On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 10:05:01 -0500, Charlie England
wrote:

Ron Wanttaja wrote:
On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 17:53:07 GMT, wrote:


Howdy,

I've been thinking about how to run wires in an aluminum wing that is already
finished. I can fish something through the holes in the ribs, but I don't
want to just let a wire or cable lay on the raw edges of the rib holes.


One idea I read years ago was to use thin mylar sheet. Roll it tightly
into a tube, slip it through the holes, then turn it loose. It'll uncoil
until it makes contact with the edges of the holes, then run your wires
through it.

Ron Wanttaja
I like it; can you get it in long enough sheets (at an affordable price)
to reach at least from tip to inspection plate and inspection plate to root?

My plan so far has been to try the same technique using thin AL flashing
material from Home Depot a/c supply, but this sounds just as light
without the risk of cutting the wire on the AL.

Visit your local hardware store. They should have it in rolls of
varying thickness for use in windows, coverings, etc...

One thing about using either tubing, or Mylar. If the stuff is stuck
in place using resin, or even one of the Silastic RTVs it is less
likely to wear through and tubing is less likely to make noise if it
is "stuck" in place.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Charlie