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Antique Style Aircraft Electrical Wire
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 2:05 pm
by Dan Jones
Does anyone have a good source for new, "antique looking" aircraft wire? The wiring insulation from the '30s and '40s didn't look much like today's modern wire.
Dan
warbirds@shaw.ca
Re: Antique Style Aircraft Electrical Wire
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:30 pm
by The Inspector
I believe Mr. Ramey did all the repop wiring for FHC's UPPUA P-51, he'd be the first source I'd chat with-
Re: Antique Style Aircraft Electrical Wire
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:10 am
by Taylor Stevenson
Dan,
If the wiring is for a flyer and not a static, you'll want the reliability of modern aircraft wiring. What I did was buy spools of various gauge modern aircraft wiring and sent them to
http://www.narragansettreproductions.com/ They will cloth cover the wiring in any color pattern needed and in the case of the L-5 they covered and varnished the wiring in a cream color as below,
They did a great job and I'd recommend them for any project.
Taylor
Re: Antique Style Aircraft Electrical Wire
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:33 am
by The Inspector
Way cool! Thanx for giving everyone another source for repop wiring!
Re: Antique Style Aircraft Electrical Wire
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 2:12 pm
by Dan Jones
Thanks guys - that's awesome. Wix to the rescue again!
Dan
Re: Antique Style Aircraft Electrical Wire
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 7:06 pm
by gschwartz
Antique Electronic Supply in Tempe AZ has a modern wire with a fabric cosmetic sleeve. The problem is a for a given gauge wire it looks bigger. I got 18 gauge standed wire with a white sleeve. I wish I had varnished the wire for a better look.
They will send you samples. I bought a 1000' spool for about $100.