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Old 01-29-2019, 09:45 PM
jbario jbario is offline
 
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Default RV-12 AOA retrofit

I purchased a previously built RV-12 and have decided to install the Van's Angle of Attack kit. On page 3, step 16 of the Notification 16-12-14 (Angle of Attack Installation), the instructions call for routing tubing from the ADAHRS along the same route as the aft pitot tube hose - then through the left side F-1215 seat rib snap bushings. Has anyone accomplished the routing through the F-1215? Any recap of how this was done would be appreciated.
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Old 01-30-2019, 06:56 PM
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Default AOA Upgrade

I purchased the Van's AOA kit last summer and installed it. I have slept since then so I don't remember all the details. I had the floor panels and the aft bulkhead out. I do remember having to drill some holes and I think Van's provide some 3/4 inch grommets to go in the holes. Van's provides very specific instructions for mounting the connector to the left wing. I ran the tubing from that connector under the pilot's seat, through the center tunnel and back behind the aft bulkhead and then routed it with the tubing for the pitot tube to the AHARS.

In the wing I ran the tubing through the j channel to where it connects to a rivet. I have a fiberglass wire guide (like a fishing pole with out the eyelets for line) that electricans use and I used it to help get the tubing from the wing edge to the location of the rivet.

The hardest part of the process was getting the mandrell out of the rivet. I could not pound it out like the instructions say. After calling Eric at Van's, he told me to cut it off and use a self-centering punch on it. One push and the broke it loose and I got it out then.

I was also installing ADS-B in and out at the time so I already had all the floor panels and aft bulkhead out when I ordered the AOA kit.

The instructions are good and help is a phone call away. Van's gives excellent phone help.
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Old 01-31-2019, 11:08 AM
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Default Dynon AOA in spinner

Anyone of you tried this AOA/pitot combination?

https://www.dynonavionics.com/includ...Dimensions.pdf

It saves the hassle of hull/wing attach points, and looks to have dimensions that could fit right out of the box?
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Old 01-31-2019, 11:30 AM
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To be perfectly honest... I fly my legacy 12 and also a newer 12 with dual HDX and AOA. The chirping from the AOA is enough to drive you crazy. And when coupled with the stall warning on landing - kinda makes you want to get out and walk. If you set stab trim and power for a stabilized approach it is very easy to monitor IAS. Approach should be stabilized for IAS, power, stab trim, and be on runway centerline as you turn from base to final.

Just my opinion - don't shoot me...
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Old 01-31-2019, 11:39 AM
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To be perfectly honest... I fly my legacy 12 and also a newer 12 with dual HDX and AOA. The chirping from the AOA is enough to drive you crazy. And when coupled with the stall warning on landing - kinda makes you want to get out and walk. If you set stab trim and power for a stabilized approach it is very easy to monitor IAS. Approach should be stabilized for IAS, power, stab trim, and be on runway centerline as you turn from base to final.

Just my opinion - don't shoot me...
Hmm. I set up AoA on mine, using methods posted here well before Van's made their retrofit kit available. It's an older RV-12 with a D180 panel. After calibration it's pretty nice. I disconnected the stall warning entirely. The AoA was useless until after I calibrated it, which was fairly simple. Maybe yours isn't well calibrated? You can also adjust the volume. I actually need to bump mine up a little, it's not quite loud enough. I hear it fine, because I'm listening for it, but it's not loud enough to really grab your attention.
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Old 01-31-2019, 01:33 PM
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...And when coupled with the stall warning on landing - kinda makes you want to get out and walk.
Jim, I?m with you, and that is why I?ll be omitting the standard stall warning on mine, AoA is a much better system as is widely acknowledged. Of course adjust the audio volume so that you are aware of it but not overwhelmed or too annoyed by it.

I think the real value of any sort of stall warning is not in standard straight ahead landings, but rather in warning of an impending accelerated stall in non-routine situations where you might not expect it.
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Old 11-10-2019, 07:04 AM
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Default Both wings?

I just got my AOA Retrofit kit. Instructions say to remove both wings. I have removed both for the condition inspection, but is it necessary to remove both if you remove one - like for balance or something? Naive of me, I know, but...
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Old 11-10-2019, 02:58 PM
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Default Wing removal

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I just got my AOA Retrofit kit. Instructions say to remove both wings. I have removed both for the condition inspection, but is it necessary to remove both if you remove one - like for balance or something? Naive of me, I know, but...
Not with you here. Every time you remove the wings there is always one left on. I?ve had no problems with only one wing on.
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Old 12-07-2019, 08:49 AM
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Not with you here. Every time you remove the wings there is always one left on. I?ve had no problems with only one wing on.
My apologies for a dumb question. After posting it, I discovered that one cannot get access to the area where one needs to do some work for the AOA kit without removing both wings. I did not know that when I asked the question. Instead, I assumed the reason to remove both was for some other reason, like balance.
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Old 12-07-2019, 05:36 PM
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That was the reason I waited to install mine until annual.

As a previous poster mentioned it?s a very good system. You have the visual reference and if you setup according to the manual from Garmin (I?m running G3Xs) I only ever hear a tone when I would expect to (high AOA in the landing flare). The visual bar system is excellent, this is a great tool.
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