Section 53 ELT

 RV14 Build August 21

ELT

Purchased the ELT kit from Vans. Registered it with NOAA.

The install was relatively straight forward. Instead of riveting the beeper to the VS I attached it to the top of the ELT with hook and loop velcro and a zip tie for good measure. The cable was about 12" short to reach the location in the panel I had planned so moving the beeper here allowed for a shorter wire run.

Installing the tester in the panel.

There isn't much material on the faceplate but I did countersink it just because I liked the way it looks. Hopefully it doesn't crack in time.

ELT 3.0 Man Hours

Move to Airport!!

RV14 Build August 21

Moving to the Airport and shop clean up

Seems like it was just yesterday that I moved into the shop and that Ive been at it forever at the same time!

Shelfs coming down

All the stuff from the other space cleanup up and into the main shop.

After a long night the tools and parts are moved out.

Airplane is out. Had to tear down a wall and rebuild it, the metal corrugated one not the cinder block.

Denny and Matt are rebuilding the shop wall. Huge thanks to them, couldn't have made the move without them!

Paint booth coming apart.

Paint booth and storage shelf are down.

Back the way I found it. 2.5 years and almost 2000 hours spent here, hopefully Ill never return lol

Let move this thing!

Waiting on the tow truck

Getting excited and nervous

Now just nervous

We made it safely!

Welcome to your new home

Move and Shop clean 11 Hours

Section 38 Rear Window Install

 RV14 Build August 21

Canopy and Window

I waited on the rear window install to make it easier to get in and out of the plane to work. Now that I am moving to an airport its time get it installed. Don't use large clekoes to hold the window in place like I did. The black ones are bigger than #30 and I think one of them cracked the hole, luckily we caught it and were able to stop drill it.

Installed the roll bar screws with silicone sealant.

In the baggage tightening the screws down. None of these you can see a thread through so I may go through and replace them all. But I wanted to get the Pro seal set. I used a TINY nozzle from super glue bottle to get the proseal between the window and the fuselage, worked really well.

My tape plastic protection actually worked really well for keeping the fuselage clean.

Officially installed.

Rear Window Install 4 Man Hours

Section 46B Wheel Fairings- Gear Leg and Intersection

 RV14 Build August 21

Wheel Fairings

These wheel and gear leg fairings are never ending! Maybe I should have left them for the painters lol. Moching, timing, sanding. Repeat.... for hours.

Match drilling the lower intersection fairing for nutplates.

Match drilling the upper intersection fairing for nutplates.

Building up the matting surface with flux of the upper and lower intersection fairing.

Fairing after building up the matting surface.

Installing a nylock nut into flux to hold the aft edge closed.

I layed up 3 layers of fiberglass to make a flange to install nut plated on the lower intersection fairing. This will allow screws to hold the aft edge closed.

Completed layup with match drilled holes for the screws.

Using electrical tape to make sure the 2 halves of the wheel fairings dont bond together.

Taping the edge of the upper and lower intersetion fairings.

Getting ready to lay in flux to help form the transition between the wheel pants and the fairings.

Flux is in. I suck at this part, I ended up sanding and reworking each wheel probably 5 times lol

Use peel ply to help form the shape for less sanding.

After several attempts and lots of sanding on both sides. Finally a good fit.

Wheel Fairings 51.5 Hours

FWF OP-62 Sniffe tube and Tunnel flap

 RV14 Build June 21

EXP 119 Mods

I ordered the pre-made sniffle tube as part of my aircraft specialty hose kit. Made this install very easy.

Another view of the sniffle, I did change to the one way valve on the bottom of the intake first.

Tunnel flap all together and chase tape installed.

Tunnel flap screwed into place.

Getting the cable length correct was a bit of a pain in the ass. Very tight space.

Finally got a cable that I like.

EXP 119 Mods 11 Man Hours 

FWF Routing Engine Sensors & Pmag timing

RV14 Build May & June 21

Emag wiring and FWF

Getting the CHT wired in, had to test it lol!

All the CHT are in. I used my heat gun to test that they are wired to the correct cylinder. All good!

We have manifold pressure! 

Another 14 was having trouble with fluctuating manifold pressure readings and I read that Garmin recommends using a PS-8G so i went ahead and installed one right at the base of the sensor

After the restrictor I install the elbow and pressure line.

The Oil pressure and Fuel pressure sensors are installed. Just have to trim the zip ties once I commit to this final placement.

View from below of the same sensors.

Routing the CHT wires and securing them

Secuting the #1 CHT and EGT wires.

Keeping the rear EGT wires long enough to reach the front cylinders to help with future troubleshooting.

The EGT holes are already drilled you just have to open them up a little more. The plans have you use a #30 i think, but it wasn't enough to I let the bit wobble in the hole a little to make it slightly bigger. This gave me a nice tight fit for the EGT sensor. The sensor cables are looped to prevent fluids from wicking up the line.

View of the EGT sensor sitting flush on the exhaust.

Right side all wired and routed.

Left side all wired and routed.

Ive never used one, but I started to worry about needing an alternate static source so Im going to install this valve.

The valve really wants to spring open to I purchased a red flip up guard to help keep it closed

The switch is mounted behind the G3X screen on the subpanel.

Man buss with wire protectors.

The automotive wire harnesses are fatter than standard lycoming. I used a reamer to open up the mounting baffle pass throughs.

Tight and snug fit now.

Programming the PMAGS using the EICAD program. For a IO-390 you need to find version 4 to set the timing but use version 3 to read it and make sure it took. There is a glitch in the system for 4 when you use a negative value for advance shift it will display it as 12.6.

My initial settings are to fire at 20BTDC all the time with no advance to help with CHT temps and diagnosis if there is a problem I know its not advanced timing causing it. You can see on this version 4 the advance shift is displayed at 12.6 even though I put it in at -7.

Using the back to the spinner ring gear to set TDC

Line it up with the case.

FWF Avionic wiring 10.0 Hours

Pmag timing 3.0 Hours