Author: rollingraccoons

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 …

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.…