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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One option that we saw and really liked on the factory aircraft (the Dash-5) at Osh Kosh was the interior hand holds like on cars. We decided to go with the VW style like in our Jetta because the color match is perfect, and they have a really nice retraction action. The forward overhead beam […]
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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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The strake outboard of the fuel tank is reinforced on both sides with 8 strips of Triaxial cloth 4″ wide by 29″ long. The surface is roughed up first, and any unevenness is leveled with micro, and then two strips are laid up on the leading edge all the way up onto the spar shear-web, […]
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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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