Tuesday, June 19, 2012

A Badly Needed progress Report

I agree, I'm bad, I failed to report my recent activity on my RV-12 project. Let's condense the last month events in this report.
The Canopy, including the fiber glass skirt is finished and in storage in my basement and here is the proof:


Next I worked on completing the hydraulic brakes connections, as I had to work under the fuselage, I got a nice crawler to be comfortable:

I received at last my avionic kit, including the retrofit of the wings electrical connections and a few other goodies in addition to the main course the Dynon Skyview. Here is my workshop's shelves filled with this last kit before the final engine kit:
You can see on the bottom shelf my gas tank waiting for the second leak test, the first one having detected a leak through one rivet's shank hole. After consultation with fellow EAA1114 and EAA Tech Counselor Terry Gardner, I was able to make a repair by putting the tank under depression (using my shop vacuum cleaner) and having some diluted proseal sucked in. I just let the proseal cure before testing again.

As the first steps in the avionics kit consists in retrofitting the nav lights with the strobe, I had to work on both wing. This was an opportunity to build a second "super rack" to accommodate the right wing which was still stored in my basement. I built the left wing super rack a couple of months ago to facilitate a one man operation when removing/installing the wings see: http://vieilleburette.blogspot.com/2012/03/rv-12-super-rack-more-demos.html
Now the two wings and the fuselage are neatly coexisting in my workshop:

Here are the two wing racks side by side, each on wheels allowing easy movement.
Here is the shop full with the two wings on the right, against the wall:
In the last few days, my daughter Anne came to help me start the Avionics kit. We started with the Wing's new connectors and the light strobe. We are working on one wing at a time while the other wing and the fuselage are wheeled out of the workshop on the driveway:

Here is the famous new wing connector once in place:


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