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03-03-2012, 07:29 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: arvada, co
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new connectors at wing root & tail cone
Did the Skyview package include these updated plugs? These are the blue ones I've seen in others posts.
Thanks for the updates Bill!! 
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Patrick Claar
Arvada, CO BJC
RV12, #401, Flying 2013, N612PC
RV6, 1996-2010 sold
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03-03-2012, 08:29 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Marshall TX (KASL)
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Yes, the new wing plugs are included. You must pull two new wires through the wings. One is for nav light power. The existing wire that powers both the nav and strobe is separated and used for strobe only. (This is the wire connected to the noise filter.) The second new wire is to keep the strobes synched. A short wire is run across the fuselage to each plug to join the strobes together. This is described in the info book for the strobe connections. I had left in a bulky string and doubted it would work well to pull these new wires. So I used it to pull strong braided fishing line - 3 strings of it. Then I pulled the new wires individually. (The extra strings were in case one broke in the process). Worked fine and left one string still intact just-in-case. Also included are new fuselage triangular plates that replace those with the tabs on them. If your plane is painted, a small part of them shows under the wing so you will need to match paint them.
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03-03-2012, 10:01 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: arvada, co
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Thanks Bill! I will order the new plug for the trim motor and this info saves me the return of the new wing plugs. I had heard this change would be included with Skyview but I hadn't heard anything about it except information about having to run new wires to the lights. Your post clears this up for me. 
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Arvada, CO BJC
RV12, #401, Flying 2013, N612PC
RV6, 1996-2010 sold
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03-03-2012, 12:38 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Marshall TX (KASL)
Posts: 1,783
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MITCH - you opinion on the below please!
I was dreading page 42D-25. This is the page where you add the diode to the bottom relay on the firewall. This is a difficult place to get to if the engine is already installed. I found that by lifting out the oil tank (mine is still empty) and removing the two bands that hold it, I was able to get my hand in there for the tough part - bolt removal and replacement. With a very flat, small ratchet wrench the job was actually easy, only took a few minutes. Whew!
I did all of the pitot-static revisions in the tail, and installed the ADAHRS. I used foam padding and a long board to rest on and supported the tail on a table with more foam padding. I revised the OAT wires and plugged them into the ADAHRS. That leaves 4 wires that originally plugged into the DB-9 in the tail. The plans say remove them from the DB-9 totally and abandon them in place. The plans say clearly that they are no longer used. Hmmmm.....
Now on to the last major task - routing those new harnesses and the new wires to the tailcone (not looking forward to that. Tough working inside the cabin, lying flat, etc.) What goes to the tailcone in the Skyview are 2 twisted-pair sets, and a single cable with 4 wires in it. All of those go into the old DB-9 connector (now empty).
Now, something interesting. The plans say to pull the pitot tubing back from the panel all the way to the aft fuel pump. This is to clear space in the very-tightly-packed snap bushings in the main fuselage member for pulling these new wires. Then you put the pitot tube back. This doesn't sound like fun. It occurs to me that by removing those abandon-in-place wires (i.e. cut/seal them at the panel end and pull them aft) , that also frees up space - and they might be usable as pulling wires for the new ones. I will check into that.
Mitch - your opinion???
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03-03-2012, 02:02 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Riley TWP MI
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Bill_H,
I assume that you are asking my opinion because my user name is Mich48041. Mich used to be the abbreviation for Michigan way back before they came out with the 2 letter state codes. I am dating myself.
Good job installing the diode. The hardest part of some jobs is just getting started. Many times I have wasted time trying to do a job an easier way, when it would have been quicker to go ahead and do it the hard way to start with. 
I am not going to be much help with the Skyview installation because I am not familiar with it. As for pulling out unneeded wires, doing that will make the plane lighter and leave more room for other wires. On the other hand, there could be a future use for them and it will be even harder to pull wires back in. I would follow the instructions, but the choice is yours. As for temporarily pulling out the 1/4" nylon tubing, that sounds like a good idea. It might be easier to get it back in if the end is cut at an angle.
SteinAir sells a WIRESPOON to help pushing wires through a bundle without cutting the wire-ties.
Keep up the good work.
Joe Gores
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03-03-2012, 04:38 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Marshall TX (KASL)
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I meant Mitch Lock but I always like to reads your posts, Joe!
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03-05-2012, 10:28 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
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Is there a part number for a blank right panel?
I want to put a blank right panel in. Is there a part number?
Sounds like the F-00035 has the map box hole in it. I think that box is just going to collect junk and would like to leave it blank for future expansion. Maybe an iPad mount or GPS.
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Salt Lake City, UT
RV-10 N104XP (1280 Hours)
RV-12 N321UT (Sold)
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03-05-2012, 10:39 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: san rafael
Posts: 110
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ScottSchmidt
I want to put a blank right panel in. Is there a part number?
Sounds like the F-00035 has the map box hole in it. I think that box is just going to collect junk and would like to leave it blank for future expansion. Maybe an iPad mount or GPS.
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should be really easy just to buy some stock ali sheet and use the existing right side panel as a template to match drill and cut to shape.
EAB only ofc.
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03-05-2012, 12:19 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Raleigh, NC
Posts: 863
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill_H
I meant Mitch Lock but I always like to reads your posts, Joe!
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I discussed this Skyview retrofit with Mitch Lock at Sebring. He did not mention removing the static tubing (as a beta tester he might not have had the final instructions) but he recommended the use of the wirespoon to pass the wires through the tight passages.
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03-05-2012, 12:29 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Marshall TX (KASL)
Posts: 1,783
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Right side panel
The right side panel with just the map box hole in it (no intercom or ELT switch hole) was about $15 from Vans. I used the old right side panel to add the correct hole for the ELT switch above the left side panel with the Skyview cutout. Check my facebook album for the latest pics that show that - public link here - also note the panel covering -
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...7&l=a2b29e894a
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