My order from B&C Specialty arrived yesterday with the wiring components I need to fabricate the connection between the autopilot roll servo and the wiring harness. First up is to crimp the sockets onto the wires on the wiring harness. It’s hard to tell from this picture, but these wires are small. The wires are a mix of 20 and 22 gauge, and these sockets are about 1/16″ in diameter.
Next up is to crimp the corresponding pins onto the wires on the roll servo. Afterward, I put these wires in some heat shrink tubing to keep them tidy.
Here are the wires from the servo inserted into the D-Sub 9 pin male connector body. The goopy stuff on the wires in E6000 adhesive. Basically, this forms a strain relief that prevents individual wires from flexing at the connector.
Here is the corresponding female connector on the wiring harness.
