Year: 2010

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 …

For a variety of reasons, the first time you attach the wings is not the last on the RV-10.  Given our tenet of doing everything in the garage that we can before moving to the airport, we decided to do …

Kelly has been doing work on the seats, so here’s the finished rear seat backs.

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We installed the exhaust gas temperature (EGT) and cylinder head temperature (CHT) thermocouples on the right side of the engine.  I’m really excited to have an airplane with one of these for each cylinder–it makes managing the engine much easier …

They’re on for good!  Well, at least until it’s time for paint.…

Hard to tell from the picture above, but I’ve been doing a lot of wiring lately.  I’d say it’s about 95% done now.  You can see the engine controls are in now (bottom center of the panel).  It’s a common …

Kelly (with some help from me) mounted the exhaust.  Not too bad, and really makes the engine area look like it’s coming along.

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We’ve been doing more firewall forward work, too.  Here you can see the current state of things (around mid-August).

You can see the breather tube in the picture above.  This is near the top of the engine and vents the …

Apologies for the lack of updates.  Work has been busy, so we’ve been spending most of the airplane time doing work, rather than writing about it.

The fiberglass comes with a ton of holes (known as “pinholes”) that need to …