Fuel Tank Calibration
The fuel tank quantity senders have to be calibrated. Obviously this involves filling up the fuel tanks … gulp! … the first real leak test. Each tank holds about 95 litres, so we purchased 100…
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OP38 – Aileron Trim Springs
The aileron trim springs are strong, and the manual contained no advice about the best way to attach them to the control arm. I decided that some kind of mechanical advantage was required to pull…
41 – Aileron Rigging, Fairings & Fuel Pipes
Aileron Rigging Having previously adjusted the aileron neutral postion relative to the wing aileron bellcrank, all that remains to rig the aileron control system is to adjust the CS-00005 Stick to Torque Tube Pushrod length….
24-03/04 Wing Tip Attachment
I’d been looking forward to this stage … finally fitting the wing tips! All the previous work many months ago paid dividends as the AeroLED VX’s and Nav/Strobes fitted neatly. The VX wiring needed extending…
41- More Wing Attachment – Flaps, Ailerons, CanBus
I had decided during the initial wiring phase that I would attempt to avoid the use of connectors at the wing roots for the CanBus, OAT Probe and Archer Antenna RG400. This was to follow…
41-03 Wing Attachment
I have been spending the last couple of weeks wiring up the engine (CHT’s, EGT’s and sensors etc) which will be the subject of another update, but today saw a major milestone with the wings…
24 – Wing Tips Part 4 – Finished!
Wing Tip Ribs The manual is vague when describing how to position these wing tip ribs … it talks about a “snug” fit without any distortion. After playing around with the fore/aft position, I selected…
24 – Wing Tips Part 3 – Nav Light Covers
I initially struggled to find a way to cut the nav light covers. But then I spotted my tin snips, which had been included in my initial tool order from Cleaveland, but which I hadn’t…
24 – Wing Tips Part 2 – AeroSun VX Lights
When I visited Oshkosh in 2019 I spotted a lovely RV14 with AeroLED Aerosun VX lights in the wingtip. I liked the look and functionality … they also filled up a rather empty nav light…
24 – Wing Tips Part 1
Initial Fit I used a Dremel cutting disk to trim the wing tip flanges. Vans have changed the method to align the wing tip trailing edges … rather than using a template, having fixed the…