This is something that I did before first flight, but I’m just getting around to posting info about it now. On the first few taxi tests, my Skyview started complaining that it was seeing a mismatch between the heading the GPS was indicating and the magnetic heading reading it was getting from the ADARHS unit. […]
New headset
After my first flight, I realized I’ll probably need to get a better headset. My current one has served me well for most of my flying so far, but the Velocity is a rather loud beast. Another builder a couple hangars down works for Bose, and he loaned me both Bose X and A20 headsets […]
Skyview data logger
Dynon says they’re going to add on-board data logging at some point, but until then, they only stream data out one of the RS-232 ports. So, I bought an inexpensive data logging device from SparkFun called OpenLog. At only $24.95, you can’t beat it. It takes a microSD card, so its pretty easy to transfer […]
APRS installation
For those who are not familiar with APRS (automatic packet reporting system), it is a system that employs amateur radio stations to pickup and relay packets broadcast by remote stations. When a repeater station picks up a broadcasted packet, it relays via the internet to a central server. What has this to do with experimental […]
Annunciator Panel
Rather than just have a row of labeled indicator lights, I wanted to make a custom annunciator panel. Initially I thought this would be a relatively easy process, but as I started to think more about what I wanted it to do, it got more complicated. The main purpose of an annunciator panel is to […]
Main wiring harness
Planning the wiring and installing the main harness that ran down the co-pilot duct was a big job. I will post my schematics at some point, but they are still a live document that I keep updating. In planing the system, I wanted to make sure that I didn’t hard-wire anything in place that would […]
Panel complete
Because I didn’t wire my panel into the plane (used connectors), I was able to bench test it. It was nice to see it all light up and function correctly. All the radios, head phones and iPod inputs work properly with the audio panel, and no smoke was seen (always nice) when I flipped the […]
Panel wiring
I wasn’t really sure where to start wiring the plane. The most obvious place seemed to be the radio stack, as it was the most complex. Many nights pouring over the schematics I’d put together. This is work I really enjoy, though. Once I had the radio stack wired, I began wiring for power. It […]
Breaker panel
I chose to use breakers instead of fuses. Initially I was going to go with fuses. My only issue with fuses was that it is difficult to know when a circuit has failed. I was going to go with fuses, but add LED lights to indicate whether the circuit was active/failed. By the time I […]
Panel construction
The winter project has begun…I hope to get all the panel, avionics and wiring done this winter. I started by getting out Visio and creating wiring schematics for everything. That took a month or so. Many thanks to all those who posted their wiring diagrams online – I pulled a little bit from everywhere. I’ll […]