phil at hdmnet.com>

 *Subject:*

   Re: REFLECTOR: Question about installing clamps

 These aluminum tabs are the best I've found for routing wires.
*http://www.panduit.com/wcs/Satellite?c=Page&childpagename=Panduit_Global%2FPG_Layout&cid=1345564328975&packedargs=classification_id%3D1998511%26item_id%3DMBMS-S10-CY%26locale%3Den_us&pagename=PG_Wrapper*
<http://www.panduit.com/wcs/Satellite?c=Page&childpagename=Panduit_Global%2FPG_Layout&cid=1345564328975&packedargs=classification_id%3D1998511%26item_id%3DMBMS-S10-CY%26locale%3Den_us&pagename=PG_Wrapper>
I
just use super glue from the hardware store to attach them to fiberglass or
metal. They should be quickly sanded and the attachment surface too. We use
these at the rocket company I work at in Mojave. I've been using them on
the e-racer airplane I've been working on as well. They can be purchased in
a bag of 100 from:
*http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Panduit/MBMS-S10-CY/?qs=StbKPovQf9FJAg6Qg8s9rA%3D%3D*
<http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Panduit/MBMS-S10-CY/?qs=StbKPovQf9FJAg6Qg8s9rA%3D%3D>

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 6:12 PM, Douglas Holub via Reflector <
*reflector at tvbf.org* <reflector at tvbf.org>> wrote:

   I have a few wires that run to the nose from the instrument panel.  I
   made fiberglass loops on the inside of the fuselage on the sides.  I slit
   them after they cured so I could snap the wires in and keep them off the
   bottom of the fuselage where water has been known to collect.  Sorry, no
   pictures.

   Doug Holub
   N2980W, Standard FG with electric nose lift


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