So I’ve had a little bit of trouble with these Panasonic batteries not having quite enough guts for some of the panel testing I do. So I decided to try a larger capacity battery, in the same class, but this one is a 7.2 amp hour version. This should give us pretty good capacity in […]
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Our new Trio Pro autopilot has ‘auto-trim’, so in addition to wiring it up to power, ground, and the servos the pitch servo has an output to the pitch trim actuator There are a couple of different ways for this to interact with the pilot, either you can install a dual pole dual throw switch to select […]
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Here is our new GRT panel, running in anger as it were, with a good satellite lock. Next we’ll set up the weather unit and calibrate the engine instruments, and we’ll be ready to run the motor. Eat your heart out, Andy. ;-0 GRT with GPS lock GRT WX (XM) weather unit installed
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So, we’ve had this low level switch function in our sump tank for awhile. And it’s always sucked. We started out with the factory’s standard float switch wired to a lamp in the panel, but it would nuisance alarm at altitude and at high power/high angle of attack. I bought a VP03E to alleviate these problems, since […]
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The latest Kitplanes had an article by Stein about this nylon tubing and connector system that he’s been using. I really liked the look of it, and wasn’t totally happy with all of the different tubing systems that I’d been using. So I decided to switch to it. A nice side benefit is all of the pitot tubing is […]
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Well, from a couple of years of pushing my starter button, I find that it’s starting to have fine spider web cracks radiate from around the button. I guess we push too hard. Here we’ve made a support out of angle AL that has been notched to let the button pass through while resting up […]
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