Category Electrical/Avionics

Panel Installation – 200 hours

Several months ago I talked about the process of designing and planning the avionics panel. I also started the wiring of the panel harness which was then put aside until I could buy all the panel components. Well, today I can say all that work is complete. The all Garmin panel is up and running, and everything seems […]

Avionics Planning and Installation

It has been several months but that doesn’t mean I have been idle. For the last 14-15 months, in parallel with the other steps, I have been planning the schematic for the panel. In fact, I estimate that I have put well over 100 hours into the schematic alone. Using a combination of internet resources, […]

Control Stick Installation

Just a quick update to sort of prove I am still working on the airplane. I am in the middle to working with the fiberglass on the wheelpants but I recently installed and wired the control sticks (Tosten CS-8). As per the Tosten instructions, I trimmed off 3 1/4″ from the control columns. However, I […]

Fuselage Wire Harness – 16 Hours

I know it has been a minute since I posted but that doesn’t mean I have not done anything on the airplane. I am currently in the middle of Section 38 which is the window, and it is easily the most time consuming section of the project so far. After completing Section 37, I was […]