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_carr1mo 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.

jones.grace1mo 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.