Update: Saw a really clean wire run at the air show in Oshkosh

I was walking the static display at Oshkosh last week and got a close look at the avionics bay on a restored T-6. The guy had all his data bus cables bundled and labeled with these tiny, printed heat-shrink tags, every inch of it perfect. What's your go-to method for labeling wires in a tight panel, especially on older birds?

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eric_carr2mo ago

Oh man, that "tight panel" thing hits home. I helped my buddy rewire an old truck radio last year and we ended up just using colored tape and a sharpie because our hands were too big for anything else. It looked like a kindergartner did it, but it worked.

tessa_kim32d ago

You know what gets me? My kids' school labeled their whole computer lab cables with colored zip ties. One color per device. Cheap and you can see it in bad light.

jones.grace2mo ago

That printed heat shrink is the gold standard. I still use a Dymo Rhino for most stuff on my 172, but it gets messy in those tight spots.