I spent the day after Thanksgiving labeling and tidying up wires, putting in clamps, tiying bundles together and so on as part of the ongoing effort to be ready for the panel to return. Allen joined me on the Saturday…
Panel Prep
In preparation for the panel install I spent some time securing wires and generally tidying it all up. Locking down the transponder antenna The CANBUS terminator on the electric compass and its ground wire were fixed to the bottom skin…
Return to the Flaperons, and Tow Bar Install
When we last left the flaperons I thought they were ok but I wasn’t really confident so during the week I found some more dimension specs and set about re-measuring the various deflections. Something that immediately became obvious was that…
Battery
I had set myself the goal of having panel first light up over Thanksgiving so I needed to get the battery to hook it up to. My plan is to get the avionics electrical side all working and then understand…
Flaperons Finishing (maybe)
The final control surfaces to install are the flaperons (why not aileraps?) so install them is what we done did. First they had to be wrapped which took us one session, and I’m not sure if it was the lack…
Seat Pans, Cotter Pins, and Wiring
After some research on the Zenith forums I discovered that the recommended solution for the ill-fitting seat pans is to remove the flanges and trim the side until they fit, and then add l-angles in place of the flanges to…