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art(at)zemon.name
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 5:38 pm Post subject: Shopping at AirVenture

Folks, 

  

I am building a BD-4C (4 place, high wing) and plan to build the electrical system between this AirVenture and the next. If you were in my shoes, is there anything that you would buy at AirVenture this summer? Tools? Wire? Etc? 

  

My impression of the fly-mart is not great. And I have not been bowled over by tremendous deals in past years, as I wandered hangars A-D. But maybe I just don't know what I'm looking for so I figured I would ask here. 

  

Thanks, 

    -- Art Z. 

   

--http://CheerfulCurmudgeon.com/"If I am not for myself, who is for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?" Hillel   [quote][b]

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kjohnsondds(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 6:23 pm Post subject: Shopping at AirVenture

Hi Art,

You have to determine what you need for your airplane.  Most aircraft supplies companies will give a 10% discount on major purchases.  Take your order to several places and see where you get the best deal.  

  



     On Friday, July 17, 2015 8:37 PM, Art Zemon <art(at)zemon.name> wrote:

  

  



 Folks,

  

 I am building a BD-4C (4 place, high wing) and plan to build the electrical system between this AirVenture and the next. If you were in my shoes, is there anything that you would buy at AirVenture this summer? Tools? Wire? Etc?

  

 My impression of the fly-mart is not great. And I have not been bowled over by tremendous deals in past years, as I wandered hangars A-D. But maybe I just don't know what I'm looking for so I figured I would ask here.

  

 Thanks,

     -- Art Z.

  

  --http://CheerfulCurmudgeon.com/"If I am not for myself, who is for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?" Hillel

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yellowduckduo(at)gmail.co
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 6:40 pm Post subject: Shopping at AirVenture

The only real electrical score I ever made at OSH was for a used tefzel 

wire stripper from one of the outside stalls.

Non aviation strippers nick the wire when used on thin tefzel insulation.

Ken



On 17/07/2015 9:37 PM, Art Zemon wrote:

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 Folks,



 I am building a BD-4C (4 place, high wing) and plan to build the 

 electrical system between this AirVenture and the next. If you were in 

 my shoes, is there anything that you would buy at AirVenture this 

 summer? Tools? Wire? Etc?



 My impression of the fly-mart is not great. And I have not been bowled 

 over by tremendous deals in past years, as I wandered hangars A-D. But 

 maybe I just don't know what I'm looking for so I figured I would ask 

 here.



 Thanks,



     -- Art Z.



 --

 http://CheerfulCurmudgeon.com/



 /"If I am not for myself, who is for me? And if I am only for myself, 

 what am I? And if not now, when?" Hillel/



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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 8:17 pm Post subject: Shopping at AirVenture

Art

The fly market,over the last sever years, with few exceptions can really be called the flam market.

If your electrical installation is anything other than real basic get a good quality automatic wire stripper (grabs the wire and strips it) make sure it is for tefzel wire. Standard strippers that look the same will not cut the tefzel smoothly--or at all

They are not cheap. I got mine from pegasus racing (a rv builder) comes with a replacement set of cutters

The other thing you will need is a good ratchet type crimper for terminals

Additionally if you are going to use sub-d plugs get a crimped for the pins/sockets

B&c might be a one stop shop for you and will be located in one of the main booths

For your terminals use PIDG. And don't use hardware store types

If you can find a good used ratchet type terminal crimper that would probably be ok as they don't wear much but I would stay away from a used stripper and sub-d crimpr. Use machined pins

Other things to get are heat shrink tubing of various sizes

See what they have for wire marking

Be careful about the wire that is being offered

Make sure it is tefzel.  Lots of places try to sell old stocks of obsolete wire

Just some thoughts

Rich

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Folks, 

  

I am building a BD-4C (4 place, high wing) and plan to build the electrical system between this AirVenture and the next. If you were in my shoes, is there anything that you would buy at AirVenture this summer? Tools? Wire? Etc? 

  

My impression of the fly-mart is not great. And I have not been bowled over by tremendous deals in past years, as I wandered hangars A-D. But maybe I just don't know what I'm looking for so I figured I would ask here. 

  

Thanks, 

    -- Art Z. 

   

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Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 6:12 am Post subject: Shopping at AirVenture

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		   On Jul 17, 2015, at 9:37 PM, Art Zemon <art(at)zemon.name> wrote:

 is there anything that you would buy at AirVenture this summer? Tools? Wire? Etc?


	


Shrink-wrap!  A fistfull of 1/4” down to 3/32” and all the colors of the rainbow.   Clear version too, if you want to make wire labels and shrink-wrap them.  The ordinary stuff works OK.  There are some special tough irradiated versions that are desirable in some areas.



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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 1:24 am Post subject: Shopping at AirVenture

Thanks, everybody.

 

     -- Art Z.

 

 

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