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Center Tunnel Revisited
This piece of the build has been giving me anxiety for months. Today, I feel it’s been put to rest. First, let me say, this wasn’t without great amounts of trial and error. Everything from the order in which items are run (does coax go to the right or left of pitot/static?) to the foam […]
EP 4.15 Aircraft Lighting
Get a Grip
This pun brought to you by some hilarious YouTube followers. First off, I love these grips. I’m super excited about them. The functionality, without looking like a F-16 wannabe, is great. Modern looking without the cosplay feel. The button quality, especially the PTT, is excellent. Wiring these bad chickens in was a bit of feat […]
ELT
Today was ELT day. I had prewired much of the ELT, so this wasn’t an incredibly taxing adventure. Still, between the physical mounting, final wiring, and alteration of panel, this took a couple days. Testing the ELT proved successful after I remembered to configure the system properly in the G3X–an incredibly easy task. It’s incredibly […]
EP 4.14 More Purchases, More Unboxing, More Wiring
Adding Lights
I went with FlyLED lighting–The Works. This system requires you build just about everything from scratch, which excited me. The soldering, the fabrication–still, somehow after two-plus years of building I still have appetite for more. I will say, the entire process took longer than I would have thought. There was a lot to this kit, […]
Lighting and FWF Wiring
It has been a while since I’ve provided an update. Work continues to fill out the panel, and run all the necessary wiring throughout the airplane. I want to get all the wire run and components installed that I can before working on the plane becomes much tighter. (With skins on, and other components installed.) […]
EP 4.13 Adding More Wires to the Airframe
I got a Prop!
Well, it may be a bit premature, but I got a prop. The Whirlwind three-blade constant speed is about as close to a dream prop as I’ll ever get. I definitely went over-budget here, but folks said this would be the biggest performance upgrade I can expect–the most bang for my dollar. While I’d love […]