Month: October 2010

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Rob has spent a bunch of time under the instrument panel, like this.

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The registration number (a.k.a. tail number or N-number) has to be attached before the airplane flies.  As such, we ordered vinyl decals to use before we paint.  The number will eventually be painted on.  I got the 12″ version, erroneously …

Finally installed the fresh air vents–they’re just glued in with fuel tank sealant.  We still need to install a short section of SCAT tube and put the vent in the interior.  Our installation will be a little different than stock, …

Hard to tell from this picture, but the antennas are installed.  We put in the two communication antennas a while ago, basically one on each side, under the rear seats.  The last one was the transponder antenna, which is the …

The sublease on our hangar has ended, so it’s all ours now!  With my family coming to visit, we needed to free up some space in one of the spare bedrooms, which made it a great time to move some …

One of the things you have to figure out yourself is where to put the headset jacks for the rear seats.  The most common place in the RV-10 seems to be in the outside armrest.  My problem with that location …

Everything (and I mean everything) in the panel is now wired and verified to be working.  All the wiring is now secured behind the panel as well.  I wish I’d planned my wire routing better, but what we have is …

There are a lot of wires on this thing.  We finished the EGT and CHT probes, plus all the “misc” wiring to the starter, alternator, ignition, and other sensors, and we’re starting the process of “properly” securing them to the …