I think you'll find that just about any conductive material will work. The marker beacon signal is very strong and at close range. Use any old coax you have sitting around. To the original question, I'm using Archer style Nav antennas in the wingtips, and Delta Pop antennas for comm, UAT and transpo...

I dimple the nutplates, but in order to do so you need a female dimple die that has a smaller OD that the standard one. Avery has one here: http://www.averytools.com/prodinfo.asp?number=14870 Cleaveland has this one: http://www.cleavelandtoolstore.com/prodinfo.asp?number=DIE4263S The right tool make...

Here's what Bob Nuckolls suggests in his AEC e-book in chapter 11. It's great reading if you're looking for good ideas.

You can use a scale to determine what edge of the gauge to use. The length is in 16ths, so a 3-4 rivet is 4/16 (1/4) in. long. The length is measured from the surface of what you're riveting so you measure from the flat base of the dome on a 470 (universal head) rivet and from the top of a 426 (flus...

Yes, IMHO.

The schematics/sketches are confusing in that the tip and ring wires are shown in different positions. If you look at the mic plug, tip is the end connector on the male end of the plug. Ring is next, separated by an insulator, and the barrel is last, separated by another insulator. The mic cable wil...