Ground Power

One thing that decided to add was a ground power plug for charging the battery, jump-starting the engine, and/or running the (all-electric) avionics on the ground (such as for testing). I bought the standard 3-prong style plug from Aircraft Spruce with the hinged cover, and glassed it into the nose of the fuselage in front […]

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 […]

Circuit Breaker Box

Next we need to make a breaker box for our circuit breakers. We decided to get an engraved panel for the circuit from Frontpanel Express since Superior Panel exited the market. We also decided to mount our breakers off of the main instrument panel for a couple of reasons. First of all, if a breaker […]

Backup Battery

We’ve also been installing a backup battery for the EFIS to keep it up and running while the starting is drawing the primary battery down. This would also supply the EFIS for some time should the dual alternators and primary battery fail. The battery had to have a tray fitted to restrain it, and then […]

Entertainment Systems

Here’s a quick shot of our DVD player output screens back up and running. Not a requirement to fly, but I think it’s cool. As part of the optional equipment that we’re installing, we’ve already shown the LCD screens that we installed in the back of the front seats in the interior chapter, here you […]

Trim, Speed Brake, and Brake Warning Lights

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 […]