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engineerofsorts 02-29-2012 12:08 PM

Has anyone gotten warning of Avionics kit shipping
 
Does Van's warn you that your Skyview is shipping, or have they just been magically showing up from Fedex some day?

Bill_H 02-29-2012 12:21 PM

For me it "just showed up." I did get a letter that my back-ordered harnesses shipped from Stein Air (and arrived yesterday.)

Bill_H 02-29-2012 12:28 PM

Van's will send you the fuses, just tell them that they are missing. That's an oversight.

Van's is currently (today) working on where/how to plug in the headset harness wires. The instructions have to do with adapting to a flying unit that received a harness in Part 42 that we did not buy. They missed that, I sent them an email yesterday referencing the relevant pages. When I get the answer I will post it. There is likely a plug (maybe the 37 pin one) that the pins on the harness go into.

Regarding the backshell in the tail, I sent that in as a missing item. What is re-pinned is the plug, not the backshell. The backshell that was originally supplied for that DB9 in the tail cone (long ago!) was not labelled "Backshell 2" and had the long connector pins, not short ones. They probably need to be non-ferrous short pins since the Skyview magnetometer is there and maybe something else in the backshell needs to be non-ferrous. I will also post what I hear on that.

CPTBOB - what are you referring to: "3/8 screw in the plug panel aft end" ?

cptbob 03-01-2012 09:09 AM

Bill the MS 35206-228 #6X 3/8 going into the aft two holes of AV50000A is where I had an issue(page 42C-02). The 3/8 is to long, the front holes are deep enough. Not a big deal. I am still trying to sort out the wiring, making slow progress. Your post was very helpfull.

NASA515 03-01-2012 11:01 AM

Skyview Avionics Received
 
Mine just showed up. As mentioned previously, I was hoping to pick it up and was surprised when I came home and my wife said "Wait until you see the two boxes in the entryway!" The shipping Bill exceeded my gas bill by about $100 - which I was going to spend while down there on a towbar (and other things.)

I was also surprised to see the shipping charges showed up (without asking) on a credit card account that I had used previously at Van's. That's kind of a big No-No.

In any event, they were trying to be responsive and address the long waits as quickly as possible, so I don't want to complain - and I won't.

My two back ordered harnesses also arrived yesterday from SteinAir.

Bob Bogash
N737G

engineerofsorts 03-01-2012 05:37 PM

maybe I can gets some warning then..
 
I guess I can monitor my recent credit card activity for $100+ shipping charges...the 25% deposit showed up about a week ago--so maybe that's I sign of things being eminent...

ScottSchmidt 03-01-2012 08:14 PM

We got ours tonight!
 
Like others, two boxes and a couple back ordered harnesses. Wow, what a complete kit with great quality from what I can tell. You guys have no idea how nice it is to receive something like this. I spent months working on my panel for the RV-10 which included planning, ordering, wiring, ect.......
It was a long wait for the Skyview but like everything Van's does, it looks like it was done right and is very complete.
I remember the early RV-4 guys saying how spoiled I was with a pre-punched RV-10 kit. Now I am telling all you RV-12 guys that you are completely spoiled with this kit. I've said this before, "It practically builds itself!"

Here are a few pictures. Luckily I had some help from Anna.











ScottSchmidt 03-01-2012 08:14 PM

More Pictures
 


Looks like it is pre-wired for ADS-B


Nice, thick manual


Just an idea of the quality of the connectors


Let me know if anyone wants a specific picture of something.

funflying 03-02-2012 05:16 PM

Thanks for the pictures
 
After looking at the photos it encouraged me to call Vans to see my status on my avionics/Skyview order. Jessie told me I was 7th in line and they were waiting on a shipment from Dynon and Garmin to continue filling orders. I am expecting an email next week with an updated status on shipping.

Of course the shipping of these 2 boxes is a little expensive because of the insurance cost and someone will have to be there to sign for its arrival. I am looking forward to it delivery but where I am on the list makes me think it will be a week or two yet. Oh well, more time to settle some of the issue with the earlier shipments. ;)

Bill_H 03-02-2012 05:57 PM

Another harness may be needed - intercom wires
 
I received word from Van's regarding the Skyview question: "Where do we connect the intercom wires? The plans only show adapting from a cable that you would have gotten only if you bought the original avionics."

Here's what they just said: "As suspected, the headset wires need to be plugged into the AV-5000. However ---- they won't reach, and you will need an extension - also there are 7 places in the connector on the AV5000, and you have 8 wires, the two ground wires need to be spliced together.

Bottom line, we will need to make some harness adapters for you guys (about 190 customers) who have the old fuse wiring . Our engineering guys are working on this, but it will take a couple of weeks to get them made and sent out to you."
+++++
Now I just went out and checked and it looks to me like my wires are long enough to reach, and I requested the pinouts and offered to send them a picture as another check. I will post more as this develops.
Bill H.


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