Category Archives: Accesories

2021-10-29. Maintenance.

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Sieders Family

Two days after my failed turbo test, I came back to the hangar and once again removed the cowling. I first thought to remove the top only, but then decided to take both off. I double checked the throttle arm … Continue reading →

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2021-03 Finishing work – runup, brakes

Posted on March 30, 2021 by Sieders Family

Starting this day a little early and install the back seat and aft cabin wall in anticipation of weighing the aircraft. We also installed the frontseats and Howard put most of the remaining labels we require, on the flight and … Continue reading →

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2021-01 Finishing work

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Sieders Family

Howard Kohnstamm and I had a busy day making the sqauwklist shorter. We started out with the main landing gears adding the AN6-35 bolts and torqued all nuts. The left main bearings were already greased, but the right side main … Continue reading →

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2020-10 Towbar tryout.

Posted on October 9, 2020 by Sieders Family

I finally found the towbar that fits a Velocity FG nosewheel fork setup. It is actually build for an RV-10, and it fits well although the nosewheel wheelpant is bulkier and makes the towbar stand up under a 45 degree. … Continue reading →

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2018-12 OIL problems – AGAIN !

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Sieders Family

Today I entered the hangar to find a lot of the Turbo oil on the floor, dripping out the exhaust – AGAIN .. This is becoming frustrating. We thought we solved the problem by adding the suction pump. We did … Continue reading →

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2018-11 Oil QTY Tank Hose replaced

Posted on November 24, 2018 by Sieders Family

When Bas and I were doing some testing, we had removed temporarily the exhaust to check for draining oil out of the turbo. Apparently, the airflow during subsequent engine run was such, that heat ended up on the RH top … Continue reading →

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2018-11 New Turbo ON switch

Posted on November 23, 2018 by Sieders Family

The switch part of the Turbo ON-lighted switch unit has been problematic. It never really served the way I envisioned. That meant we had to find a new switch that would work correctly. I finally found some time and sat … Continue reading →

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2018-05. Ram air vents

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Sieders Family

Today I ran the hoses for the ram air vents. I had those hoses already precut, but I had waited to find a aluminum tube to connect two hoses easily together and yet be able to quick disconnect them when … Continue reading →

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2018-02 Running VIRB360 wiring

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Sieders Family

I removed the overhead channel for other reasons, but while working on that, I decided I could drill a hole underneath the camera attachment bracket, and feed the wiring to behind the vanity panels. I drilled the hole, just big … Continue reading →

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