Thanks Ronnie, for pointing out that I hadn’t updated this page in awhile. We’ve decided not to go with the Sierra system because, well, it’s expensive. Also, the Vision system was redundant and not very compatible with other systems. So, we’ve decided to go with the Blue Mountain EFIS/One as the Primary system, and the […]
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Here, we’re installing Fiberfrax and Stainless Steel onto the wing-roots as the factory-recommended fire protection for this area. As you can see, I’ve made a kraft paper template, then a rigid cardboard template, then cut the Fiberfrax, and still had to trim the stainless some after cutting the pattern out of it. Paper Templates Cardboard […]
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The fuel servo installation has been fun. I ended up doing a fair amount of research, and even bought “Aircraft Fuel Metering Systems” from Aircraft Technical Books to make sure I knew what was going on here. Here’s a nice drawing I found. From the schematic you can see that the manual mixture control arm is nearest […]
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Here we marked where the oil access on the top of the motor is on the cowling, and cut a 5″ hole. Then a 5 BID flange is made behind it in the standard way. Later the inside edge will be made straight with a hinge, and then a Hartwell latch door release will be […]
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I’ve lost my mind, and bought a SECOND Velocity kit. I know what you’re thinking, who could possibly need a second experimental airplane?? But, I was sitting around the house one day and thought, ‘hey, if it’s good enough for me, why not Aubrey’ (my cat), so…. My ‘Second’ Velocity Kit We bought a 1.46 […]
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Coming out of the sump is a fuel shutoff valve, ours is controlled remotely from a T-handled lever glassed into a pocket on the keel and then exits the firewall through a bulkhead fitting. On the firewall, the fuel tubing goes to a cleanable strainer, the electric boost pump, and then to a Floscan fuel […]
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