The Speed Brake warning light in the annunciator panel will be driven by this limit switch. It will light a Yellow “Speedbrake Deployed” light whenever the brake is not completely retracted. The brake itself is driven by the toggle switch on the joystick pictured in the next section. The center position is a dead (no […]
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Here is the basic electrical (power and ground distribution) system (as diagrammed at top of this chapter). First thing was to install the Ground Power and Master Solenoids, which both are rated for continuous duty, the instrument grounding block, and the battery. The master turns on the electrical power for the entire aircraft, except for […]
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We’ve purchased a nice chrome heated pitot tube from Spruce. We’ve elected to go this route as we hope to fly the plane in instrument conditions, which might include brief periods in icing conditions. While the plane is not equipped with deicing equipment, we need to maintain the flight instruments if we encounter ice and […]
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Rather than go with the factory’s rather ingenious static system, whereby they embed some AL tubing in between the fuselage skins and then drill small holes in them, we decided to go with production units. We did this for a couple of reasons. Firstly, many pilots were mentioning that they had to install a “trip […]
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Communication Antenna The Comm antennas are installed by the factory in the Fast Build Wings. Navigation Antenna The Nav antennas are installed by the factory in the Fast Build Wings. Glideslope Antenna We order material from RST Engineering to make our Glideslope antenna. Here’s a picture of my efforts… Glideslope Antenna Marker Beacon Antenna Ditto our Marker […]
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Here are the power distribution sheets for our aircraft, as well as the Approach Hub wiring diagrams. Essential Power and Battery Bus Main Power Bus Sheet 1 Main Power Bus Sheet 2 Main Power Bus Sheet 3 Main Power Bus Sheet 4 For formatting only Lorem ipsum […]
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