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. […]
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 […]
Battery/nose cleanup
After talking to several other Velocity owners, I decided to go with the Odyssey PC925 battery. I also bought the mounting bracket for it as it fit well with the battery tray I had. The PC925 fits nicely in the nose and its terminals are in a good position. I decided to take the time […]
Fuel level senders
I chose to install capacitance fuel level senders. The Velocity does have visual indicators of fuel level in the form of sight tubes mounted in the rear strake cutouts, but I suspect that these will not be very easy to see at night, particularly the one on the pilot’s side. The capacitance fuel senders will […]
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 […]
Overhead panel
The overhead panel was pretty straightforward. I covered it in the same vinyl that I used for the rest of the interior. I just put lighting switches in this panel. I have two swiveling lights for the pilot and co-pilot, so I added PWM lighting controls for those. I used the same laser engraving method […]