Category Archives: Electrical System

2021-04 Finishing Work

Posted on April 29, 2021 by Sieders Family

Started off with updating all Garmin Flitecharts, and taking pictures of the lighted fuel quantity indicators, also usable as passenger elbow area mood lighting. Worked a roll servo issue which doesn’t seem to be an issue at all. Ugh.. second … Continue reading →

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2021-04 Finishing Work

Posted on April 28, 2021 by Sieders Family

I started today reinstalling the returned transponder then Howard came in and assisted. He then went to work on the fuel quantity lights, which we hoped were just hooked up backwards. We were right and after a little reconnection action, … Continue reading →

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2021-04 Finishing Work

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Sieders Family

Aad finished up the copilot pedals adjustment while I adjusted the copilot side aileron pushpull rod, to get more deflection on the ailerons.. the pilot side would have been next.. But then the crew came in to do the transponder … Continue reading →

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2021-03 Finishing work – FLT Controls and power issues

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Sieders Family

We started with installing the missing washer on the RH inner wing connection. The washer was missing until a recent cleanup, and so we finally could finish that item. Howard checked the trim on the RH side stick, and we … Continue reading →

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2021-03 Finishing work – FLT Controls and power issues

Posted on March 17, 2021 by Sieders Family

Big day!! Flight controls .. ALL complete! We finally connected all the rudder cables, added eyelets, and aligned the wires and made them taut.. the RH rudder needs an little adjustment so it moves freely, but this is the first … Continue reading →

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2021-02 Finishing work

Posted on February 9, 2021 by Sieders Family

After a week plus break, I came back to the hangar to add a bracing rod for the exhaust. I had drilled holes at Stephen Ports house, using his lathe. I threaded the holes, added the eyelets and mounted it. … Continue reading →

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2021-01 Finishing work

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Sieders Family

Today we moved forward once again. We started with getting the plane in position to mate with its left wing, so we can install the rollers for the ruddercables in both the wingroot and the firewall. We also checked the … Continue reading →

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2021-01 Finishing work

Posted on January 11, 2021 by Sieders Family

Today started with putting the liner on the RH door. After that, I changed the batteries on my temp probe recorder on the backpanel. Together with Howard, We continued on the wiring. We removed the instrument panel so we could … Continue reading →

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2021-01 Finishing work

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Sieders Family

Worked today on the external power system I build into the nose of the airplane. I received my external power unit yesterday and I was able to connect the last two ground cables (left disconnected until the system was ready … Continue reading →

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2021-01 Finishing work

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Sieders Family

Continuation of the wire detanglement… working in the front underneath the instrument panel, to bundle wires nicely. I did take all the screens out to reach and see. Howard Kohnstamm in the meantime has been connecting the Fuel Quantity LED … Continue reading →

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