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Old 02-17-2012, 04:16 PM
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My Skyview avionics have arrived from Van's! Only a couple of wiring harnesses are on back order (per a phone call from my wife). And here I am stuck in New York on a business trip! But I will be back home tomorrow and get to work!

I ordered my engine last February 2011 if you are wondering, and am totally finished with the plane except for the avionics - including paint. See pics here if you would like.

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Old 02-17-2012, 04:27 PM
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That is fantastic news Bill, so happy for you. It also means I am one kit closer to getting mine
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Old 02-17-2012, 05:17 PM
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Bill - Excellent! We're excited to start seeing SkyViews in 12s. Send photos as you install it.

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Old 02-17-2012, 09:31 PM
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Received my skyview kit ordered power plant kit last December 2010.I am away for two weeks so can't work on it till I get home on the first of March.
I wish I had the paper work so I could get a head start but I waited a very long time so I will make the best of it 120210 N145Y some day.
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Old 02-18-2012, 12:59 AM
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My kit is also ready. Maybe I pick it up from Van's on the next business trip. Can anyone please provide me the size and weight of the box? (Barb didn't have this data last week).

Thank you, Joeri.
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Old 02-18-2012, 02:12 PM
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Hope ours is in cue as well....recvd engine in sept '11
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Old 02-18-2012, 07:05 PM
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thats great we have 150 hours on our 12 with the skyview it is great
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Old 02-22-2012, 10:20 AM
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I have finally started on the Skyview installation. Here are just a few notes and surprises. My plane is complete except for avionics, wings in their stands.

I started with the wing connection updates. This is straightforward. You are running two additional 18 gauge wires form the wing root to the tip - one to power the strobe separately (the original installation powers the nav and strobe from one wire) and one used to synch the two strobes. If you are building your wing, add these two wires now!

The PANEL
You get a new left panel piece and new center piece. Not a new right piece.
The left piece has the big skyview cutout. It does NOT have the small cutouts above it for the intercom and ELT switch as shown on the demonstrator. You will have to cut those yourself unless you want to put them on the right side of the panel in your existing right-side panel piece that has those cutouts.

Well, I DO want them on the left. The plans say to do that you then order a new right-side piece and new map box parts
F-00035 SkyView Inst Panel Right Mapbox
F-00021 Map Box Door
Printed copy of Section 29A
And a 6 inch piece of hinge (I had spare hinge)

BTW the new center panel piece requires that you add nutplates to holes in the bottom of the center panel piece frame. I had already done that, which was an option in the original plans.

I was missing 8 tiny screws in my kit - check your bags carefully.
Instead of them, the bag contained 8 cotter pins that were not needed.

In what may be an oversight, there are no FUSES in the kit I was sent. They are called out on page 42C-04 of the plans. Neither the main fuses for the switch unit are included, nor the spares shown on that page. It may be that the parts list is more for a retro-fit of flying RV-12s which would already have fuses. I could not find on any of the parts lists where the fuses are called out to have been shipped. I brought this to Van's attention.

If you already have your engine, upgrading to the new fuel pressure sensor is OPTIONAL. If you want it you have to order the sensor from Dynon and a bracket from Vans. The plans include a page on how to wire it in.

This is a very complex sub kit - going to be fun!

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Old 02-22-2012, 11:32 AM
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Sounds like we're both at the same stage of completion. I too have the engine installed, wings in the stand, and electrical system installed. I drove over to Van's from Eastern Washington and picked up my avionics kit last Friday 2/17. After doing some inventory, I started in on Section 42D, Skyview Update Instructions, Saturday morning. Almost immediately, I realized that we're going to have to study these plans much closer to be successful. Reading ahead is almost a necessity. For instance:

"Page 42D-03, Step 3: Pull the AFT Pitot Line (formerly Static Line) back through the F-1202-B Panel Base and all the bulkheads back to the area of the fuel pump behind the F-1204 Center Section Assembly."

Now, I interpreted this step to mean that the Static Line, installed on Page 31-02, Step 2, had to be removed. This would require cutting all the tie wraps from the wiring bundle and then snaking out the plastic line over the rudder pedals, through the cushion clamps, and through the bulkheads. This would've been a total nightmare. So I read ahead, looking for the subsequent step where this line would be replaced with something else. Nothing. After studying the plans for 45 minutes, it finally dawned on me that they didn't want me to remove the line at all! It is OK as-is! If I had gone ahead and cut out this line from the wiring bundle, that would been a terrible mistake.

So, be careful out there! Read ahead and make sure you understand what Van's is saying. These plans are targeted toward customers who have airframes in various stages of completion.
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Old 02-22-2012, 01:02 PM
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Sounds like we're both at the same stage of completion. I too have the engine installed, wings in the stand, and electrical system installed. I drove over to Van's from Eastern Washington and picked up my avionics kit last Friday 2/17. After doing some inventory, I started in on Section 42D, Skyview Update Instructions, Saturday morning. Almost immediately, I realized that we're going to have to study these plans much closer to be successful. Reading ahead is almost a necessity. For instance:

"Page 42D-03, Step 3: Pull the AFT Pitot Line (formerly Static Line) back through the F-1202-B Panel Base and all the bulkheads back to the area of the fuel pump behind the F-1204 Center Section Assembly."

Now, I interpreted this step to mean that the Static Line, installed on Page 31-02, Step 2, had to be removed. This would require cutting all the tie wraps from the wiring bundle and then snaking out the plastic line over the rudder pedals, through the cushion clamps, and through the bulkheads. This would've been a total nightmare. So I read ahead, looking for the subsequent step where this line would be replaced with something else. Nothing. After studying the plans for 45 minutes, it finally dawned on me that they didn't want me to remove the line at all! It is OK as-is! If I had gone ahead and cut out this line from the wiring bundle, that would been a terrible mistake.

So, be careful out there! Read ahead and make sure you understand what Van's is saying. These plans are targeted toward customers who have airframes in various stages of completion.
Actually, what it says is what it means... to remove the plastic line, but only back to the point of the fuel pump (because it will be put back in after the wire runs are completed).
Some of the snap bushings where a few more wires need to be run, are quite full. The line is removed to make some room so that while being installed, you wont damage any of the new wires (break pins off the ends, etc.) while routing them. Then the plastic line is reinstalled (it is pretty tough and much easier to be the last thing inserted through a nearly full snap bushing. If you think you can do it without removing the line, go for it. But it wont be fun replacing broken off pins once the wires are in place.
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