{"id":1130,"date":"2017-01-29T19:05:48","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T03:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stol750project.info\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2017-01-29T19:05:48","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T03:05:48","slug":"some-random-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stol750project.info\/?p=1130","title":{"rendered":"Some Random Things"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lots of little things to take care of….. first up, I had ordered the missing washer thingie from the throttle attachment and it had arrived. This little thing cost $15!!! Aviation, is all I can say.<\/p>\n

\"$15<\/a><\/p>\n

and you know I’m going to find the original any day now. The price of carelessness.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I reassembled the throttle cable with the correct parts (I also ordered the washer that goes on the front side)<\/p>\n

\"Throttle<\/a><\/p>\n

so now that is complete.<\/p>\n

I removed the fuel flow sensor wires from the RDAC unit and added the resistor to the 5V port and signal line.<\/p>\n

\"Resistor<\/a><\/p>\n

I didn’t solder the resistor to the wire, just wrapped the wire around it which I think will work. We shall see next fuel flow test, I suppose. The power line needed to go to the panel for a 12V supply so I joined a wire and routed it to the last remaining 12V connector. The sender comes with this funky connector kit for small gauge wires.<\/p>\n

\"Funky<\/a><\/p>\n

There’s a tiny set screw in the top of the connector, you back it off, put both wires in and tighten back down. Supposed to be more reliable than crimping a regular join.<\/p>\n

The coolant lines are awful close to the exhaust and I’ve read that many people wrap them in firesleeve to protect them from the heat. So I ordered a few feet, cut it down the middle and tied it around the coolant hoses. <\/p>\n

\"Firesleeved<\/a><\/p>\n

One of the “reference” planes that everyone refers to as a good example uses vinyl ties and he has been flying his without issue for hundreds of hours but I think I will replace them with steel ones. The hoses also need to be tied up a little better to keep them further away from the exhaust.<\/p>\n

I’ve already mentioned that when the passenger seat and arm rest go in it is going to be a challenge to rivet them together, and it is going to be impossible to drill out the holes to the proper size so I took care of that on the bench.<\/p>\n

\"Drilling<\/a><\/p>\n

I made sure that every hole easily took a rivet so there shouldn’t be a need to mess with them after install.<\/p>\n

Next up, I took a first stab at routing the pitot\/static tubes out of the way of my feet.<\/p>\n

A zip tie routes the tubes up the side of the fuselage<\/p>\n

\"Tubes<\/a><\/p>\n

and then it is tied to the brake cable and the firewall to keep them up and into the back of the panel.<\/p>\n

\"Tubes<\/a><\/p>\n

The final act of the weekend was to finally label the power wires going into the panel. I’ve kept a hand written map of the wires and connectors but it is finally committed to electronic document and sticky pieces of paper.<\/p>\n

\"Power<\/a><\/p>\n

Lastly, yesterday I reapplied thread sealant to the fuel drain and tightened it back up before putting gas back into the pilot side tank, and put some paper down to capture any leak. I was somewhat relieved today to see that there had not been any leak onto the paper so I think last week’s leak was just down to careless drain plug installation. Hopefully no leaks will occur during the week.<\/p>\n

And really very last, I finally tested the USB charger port on the panel and was happy to see that it works also. The memory card on the panel still doesn’t work so I may yet have to return that which will be a real pain in the derri\u00e8re.<\/p>\n

Next up – another purge of the oil line and hopefully seeing an oil pressure reading on the panel, plus a fuel flow test. And after that, who knows?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lots of little things to take care of….. first up, I had ordered the missing washer thingie from the throttle attachment and it had arrived. This little thing cost $15!!! Aviation, is all I can say. and you know I’m…<\/p>\n

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