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At 22:04 10 February 2016, Six-Seven Romeo wrote:
I am in the midst of an instrument panel refit on a Standard Cirrus that wi= ll include a PowerFLARM core. The mount of the FLARM antennas is always a = lifely subject here on RAS. I have read and absorbed the very instructive = FLARM antenna placement application note. Anyway, someone mentioned to me years ago that it is a bad idea to mount th= ings on the canopy or canopy rails (PDA, Camera, etc) as it could prevent f= ull ejection of the canopy and leave it tethered to the fuselage by a power= or control cable. This could make a bad situation worse (take that statem= ent for what it is worth). Truth or myth? Assuming for the moment that the above is true, then same logic leads me to= the bad idea of mounting things onto a glare screen that is attached to th= e canopy like with a Standard Cirrus. If mounting things on the canopy is = bad, then mounting things on a canopy attached glare screen is also bad. This finally leads me to how to mount FLARM antennas. Often FLARM antennas= are mounted onto the glare screen. But two FLARM antenna coaxes would def= initely be stong enoght to tether the canopy, back to bad again. An option= al placement of the antenna would be below, but not attached to, the glare = screen. However this might impact coverage. What are your wise opinions? One answer would be to use a SMB Connector, which is a snap-in co-ax connector, just requires a firm pull to disconnect (adrenalin helps!). |
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