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Old 05-05-2015, 04:06 PM
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Axel, Very nice!!! Love the lines!
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Old 05-05-2015, 04:10 PM
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Axel----------lookin good

The fastback just makes the already fantastic lines of the 4 all that much better.

Icing on the cake

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Old 05-06-2015, 04:06 PM
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Fuel sender units.


Strobe pack



Thank you!
Are those the belite units? I am planning to use their system. I like the ideanof nothing inside the tank
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Old 05-06-2015, 06:24 PM
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Are those the belite units? I am planning to use their system. I like the ideanof nothing inside the tank
They are Princeton fuel senders. The inside of the tank has the Van's capacity plates.

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalo...fuelprobes.php
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Old 05-07-2015, 10:38 AM
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They are Princeton fuel senders. The inside of the tank has the Van's capacity plates.

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalo...fuelprobes.php
thank you. Good luck getting the last few things done and flying!!!!
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Old 05-07-2015, 11:08 AM
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AC - gotta know, what did she weight out at?
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Old 05-08-2015, 09:30 PM
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Well i sent the paper work in to the FAA on last thur. Today my registration is showing an airplane and not a reserved N-number. One week i was prepared for weeks of waiting. Weight and balance tomorrow.
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Old 05-10-2015, 08:50 PM
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Well I tried to get a video of the first engine start done but my devices don't want to play.

That being said. Today I started the engine. Had all the systems working.

A few thing went wrong:
-A couple of fuel fittings were not as tight as they needed to be so they leaked during fuel checks. Got it corrected.

-Operator error. I followed the check-list but when it said "BAT ON" I used the wrong battery switch. I have a way to drop the battery/start contactor. after a few seconds of frustration. I told myself to think and I figure it out. It was a habit that I developed from doing all my ground tests. Instead of wasting battery life, I kept by-passing the contactors.

-The RPM indicated was twice the actual. I chose 1 on the EFIS. I will set it up to 0.5 pulses.

That was it. Now to schedule the DAR.
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Old 05-11-2015, 08:31 PM
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Finally got a quick video up.

http://youtu.be/8XcxhNKSZFA
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Old 05-12-2015, 06:37 AM
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-The RPM indicated was twice the actual. I chose 1 on the EFIS. I will set it up to 0.5 pulses.
Set at 1ppr, your engine monitor is expecting 2700 pulses in one minute at full rated rpm. But the reading is twice as high as you're wanting, which means there are 5400 pulses actually occurring in that minute (at 2700 rpm). If you set the engine monitor to 0.5, it will be expecting to see 1350 pulses but you're feeding it 5400, which means the reading will be 4x high.

Set the engine monitor to 2ppr and things should come down where you want them.

Congrats on the start!!!
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