Saturday, June 29, 2019

Finish Kit (and others for Final Assembly)

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Prep & First Engine Run ( 6 hrs ) Friends and RV builders Terry Moushon (RV10) and Bill Lane (RV7) were terrific help preparing my IO-...
Friday, June 28, 2019

Finish Kit (and others for Final assembly)

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Pitot/Static and Transponder certification ( 3 hrs) Byerly Aviation of Peoria, Illinois (Brandon and Drake) performed Pitot/Static certifi...
Thursday, June 27, 2019

Finish Kit (and others for Final Assembly)

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Magnetometer Interference and Joystick re-position ( 5 hrs ) Repeated full Magnetometer Interference test.  Again, Pitot Heat wa...
Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Finish Kit (and others for Final Assembly)

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ADAHARS and Magnetometer Calibrations ( 7 hrs ) Performed ADAHARS (Garmin installation manual 35.4.7) and Magnetometer GMU 22 Calibrations...
Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Finish Kit (and other categories for Final Assembly)

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Fuel Flow test for Pitch Up attitude ( 4 hrs ) Completed RH Tank calibration of fuel levels -  see June 24 entry.  Then I raised nose unti...
Monday, June 24, 2019

Finish Kit (and others for Final Assembly)

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Flow test from LH Fuel Tank, Calibrate Fuel Senders ( 4 hrs ) Continued testing Fuel Flow rates for LH Tank, repeating process used for RH...
Saturday, June 22, 2019

Finish Kit (and others...for Final Assembly)

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Fuel Flow testing ( 3 hrs ) Set up to test fuel flow rates with Aux Boost Pump, including determining Unusable Fuel in tank, and to flush ...