Tech Tip Tuesday - tailBeacon Service Loop

[@bobpustell]

This would have been nice to know when I installed my tail beacon several years ago into my 1948 Stinson taildragger! I did make sure there was a downward sag on the wires when installed to prevent water following the wires into the housing but did not consider a tube. Also, I don't think this would be possible to do inside my rudder since it is rivited closed and the little hole for the tail light mount barely accomodates the tail beacon assembly, let alone that big loop of tube. I cannot create the loop inside the rudder (no access) and there is no room to feed it in (small opening). Sigh.

[@mtweiss01]

Good idea. Perhaps they should come like this from the factory? Anyway, how much digging and disconnecting of wires will need to be done at the back of my Carbon Cub E-LSA to accomplish this task? In other words, everything is easy on the bench, but it turns into a nightmare, sometimes lying on the hangar floor.

[@stevenrothstein7916]

Now you tell me!

[@sodflyer]

Getting that loop back through the opening in the tail is easier said than done and getting your zip tie to stay in place while doing it