Tag: Lights

Final assembly activities

Thanks for the visit, Turner! It was great to finally meet you in person and to spend some time poring over your beautiful airplane.

Weight and balance underway!

Weight and balance underway! On the scales…

Weight and balance underway!

Great job by On-Site Weight & Balance; thanks, Sal!

First fueling about to commence…

And…a couple of fuel leaks found, one minor, one somewhat less so. Argh. — with Alex Cole.

The detanking underway…

The detanking underway…

Meanwhile, I received a gorgeous pair of landing/taxi light lenses from Big Sky Robotics. Very nicely made and highly recommended.

The new lenses with their nutplate strips setting up.

IFR pitot-static and transponder certifications underway.

IFR pitot-static and transponder certifications underway.

IFR pitot-static and transponder certifications underway.

Great work from Volusia Aviation; thanks, Sean!

New lens installed.

New lens installed.

Final assembly progress

Right wing bolts torqued and sealed. Ready for flight.

Left wing bolts torqued and sealed. Ready for flight.

Right wing tank-fuse side fuel line installed. Ready for flight.

Left wing tank-fuse side fuel line installed. Ready for flight.

Flaps adjusted – down position. Ready for flight.

Flaps adjusted – up position. Ready for flight.

G3X PFD position updated. I got the ADSB working after this photo; it’s now ready for flight. Less the various still-to-be-calibrated functions, of course.

G3X MFD position updated. I got the ADSB working after this photo; it’s now ready for flight. Less the various still-to-be-calibrated functions, of course.

Right wing nav light, strobe, and landing light ready for flight.

Left wing nav light, strobe, and taxi light ready for flight.

G3X PFD configuration mode system information page. All green checkboxes now that the Can bus is complete and updated. Ready for flight.

G3X PFD configuration mode system information page. All green checkboxes now that the Can bus is complete and updated. Ready for flight.

Wings, components underway

Right wingtip nav light lens – and all the cutoffs. There’s a lot of extra material as-received.

The good news is that it’s not hard to cut, as a set of right & left tinsnips will do the job. The bad news is that, no matter what you do, it’s still a crappy fit when you’re done. Once the plane is painted, it should look fine from 10 feet, but the 2 foot view won’t be pretty. I really hate these damn things.

If someone at the paint shop early next year thinks that he can do a better job (entirely possible and very welcome!), I’ll have them cut a new pair then.

Right wingtip nav light lens ready to be screwed down, as soon as my new nutplates get here later today. Same size as the ones I ordered for the wingtip, itself, so all is well since I always order extra.