I'm considering adding a "rotating" red beacon to the top of the fairing of the vertical stabilizer of an RV-7.
The wires will have to go through the forward "bay" of the VS, and the good thing is that there are only two ribs I need to go through: the top and the bottom one. The bottom one has a lightening hole, so all is good there. The top one I can drill for a wire, no problem.
However, the question is, how do I support the wires inside that bay?
Doing a surgical operation through the bottom lightening hole to glue some cable tie supports on the front spar sounds a bit unrealistic.
I can tie wire to something stiff, maybe, a solid carbon rod, then attach the rod with two clamps, at the top and at the bottom. How does that sound?
Other options?
The wires will have to go through the forward "bay" of the VS, and the good thing is that there are only two ribs I need to go through: the top and the bottom one. The bottom one has a lightening hole, so all is good there. The top one I can drill for a wire, no problem.
However, the question is, how do I support the wires inside that bay?
Doing a surgical operation through the bottom lightening hole to glue some cable tie supports on the front spar sounds a bit unrealistic.
I can tie wire to something stiff, maybe, a solid carbon rod, then attach the rod with two clamps, at the top and at the bottom. How does that sound?
Other options?