December 18, 2020
Overnight I realized I missed the wires for the doors unlatched switches, oops. Along with pulling a new Com1 antenna wire I finished off running the wires. I still have a bunch of terminations to do on the VPX but then I should be done. Fingers crossed the avionics works when I flip the switch. A fellow RV-10 builder has…
December 17, 2020
Yep, wiring is a slow process. With no way to take exciting pictures, you will have to settle for a couple boring ones. Today was running the last of the wiring (I think) for the control sticks and for the light controller. Both will be located under the front seats. I did work on two of the VPX connectors but…
December 16, 2020
It might not look like it but today was a good day with good progress. Two of the three power connectors on the VPX are wired, one of the alterantor voltage regulators is wired, the fuel pump is wired, and the lower wires are organized. Yep, wiring doesn’t look like a lot but it sure takes time.
December 15, 2020
I came into the hanger this morning to find brake fluid under the fuselage. No bueno. Seems the tunnel brake fittings were not tightened, ugh. Shame on me for not double checking. My penance, 90 minutes of cleaning. Fluid leaked between ribs and skin, spar and skin, into every crack and crevice. Fuck me. Oh the day didn’t stop there.…
December 14, 2020
Started off running the 8awg wire for the alternators, shunt, and ESS (essential bus). Lots of lugs to crimp and heat shrink to heat. Then closed off the firewall pass through. It was time to rivet up to forward cockpit. It took some serious contortion under the panel but I managed the bucking bar pretty well – of course a…
December 13, 2020
Yep, I said it. I finished up the back half of the plane wiring in the morning and then organized/zip tied/secured the cables. Then the fun began on the panel wiring. I already built the harness but with moving it from Minnesota, to setting it up and taking it down a couple times in the hanger (to finish the remaining…
December 12, 2020
Kicked the day off with mounting the transponder and fuse block before moving to the back of the plane. Then it was on to installing the transponder antenna so I could finally bolt the battery tray to fuselage. Then I adjusted the battery cables before ratcheting down the battery retaining bolts. To allow for the backup battery to get a…
December 11, 2020
More jumping around today, the seat back brackets are cut and deburred. Next week when my daughter visits we should be able to get the rear seats finished up giving her something she can point to and say “I did that!” Most of the day was on wiring. I got to ELT mounted and tied up all the tail cone…
December 10, 2020
Took some time but I got all the nut plates for the instruments installed and the instruments mounted. Also got the defrost fans installed, wired up, and tested. Then it was on to the baggage and rear seat pans. All the parts are now dimpled and deburred. Still nervous about a missed wire so I’ll hold off on riveting them…
December 9, 2020
The Aerosport panel sections near the firewall tilt up and results in the inability to drill a hold in them to secure to the tunnel cover. So today started with making a couple brackets to secure that two parts. That done I dropped off the carbon fiber pieces to Gene Kear (719-338-0173) a local legend who is going to give…
December 8, 2020
I decided I needed to make some adjustments to the mounting brackets for the transponder which morphed into giving all of the support brackets a good paint job. That along with a little more work on the baggage door took up a good chunk of the morning. After lunch I ran two cables I had forgotten for the overhead lights…
December 7, 2020
It started well, actually that is not true. I went to adjust a cable tray and damaged it. So it I guess it was the same start to finish. Oh well. What was accomplished? Mounted Transponder Mounted VPX electronic breakers Adjusted Aerosport panel Final epoxy/sanding on the carbon fiber before clearcoating Determined carpet and interior panels before painter comes tomorrow…