Electrical
Autopilot Wrap-up and Smoke System Wiring
Finished wiring auto pilot harness. Calibrated servos through the SkyView menu but when the auto pilot test was conducted, the pitch servo could be heard slipping consistently. Took video and sent to Dynon support. Talked with Steven from Dynon Support who informed me that the servos might not be able to move the flight controls…
Autopilot Installation – Part 2
Attached D-sub connector to roll servo wires then installed servo onto fuselage floor. Attached aileron servo push rod and verified servo arm did not contact over center bracket. Roughed in location of pitch servo and marked bracket location on floor. Removed pitch servo and installed Dynon-provided stiffener on floor. Installed servo onto bracket, installed over-center…
Autopilot Installation – Part 1
Attached roll servo pushrod to LH control stick frame per Dynon instruction sheet. Trialed rough location for roll servo under RH side of forward seat pan and verified clearance and freedom of movement. Transferred mounting hole location to fuselage floor and updrilled holes for mounting bolts. Trimmed provided stiffener angle and riveted stiffener to fuselage…
ELT Installation
Located and drilled hole for ELT antenna on aft portion of turtle deck. Secured antenna to fuselage then routed and connected coax cable from antenna to ELT. Cut hole in RH #1 former for RCPI and drilled mounting holes. Installed vertical faceplate and A544 alkaline battery into RCPI (battery expires 06/19/2031) then mounted RCPI onto…
Stick Grip Wiring
Installed control stick ground wire and autopilot ground wire in GB24 ground block. Ran and routed PTT wires from mic jacks to stick grip harness and began populating fuselage side of connector. Attached aux fuse block power and ground wires to fuse block. Ran smoke system control ground to stick and left extra length on…
Stick Grip Installation
Finished securing wiring behind instrument panel and underneath sub-panel shelf. Drilled wire hole in bottom of both control sticks for stick grip wiring. Aligned stick grips and drilled pilot hole in grip and control stick. Updrilled holes and tapped stick for 8-32 set screw. Installed stick grip foam onto each control stick and fished wires…
Stick Grip Modification
Opted to modify internal wiring inside the Ray Allen G403 stick grips in order to isolate PTT ground from other function ground. Removed screws in stick grip in order to remove circuit board from plastic housing. The default wiring is set up so that all functions share a common ground and the momentary/latched toggle switch…
Wiring Cleanup – Part 1
Installed aux power fuse block and SkyView splitter on underside of cross tie box with rivnuts. Worked on organizing and securing wiring under panel with zip ties and adhesive pads. Cut off unused EMS wires and secured into bundle in case of future upgrades. In spots where wire crosses over or under throttle controls, placed…
Intercom Harness Wiring – Part 2
Soldered shielded wire bundles onto copilot headset and passenger jacks. Installed both jacks on copilot side panel and routed wires to main intercom harness. Pinned connects at harness side then tested copilot side audio. Realized the the SkyView audio wires were routed under the throttle cable so had to unpin the four display wires and…
Intercom Harness Wiring – Part 1
Laid out aft cockpit panels on front formers and marked hole locations. Cut out mounting and component holes in formers, deburred, and riveted plates to fuselage. Measured out length of pilot side headset harnesses and cut three-wire shielded cable to length. Soldered harness onto headphone jack and used heat shrink to protect solder joints on…
Transponder/ADS-B Harness Wiring
Removed RH side panel cover and finished wiring all circuit breakers and power feeds. Installed power outlet on RH side of panel. Left feed wires for autopilot and aux power panel for now. Installed pre-fabricated transponder and ADS-B harnesses and routed them on RH side of fuselage. Removed flip flop and squat switch wires from…
Radio Harness Wiring
Completed wiring harness for the SV-COM-T25 starting at the com radio side. Began harnesses for SV-COM panel and the SV-INTERCOM as well. Will finish populating other harness later. Hours Worked: 2.80
