New Backup Battery

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 […]

WxWorx Receiver Installed

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

Mounting EIS Outside Temperature Probe

Here you can see that I’ve drilled a hole for the EIS Outside Air Temperature probe, and the fuselage was too thick for the nut to hold it on. I removed the inner skin and foam, shaped it, and laid 4 BID in the recess. After curing, I drilled the hole back out and installed […]

GRT First Power Up

So, Blue Mountain is officially out of business. I hate to see them go, but the writing was on the wall. But, I’m firmly on the GRT path. This weekend we had a EAA meeting, so that sort of boogered up working on the plane, but I did finish wiring up the GRT and powered […]

Bond Aluminum Backing to Panel

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 […]

Mounting GRT Dual AHRS

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. […]