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Comment by Timothy Aanerud on April 7, 2015 at 2:22pm

The plastic/fiberglass wingtip is their so you have a vertical surface to mount a recognition light on.  It needs to be vertical so the light can be seen from above.  Yes, it would be easier if it was one piece instead of two.  That's the way the other models are.  CH750, Cruzier

Comment by Marty de la Motte on March 6, 2014 at 5:15am

Bought some conduit the other day - very lightweight ridged 7mm diameter tube used for tidying up wires in automotive engine bays.  (From Repco - $8 for 3m lengths).  Just waiting for them to get in the little clamps that hold it, then I should be able to stretch it taut within the nose rib lightening holes and run the string inside.

Comment by Marty de la Motte on February 28, 2014 at 8:12pm

Thanks guys, some useful advice there.

Bob, I like your idea of securing a lightweight plastic tube with a string inside it, while the top skin is off I will do this.  I don't think I need to run any wires, because (a) I'd probably run the wrong size, and (b) if they are run inside the tube later they won't chafe or need grommets anyway.

Thanks again - that's why I love this site, people are so helpful.

Cheers, Marty

Comment by Bob Pustell on February 28, 2014 at 5:01pm

One final comment -- the other option would be to run a few wires from the wing root to the wingtip before you close off the wing. By running several wires you can power several items in future years. Any wires you do not put into service will still be there for possible future use. Leave a couple of feet of surplus wire coiled up and secured at each end of the run. Then the wires will already be there if you (or the next owner) later decide to add wingtip nav lights or strobes or whatever. The wires do not weigh much and if you do it while the wing is still open you can easily route the wires through protective grommets and/or clamp mounts to insure that the wires never move or chafe. Wires fished through later can easily rub on things because you cannot secure the wires inside the wing, they are just laying there.

Comment by Bob Pustell on February 28, 2014 at 4:55pm

Or you can mount a lightweight plastic tube in the wing to serve as a pulling conduit and leave a string inside that, tied off at both ends. (and obviously, both ends of the conduit need to be accessable. Also, obviously, the conduit should be secured to structure so it cannot flop around inside the wing.) If you ever use the string to pull a wire through the conduit (or through the wing structure per Jesse's suggestion) I would recommend pulling a new string at the same time. That way you or the next owner will still have a string in there in case you end up wanting to pull another wire years down the road.

Comment by Jesse Hartman on February 28, 2014 at 6:07am

Make sure you leave a rope or string in wing so if you want to pull wires you can.