Sunday, March 25, 2007

Gascolator shroud

I was not too happy with the proximety of the gascolator to the exhaust system so I installed a shroud around it. It's a bit rough, but it should do the job.
I put the cowl on today, so I could taxi it a bit. When I ran the engine I realized that the idle was still too low so now I need to pull the cowl again. Damn !

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Saturday, March 24, 2007

Putting covers on...

Just finished putting all the inspection covers and inside access covers on. I ran both my rechargeable drill and my power screwdriver dead befor I finished. I don't even want to know how many screws that was, but it was a LOT.

Today I'll fab a cover for the gascolator and run some cooling air to it. It is just too close to the muffler and exhaust pipes for my comfort.

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Thursday, March 22, 2007

Gascolator install


Transport Canada insisted that I had to install a gascolator and send a picture to prove it. So now the gas goes through a screen, a filter, a gascolator and another screen before it gets to the engine. Should be enough eh !

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Saturday, March 17, 2007

Inspection passed..!!

The RV-10 passed it's final inspection today. The inspector took about 2 hours doing the paper work and checking the aircraft. I have a couple of minor things to do before I put the covers on, and she's ready to go.

Yahoo

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Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Panel is back in...

I re-installed the panel today. The serial connections now work to both comms. However, I noticed that the Nav reciever does not appear to be working. I just get a blast of noise when I tune it. Oh well, more to do...

Final inspection is Saturday...

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Monday, March 12, 2007

A bad day...

Today I had to pull the panel back off the plane. There were one too many issues to deal with.
I did not have serial communication between my EFIS and comm1. When I pulled the radio out to check continuity on the wires, I discovered a wire hanging into the space the radio slides into. I also did not have continuity from the radio to the EFIS. I also needed to remove the EFIS alarm light and troubleshoot the aileron trim indicator.

So I pulled the panel.

On an up note, I recieved the registration papers from Transport Canada today. That means that I can arrange for the final inspection as soon as the panel is back in.

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Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Engine run...














































We ran the engine yesterday! It ran very well and I am very impressed how smooth it runs with the 3 blade MT prop. Only problem was the lack of a tach indication. Called Grand Rapids Technologies and they told me there is an issue with the Lasar ignition and the EIS. The tach signal is too low for the EIS and I needed to remove a resistor and a capacitor from the board. Picture shows the board with the resistor already removed and the arrow points to the capacitor that still needs to come out. See the instructions they sent me.
Of course, after I fixed that, the darn thing still didn't work. Did some checking and found that I had forgotted to connect the mags to the Lasar electronics. Made a big difference when I did. The warning light for the Lasar went out too. Now all I need to do is get the tach reading correctly. I'm pretty sure that it is reading double what it should. Called GRT again and they said set the configuration setting for the tach to 2. It was 0. 2 is for a Rotax 2 stroke according to the manual. However, I am borroweing a portable tach to check it with tomorrow.

NOTE: Correct setting for EIS is 3. The Lasar puts out 3 pulses per revolution.


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Sunday, March 04, 2007

Weighed the aircraft






















Today I weighed the aircraft. It came in at a very respectable 1557 lbs I weighed it 3 times, each time rotating the scales to a different wheel. Hopefully, this will eliminate any errors in the readings.
I then sat in the aircraft and started to do the configurations on the engine monitor and EFIS. That is very tedious work, but I got most of it done. Then the displays started to go wonky (technical term) and blanked out, then rebooted. Thats when I discovered that my battery was down to about 8 volts. End of configurations for today. Will finish them up tomorrow.
Tomorrow I will put fuel in the tanks and calibrate the fuel gauges. Then its time to start the engine !!!!!

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Thursday, March 01, 2007

Looking good...




Well, the aircraft is almost ready to go. I
just need to change the oil, put some gas in it, and fire it up. Course, I need to do the W & B
before the gas, and I still have to configure the instruments.

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