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Old 03-05-2012, 12:59 PM
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Good Grief Bill, I took one look at you stuffed into the tail and got the willies just thinking about it! I sure hope I can get all of that done before I attach my tail!.
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Old 03-05-2012, 02:50 PM
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Bill - Where did you source the carbon fiber vinyl for your panel blanks? They look pretty sharp!

(Thanks for all the install updates, too! I'm about to do the "tailcone crawl" myself...)
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Old 03-05-2012, 06:17 PM
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Well, I shouldn't post it because I want to be unique --- BUT it was a leftover piece given to me by an experienced RV-8 builder! Copy from the best, I say! http://www.xpinvinyls.com/

I'll be back at work on the plane on Friday. Time to run the two new harnesses and the replacement wires to the tailcone. I'll report on that. The wire spoon looks like a great idea - and I think I can make a serviceable one for free using a piece of stiff plastic tubing cut at an acute angle. I'll post how it goes. Then it is "plug it all in" - finish the engine hookup, mount the prop and (gulp) first engine start!

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Old 03-06-2012, 04:21 PM
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Default Skyview Intercom Wires

AN UPDATE

Earlier, I received word from Van's regarding the Skyview question: "Where do we connect the intercom wires? The plans only show adapting from a cable that you would have gotten only if you bought the original avionics."

Here's what they said: "As suspected, the headset wires need to be plugged into the AV-5000. However ---- they won't reach, and you will need an extension - also there are 7 places in the connector on the AV5000, and you have 8 wires, the two ground wires need to be spliced together.

Bottom line, we will need to make some harness adapters for you guys (about 190 customers) who have the old fuse wiring . Our engineering guys are working on this, but it will take a couple of weeks to get them made and sent out to you."

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Then I went out and checked and it looks to me like my wires are long enough to reach. I sent them a picture and requested the pinouts.

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They noted to me that the pins on the existing harness are male and have to be changed to female. I noted that I had female pins and a crimper.
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They then provided this guidance below. But I think they still intend to send out adapter harnesses.

Per Vans:
The headset wires plug into the "Options" harness WH-00045

Pilot headphone
White L - Pin 28
Blue/WHite R - Pin 29

Pilot Mic Wht/Orange Pin 27

Co-Pilot headphone
White L - Pin 24
Blu/Wht R - Pin 25

Co-Pilot Mic Wht/Orng Pin 26

Both the green Audio Grounds/shields need to be spliced together and go to
Pin 37

NOTE: This is the panel end of the shielded wire so the shield does get crimped to the wire & pin on that end. Normally the instructions have us dealing with the other end of the wire for which the shield is not attached to anything.

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Old 03-06-2012, 09:34 PM
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Regarding the pitot-static revisions in the tail, and installing the ADAHRS. I have the Fus finished and am working on the firewall forward. i did not install the top skin on my tail cone just in case there were revisions for the Skyview. At some point I will want to install the tail cone. I would like to install the tail cone without the top skin. When I get the Skyview I will make the revisions in the the cone then install the top skin. Are there any problems in installing the tail cone without the top skin?
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Old 03-06-2012, 10:25 PM
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Don't confuse the top skin of the tailcone with the skin pieces that define the rear window. Install all of the skins on the tailcone - no problem! Leave off the two skins that define the rear window (and have the hole for the fuel tank filler) until late. You can cleco them on to do the things you will need to do.
The only revisions in the top skin of the tail cone are drilling 8 new #30 holes using a drill guide. You have to revise the static system plastic tubing slightly if you already did it the "old way." Ditto changes in the wiring that goes into the tail cone to the DB9. There is no reason to leave the top skin of the tail cone off when you do decide to connect the two. Read some other posts - I advise you having fully done all of the flaperon control linkages as well as the AP servo install before joining the tail to the fuse. See my pics.
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Old 03-06-2012, 10:27 PM
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Default NEW SKYVIEW VERSION 3.3

Skyview 3.3 was released on March 5th.
This will be an update for all of us receiving the current hardware, which probaly has a previous version (3.2.2) loaded.
Get used to going to this page!
http://www.dynonavionics.com/docs/su...e_SkyView.html

Details of the new capabilities in 3.3 are here:
http://www.dynonavionics.com/docs/RevLog_SkyView.html

Highlights:
ALERTING and AUDIO OUT: The Audio Out feature includes tone and voice annunciation of engine, navigation, Angle of Attack, and autopilot messages and alerts, augmenting the visual alerting and messaging on the display.

USER WAYPOINTS: The new User Waypoint function gives the pilot a straight-forward, powerful way to create, manipulate, and import/export personal waypoints. User Waypoints now appear as an icon of the pilot's choosing, and like other airports or navaids they can be used in flight plans, as direct-to navigation waypoints, or can be used visually on the map page to help navigate. They include labeling with common airport and other graphic symbols.

ALTITUDE ALERTING: Allows the pilot to set altitude alert points above and below the chosen altitude bug.

MAP GPS INFORMATION BOXES: Waypoint GPS information can now be displayed on the GPS navigation map, including items such as Bearing to Waypoint, Distance to Go, Distance to Waypoint, ETA, Ground Speed, and GPS Altitude. All of this additional GPS information can be selected and viewed by the pilot in flight.

AIRSPEED ZERO ADJUST. Allows calibration on the ground at zero airspeed.

ROTAX 912 ENGINE MONITOR: New Rotax 912 engine setup dynamically adjusts the oil temperature and tachometer gauges to reflect limitations specified by Rotax.

NOTE
Check the serial # of you unit for a possible issue with noise in the intercom. Details here:
http://www.dynonavionics.com/docs/su...in_030512.html

Note: You may be thinking that you can download engine and flight data from the Skyview onto your USB drive after a flight. CURRENTLY NOT SO!!!
They say "As of SkyView firmware v3.2, the only recording capability in SkyView is an internal log file for Dynon Avionics Engineering use. However, SkyView can stream both flight and engine data from a serial port, and that data can be recorded with an external unit - either a laptop computer or a dedicated data logging device (Google for "data logger"). Data logging is a capability that will be added in a future (but near-term) update of SkyView firmware." 3.3 did not add this capability.
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Old 03-07-2012, 12:11 PM
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Default They may be catching up in their shipments

I received my Skyview kit yesterday--I was one of the special folks that had already purchased the engine kit--which arrived around the first of December last year. So I must be one of the last of the special folks, and everyone else that hasn't bought their engine kit is next in line....I feel so special...just have to figure out which of the Destruction sections apply to my vintage of fuse/finish kit....
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Old 03-07-2012, 03:44 PM
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What leads you to think this is so? I am one of the "special folks" that has to wait until everyone else get theirs, ordered over a month ago, no word from Vans yet..

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I received my Skyview kit yesterday--I was one of the special folks that had already purchased the engine kit--which arrived around the first of December last year. So I must be one of the last of the special folks, and everyone else that hasn't bought their engine kit is next in line....I feel so special...just have to figure out which of the Destruction sections apply to my vintage of fuse/finish kit....
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Old 03-07-2012, 03:54 PM
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Default My Skyview will likely be next week!

Vans has all the money for my Skyview but not all the parts to send. I received an email on Monday confirming my stuff was ready for shippment except Vans was waiting for a shippment from Dynon with more Skyviews. Their plan was receive the Skyviews on Thursday (8th) and ship on Friday. If the delievery is delayed it would ship till next week at the earliest.

This is the news I received early this week. Actually it has been helpful to read on the posts on other experience so I know better what to expect and it also has given Vans some more time to iron out issues with parts. I hope
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