Twas a big day. No smoke–heck not even any hiccups. The system powered up and expected components were talking. Configurate brought other elements online, while some (pitot/static, OAT, engine related sensors) will have to wait. Truly an exciting day. One of the biggest, I’d say, since I started this project. Listening to overhead traffic on […]
At this point most of the components are installed and hooked up. Still not quite ready for first power up, as there are remaining loose ends. The punch list on the way to power up is long, but I seem to be cruising along pretty well.
It didn’t take long to start laying out the components in the plane. Looking at the subpanel, panel, and stack, I started to fit in what I could. This part is getting really exciting, thought the mess of everything is giving me anxiety. I don’t know if I’m more excited to get everything in so […]
The power distribution is in, via two fuse panels. Power is supplied to both in one main bus. (No endurance or ramp power here.) Fuses are chosen of simplicity and cleanliness of a breaker panel. Also, the phrase “never give an electrical fire a second chance,” referring to the practice of resetting breakers in flight […]
Getting the wiring harness in was a hairy adventure. I had only a small amount of faith I could do it and not have my runs turn to an incredible mess. Despite appearances above, the runs stayed intact, and now it’s just a matter of getting them directed and tied down. It’s intimidating, to say […]
I don’t have a lot of great photos for this post–just a bunch of video, unfortunately. I’ve installed an incredible amount of whirlwigs on the frontside of this thing: Battery: I went with an Odyssey battery. I looked at the EarthX battery but wasn’t comfortable investing so much in a battery that wasn’t going to […]