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Old 07-25-2017, 09:17 PM
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Installation of the fairings requires that the tip ribs be installed with the flanges facing outboard instead of inboard. Once it is available, you should be able to order the new part and replace the one you have now.
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Old 08-26-2017, 08:59 PM
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Scott, I have the empennage kit currently working on the stabilator. Should I wait for the end caps to come out to finish it? How easy are they to install on a completed stabilator?

As for the the pitch trim connection, obviously I'm not there yet but my kit has the molex connector. Will the d-sub connector be available for existing kits?
I am also working on empennage kit. I have flipped the outboard ribs in anticipation of installing the new stab tips. I am now at the point of just closing up the top skin on the tailcone.

Since the wiring is changing so much with version 2 fuse kit do I need to do anything with the pitch trim servo wiring. I dont want to close tail cone if I have to run a different wire to servo since the one I have now has molex connector.
Im not sure what the changes are at the aft end so it may just be cutting of molex and using different style connector when available.
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Old 08-27-2017, 08:22 PM
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The micro molex connector attaches the wire you are referring to the trim servo. The servo already has a micro molex connector and a cut out in the mounting bracket. The other end of wire has pins crimped on which look like D-sub pins. So I doubt Vans are going to go back and up date those components for existing kits.

Just wired that connector and it's not too bad if you use a magnifying glass ;-)

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Old 08-28-2017, 08:23 AM
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Since the wiring is changing so much with version 2 fuse kit do I need to do anything with the pitch trim servo wiring.
No, it can be used as is.


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I dont want to close tail cone if I have to run a different wire to servo since the one I have now has molex connector.
Im not sure what the changes are at the aft end so it may just be cutting of molex and using different style connector when available.
All micro molex connectors are being deleted from the design (based on customer feedback) so the new kit will incorporate a slightly different bracket at the pitch servo for use of a 9 pin D-sub connector, but the original configuration will work just fine and doesn't need to be changed.
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Old 08-28-2017, 09:05 AM
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All micro molex connectors are being deleted from the design (based on customer feedback)
Good call. I recently re-did mine from a rat's nest of wires with butt joints, to a neatly sleeved bundle with micro Molex conenctors and the newer tray. I started repairing mainframe computers in the early 80s, and have been a ham and home builder of electronics for a long time - so not new to crimping connector pins. Those connectors are still a bit of a challenge, especially with relatively short leads in a less than ideal location to work.
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