[nickyboyo]

Are there any people out there who work on aircraft, especially avionic tradespeople who have experience with various MS aircraft grade cables. I have seen in my workplace various cable on reels, eg. silver coated copper cable and tin coated copper cable. Has anybody tried using some MS cable for interconnects ?

 

[vixr]

I use MS avionics wire on almost all my DIY audio...mostly from the main sensor cable used on the thermal imaging systems on the A-STAR and blackhawk helos. Solder loves the nickel/tin wire. Its a bit stiff, but the teflon coating on the low smoke versions is almost fireproof.

 

[Uncle Erik]

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Originally Posted by vixr /img/forum/go_quote.gif I use MS avionics wire on almost all my DIY audio...mostly from the main sensor cable used on the thermal imaging systems on the A-STAR and blackhawk helos. Solder loves the nickel/tin wire. Its a bit stiff, but the teflon coating on the low smoke versions is almost fireproof.

I just pulled up their website - how do you order wire from them? The nickel/tin sounds perfect for soldering and I love Teflon insulation. If you'd be kind enough to tell us how/where you order this, I'll definitely pick some up.

 

[vixr]

Uncle Erik, you have PM...

 

[luvdunhill]

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Originally Posted by vixr /img/forum/go_quote.gif I use MS avionics wire on almost all my DIY audio...mostly from the main sensor cable used on the thermal imaging systems on the A-STAR and blackhawk helos. Solder loves the nickel/tin wire. Its a bit stiff, but the teflon coating on the low smoke versions is almost fireproof.

sounds like we have a Ray junior

 

[nickyboyo]

Just to clear something up for you folks who are non aircraft or aerospace background, MS means "military standard", it is not a brand name. I will find some numbers and give you examples of the numbering system and cable i have laying around.