With the interior painting complete it was time to permanently attach the cabin top. We mixed up flox per the plans to fill the areas around the door opening and lowered the top into place. We had to work quickly… Read More »Cabin Top Attached
I had previously prepared the fuselage flap system parts but I hadn’t installed them as I wasn’t sure what I needed to paint at the time. I primed the interior of the torque tubes and installed the parts. This section… Read More »Flap System
I am painting the interior before permanently attaching the cabin top. I am using an Aerosport interior so I don’t have many surfaces that need paint. I am going with a dark interior on the lower portion of the cabin… Read More »Interior Painting
My engine/essential bus battery is mounted under the subpanel. I will be using a vented EarthX battery in this location as the battery is inside of the cabin. EarthX sells a vent port and vent line. I chose to install… Read More »EarthX Battery Vent
I have the cabin top off for the last time to finish the interior. I only need to paint the portion around the doors as the rear of the cabin top will be covered with the Aerosport headliner. I used… Read More »Cabin Top Interior Finishing
I decided to install a GHA 15 and it made sense to do it before installing the cabin top. I chose to mount it just aft of the baggage compartment. After looking at photos of landing aircraft, this location seemed… Read More »Garmin Height Advisor
I finalized the avionics locations using 3d printed mockups. I plan to purchase the avionics after Oshkosh. Garmin makes all of their products available as CAD models so I was able to also install nut plates in advance. I laid… Read More »Getting Started on the Wiring Harness
I had previously installed a TCW linear servo to control my oil cooler butterfly valve. In thinking more about potential failure modes, I decided to swap out the servo for a push/pull control cable. This gives me one less thing… Read More »Oil Cooler Butterfly Valve Control
I’m using a Garmin GTX 45R as my transponder. The unit provides ADS-B in/out and can stream ADS-B in data to connected devices over Bluetooth (ForeFlight, etc.). For Bluetooth connectivity, Garmin recommends that the unit be oriented such that the… Read More »Transponder Mount
I am installing a dual-battery electrical system. The primary battery, an EarthX ETX900, will be installed in the standard location behind the baggage compartment. The second battery, an EarthX ETX900-VNT (the vented variant) will be installed under the subpanel. A… Read More »Forward Battery Box