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    Need help or ideas to run wire to a tail light located on the rudder. How do you install from tail post to get past rudder post. Any input is greatly appreciated. Thanks Pete Falkner

  • #2
    Or make it easy and use wing lights with integral rear whites........

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    • #3
      The tail light wiring on my Maule ran around one side of the tailpost and the other side of the rudder with a little slack between and was just covered by the fabric. When I recovered the plane I used some grommets in the fabric. If you can weld, I would consider installing a small diameter tube through the tailpost and rudder at the same height to run the wire through. I have to agree with Paul though, much cleaner to just use a wingtip light that has position, tail and strobes all in one unit. That works with the Bearhawk wing tips.

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      • #4
        Drilling a hole in the tail post and the rudder at the same height and welding in bushings is the way I've seen it done. If I was going to have a tail light I'd probably be lazy and do it like a Maule. However, I was even lazier than that and used wing tip lights with integral rear lights.
        Scratch Built 4-place Bearhawk. Continental IO-360, 88" C203 McCauley prop.

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        • #5
          Was going to say the same as Rod. My Maule runs out the fabric, around the post, back through the fabric on the rudder. But the small-diameter tube through the tailpost, as mentioned, would be my preferred method. But usually laziness takes over for me sometimes
          Christopher Owens
          Bearhawk 4-Place Scratch Built, Plans 991
          Bearhawk Patrol Scratch Built, Plans P313
          Germantown, Wisconsin, USA

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          • #6
            I thought of the small diameter tube method but was concerned it would end up chafing the wire on full rudder deflections. I kinda like the wing tip method . Thanks for the info.

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            • #7
              Or you could make it really hard and put them in the trailing edge of your wing tips. ;-)

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