We’ve bonded the aluminum support brace into the panel and opened up the cutouts for the instruments we have. We’ll buy a backup electric attitude indicator for the middle of the 2 1/4″ gauges, and put a 3 1/8″ Trio autopilot on the bottom right, probably during Oshkosh (pictures to come when I get home […]
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So, I picked up these snazzy quick disconnect couplings from US Plastics right here in the buckeye state, with 1/8″-27 NPT shut-off connections on the instrument side (to keep dust out of the instrument), and hose barb connections on the airplane side. I got the 1/4″ flow size, and 1/8″ and 1/4″ hose side connections. […]
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Our new Trio Pro autopilot (with ‘auto-trim’) has arrived! Getting the head unit in was pretty straight-forward, we’d already planned for it, just zip the 3 1/8″ hole open, and bolt her in. We’ll get to the servos down the road here. Trio Pro Autopilot Autopilot installed
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So, here we are in the home stretch, the fuselage. I kind of dreading this, because everything comes together at the fuselage, and you have to gap it all so you can get paint in there without rubbing it off at the doors and other openings. But, there’s nothing for it but to get to […]
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Alright, things are really starting to move now. The new dual AHRS, dual screen (with weather!) Grand Rapids Horizon units and the backup ASI and altimeter have arrived. Things are getting interesting now. We hope to have the fuselage painted and the new instruments in yet this month. And we hope to get Dave to […]
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Here are the doors stripped down. I need to redo the lock on the pilot door, it’s jammed up and not working properly. We’ll probably hold painting them until the fuselage is good to go. Door interior Door Exterior
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