Flight Test Cables Almost any wire or cable in this catalog can be supplied as a Flight Test cable, with industry- standard orange jacket for identification. As a leader in aerospace wire and cable, we can apply our technical and manufacturing expertise to your most demanding applications especially in severe environments and high temperatures. Our low-noise designs are especially suited to flight test applications. Besides providing excellent shielding, the design of these cables minimizes triboelectric noise produced by cable movement. Our expertise in sensor cable design helps ensure that sensor data is transmitted cleanly to monitoring or recording equipment. Flight test cables can be supplied with our unique LTE expanded PTFE dielectric for increased signal speed and light weight. We have a full range of thermocouple cables designed to the new SAE AS5419 specification. Please contact yourThermax representative with your specific requirements.
Stranded or solid copper; high-strength sopper alloy; copper-clad steel. Nickel, silver, tin or 27% nickel plating.
Jacket
ETFE; FEP; PFA; PTFE; glass braid. PTFE jackets available with our unique Seamless Wrap PTFE tape. Color: Orange with optional with stripe.
Shield
Aluminum / Mylar foil; copper or high-strength copper alloy braid, either flat or round wires. Nickel, silver, or tin plated. Custom combinations of shield tyoes available for enhanced shielding and crosstalk resistance.
Insulation
ETFE; FEP; LTE;*PFA; PTFE; composite mica/glass. *LTE is our proprietary expanded extruded PTFE dielectric with enhanced performance such as a dielectric constant of 1.38, and velocity of propagation up to 85%.