Transcript Install VOR Antenna on Zenith’s “Flying Rudder”

Installing a VOR Antenna on Zenith’s “Flying Rudder”
by Bill Bartlett
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Cutout hole using the antenna gasket
as a template.
Dill two holes to accommodate
appropriate nut-plates or rivnuts.
Deburr and smooth edges.
Check antenna connections clearance
with cut out.
Antenna connections must not come in
contact with the rudder.
Add a dielectric edge protection if
required.
Or, coat your connections with
electrician’s liquid tape.
I used a nut-plate for the forward hole;
and, a rivnut for the aft hole.
6T4-4 Vertical Tail Spar wouldn’t allow
room for a nut plate.
Installing a VOR Antenna on Zenith’s “Flying Rudder”
by Bill Bartlett
• VOR antenna
installed on top 6T4-2
Tip Rib.
• Close up view of “AN”
bolts attaching the
antenna to the Top
Rib.
Installing a VOR Antenna on Zenith’s “Flying Rudder”
by Bill Bartlett
• How it looks when the
rudder is attached to
the fuselage.
• Coaxial cable is
routed inside the
leading edge skin.
Installing a VOR Antenna on Zenith’s “Flying Rudder”
by Bill Bartlett
• Coaxial cable is routed
through the 6T4-1 Nose
Rib.
• Add grommet to hole
through the nose rib.
• I placed a small clear
tube around cable to help
protect the cable fit the
clamp.