Vertical Power VP-X Pro Installation and integration with Grand Rapids EFIS

I recently realized that I had short-shifted the installation of my VP-X electronic circuit breaker system in my previous posts about my winter panel upgrade. I’ll try to correct that here. As a reminder, I chose to replace my original circuit breaker installation because it brought a bunch of wires into my cabin and made […]

Weight and Balance 2011

We’re finalizing out latest updates (the new Vertical Power electrical system and interior) and condition inspection, so it’s time for a new Weight and Balance. Awhile back I mentioned that we bought some performance scales from Intercomp racing. The process is pretty simple with these, as the load cells can take 1,500 pounds apiece, we […]

Contour+ GPS and Dashware

If you follow this site much, one of the things you’ll have noticed that I like to do is film and edit/publish flying videos of our travels. I particularly like some of the first-person point of view stuff with cockpit audio. I think it’s really cool, and captures a lot of those ‘moments’ that others […]

Dave Spano Upholstering, Part VI

Dave finally made the flight out of Chicago to install the carpet and “finish” the interior installation (I still need to mount the baggage tiedowns, seat belts, and seats which need longer studs), but she looks great. In these pictures you can see how the new panel, engraved stick (from SET graphics), and glare shield […]

CO Guardian Testing

Here’s just a quick shot of the CO Guardian’s interface on the HX PFD screen. This will be really nice when we’re instrument rated and are climbing over weather to make sure we’re not getting hypoxia.

Pitch Trim

As you can see, we reverted back to the factory pitch trim system after having a couple of issues with the Strong pitch trim. We had a couple of instances where it simply locked on overtorque, and now there is a motor retention AD out on them. It would probably work, but we made the […]