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Old 03-19-2012, 06:46 PM
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Default INTERCOM FIX and BACKSHELL 2

A small envelope from Van's contained the Backshell 2 for the ADAHRS DB9. The label is "ES 9 PIN BACKSHELL 2." It is a medium gray with short thin screws that you must turn with a screwdriver, compared to the normal finger-type screws. This is the only backshell I have received in the entire kit that did not have finger-type screws.

The intercom fix has arrived. There is a plans revision page 42D-20 REV 1. There is a new wire bundle supplied consisting of 7 wires, all about 12 inches long. One end of the bundle has each wire terminated in a female D-sub pin. There are 8 butt splices.

The directions have you cut the pins off of the existing pilot and co-pilot headset harnesses, Connect them appropriately to the new wires using the splices, and then plugging 6 of the new wire's pins into vacant holes on the WH-00026 "Options" connector. The remaining wire gets plugged into a vacant hole on the WH-00026 Autopilot 37 pin connector.

No word yet about the under-panel USB port issue.
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Old 03-19-2012, 08:22 PM
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I received my avionics kit about 1 week ago, but had not received 5.1 submit from the finishing kit. This is the main wire harnessing the the tunnel. Has anyone received this kit yet?
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Old 03-20-2012, 10:47 AM
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Van's shipped out 20 of the 5.1 wire harness kits. They had several problems and are getting those corrected before they ship out any more. Be glad you were not one of the 20... Hopefully I got the last fix in the mail yesterday.
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Old 03-20-2012, 02:38 PM
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I installed the intercom wiring adapter harness today. Very straightforward. The only slight confusion is:

Back on page 31-10 (fuselage section) of the existing plans shows the intercom jacks being installed. The harness is not referred to by wire number. My harnesses are labelled as "pilot" and "copilot" without wire numbers.

The new Skyview plans page 42D-20 REVISION 1 (!!!) refers to those wires not as pilot and copilot, but as wires RZ194 and RZ195. Hmmm... which is which?

Well if you have the OLD section 42 (Dynon D-180 avionics, section is downloadable from Vans) you will see on page 42-14 Rev 1 that RZ-194 is pilot and RZ-195 is copilot. I found it helpful to mark that on my new plans page "42D-20 REV 1" as I went through the revision.

I have not yet tested the intercom though, or the VHF radi,o because I am building off-airport. No AWOS. I installed the BACKSHELL 2 in the tail. I am going to re-verify ADAHRS function AND do the pitot and static leak tests in the PAP BEFORE I put in the fuel tank and block my access to back there!!! (Highly advised!) Engine fluid addition and first start coming up!
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Old 03-20-2012, 03:53 PM
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Does the SkyView installation include powered headset outlets?
That WAS in the original Vans press release...
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Old 03-20-2012, 05:48 PM
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I cannot find in the Van's Skyview presentation file where this was mentioned, and I do not recall ever hearing about it. There is no 12V power provided to the headset jacks that is identified as such. There is one extra wire in the Skyview conversion harness that splits, with a branch running to each jack area, where it is tied off "for future." But from reading the instructions I am thinking it might be a ground return (the existing jacks ground to the airframe.) I get that from the page that discusses the pros and cons of total harness replacement, conversion harnesses, and pin swapping.

The differences in the connectors to many different brands of powered headsets would seem to me to preclude this as an easy option.

Now, I have one powered headset. It runs off either a little battery box (9V) or a module that connects to ship's 12V power (that has its own inline 0.25 amp fuse). The wiring for it and the jack are in place, ready for for completion after certification. It is easy to find the 12V power and ground in the intercom harness for a future splice. (My power module instructions said that the ground should be the intercom ground, not the airframe.)
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Old 03-20-2012, 07:10 PM
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Another pop up was that my fuel flow transducer does not have a Molex connector. Parts are on their way. The tech support guys acknowledged it and parts are on the way.

The support from Vans has been excellent.
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Old 03-20-2012, 08:21 PM
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Does the SkyView installation include powered headset outlets?
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When I had Abby do my interior I told her that I wanted an extra length cutout in the carpet for the headset power at the plug location. She contacted Vans to determine where the cutout should be and was told that there would be NO headset power included with Skyview. I too thought I had read it would be included.
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Old 03-20-2012, 10:16 PM
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I cannot find in the Van's Skyview presentation file where this was mentioned, and I do not recall ever hearing about it. There is no 12V power provided to the headset jacks that is identified as such. There is one extra wire in the Skyview conversion harness that splits, with a branch running to each jack area, where it is tied off "for future." But from reading the instructions I am thinking it might be a ground return (the existing jacks ground to the airframe.) I get that from the page that discusses the pros and cons of total harness replacement, conversion harnesses, and pin swapping.

The differences in the connectors to many different brands of powered headsets would seem to me to preclude this as an easy option.

Now, I have one powered headset. It runs off either a little battery box (9V) or a module that connects to ship's 12V power (that has its own inline 0.25 amp fuse). The wiring for it and the jack are in place, ready for for completion after certification. It is easy to find the 12V power and ground in the intercom harness for a future splice. (My power module instructions said that the ground should be the intercom ground, not the airframe.)

page 31
http://www.vansaircraft.com/public/F...em-Skyview.pdf

"Audio Powered Headset
An audio power wire is
included in the wiring
harness bringing power to
the headset jack area.
As an option this may be
used to provide power to
a ANR headset through a
industry standard LEMO
(Redel) 6-pin round
connector"
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Old 03-21-2012, 01:16 AM
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Is the installed new USB hub instead of the old data dsub in the the tunnel?
Or is the USB hub for the control board and do we need a separate USB for the Dynon screen?
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