| Date: 08-06-2018 | |
| Number of Hours: 1 | |
| Manual Reference: no ref |
I have braided pipe that needs a clean cut. I found this method on a YouTube video.
Use a wide cable tie next to where you want to make your cut.
Get an angle grinder with a cutoff wheel and make the cut next to the cable tie.
Remove the cable tie and you have a pretty clean cut with out all the braided wire coming apart. Nice.
| Date: 04-08-2018 | |
| Number of Hours: 1 | |
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The three wing bolts (AN8-22A) can go bolt side in the spar or the bolts through the wings and of course nuts on the opposite sides. What to do?
You need two 3/4 socket heads. Then the combination at the top for the wing side cavities because the opening is not at a good angle for tools.
The rotating socket spanner is really good for holding the inboard upper side nut which is accessed through the hole at the underneath side of the spar box. (don’t forget to use washers both sides)
This trick works really well for seeing what you are doing inside the spar box when putting on nuts or feeding through a bolt.
This is how I tighten a nut on the upper wing. Note I’m saying a nut on this side. The other two nuts go on the spar box side.
Here’s where the bolt goes on the inboard part.
Summary
We have 3 nuts and 3 bolts to hold on the wings.
When installing the wing:-
OUTBOARD two holes one on top of the other
1. Top Bolt goes through the spar
2. Bottom bolt goes through the wing
INBOARD one hole
– accessed through the spar by getting in the back seat and the other side with the cowls off at the wing root
3. Bolt goes through the wing (this means you thread the nut on from the back seat in the spar position)
Please let me know if you have a better way of doing this.
| Date: 03-01-2015 | |
| Number of Hours: 2 | |
| Manual Reference: no ref |
I need to document my inflight mini iPad solution. The problem is holding an ipad steady in flight, getting it at any angle where it can be read under different circumstances or light conditions, stopping the pad from overheating, holding it steady in turbulence and keeping it out of the way while still readable and taking up zero panel space.
My solution is using a modified knee board and slightly modified RAM mount.
Materials:
Knee/thigh board (or make one),
Ram-B-201U-A (short double socket for 1″ balls)
Two RAM-B-202U (male 1″ ball mounts)
RAM-HOL-AP14U (iPad mini3 holder)
AN525-416R10
iPad mini smart cover
1. Get a knee board or make your own from some curved metal and a strap with velcro
2. Drill a .25″ hole in the center of the curved metal board
3. Drill and tap a thread for AN525-416R10 into one of the RAM-B-202U and secure this to the thigh board using locktite. Some foam between the mount and curved metal worked for me.
4. Set the other hardware as pictured
5. Trim the iPad holder as in pic 3 to allow the smart cover. Do this very carefully so the cover jams in place when the ipad is installed yet remains easy to remove.
6. Trim the smart cover to fully close over the iPad (see pics in next entry)
iPad hardware
AN525-416R10 in place
Holder trimmed, note the RHS edge
| Date: 03-02-2015 | |
| Number of Hours: 2 | |
| Manual Reference: no ref |
Details are in ‘iPad Mount for inflight 1’ (previous entry)
The pics here show that the mount allows the cover to still be used or removed and that the iPad because of the RAM mounts can be at any angle to improve readability. I will leave the cover on sometimes if its very hot when taxiing and certainly after exiting the plane if I’m leaving it in the cockpit for a while.
(As a side note it is now a couple of years later (November 2017) and I always fly with this thing strapped to my leg in the Long-EZ. Works for me. )
Cover attached but open if required
Cover closed fully, trimmed to fit
Any ‘useable’ angle can be achieved
