I'm in the midst of a panel upgrade project in my 13 yr. old RV-6 which involves rewiring pretty much everything... and I was thinking about the fact that I often extend or retract the flaps while the plane is shut down. Which involves turning on the master and unnecessarily powering up all the other non-avionics items... so why not wire the flaps directly to the battery? Safety-wise it doesn't seem like an issue (after all, manual flaps are "active" all the time). What other up or down-sides might I be missing? Has anyone else wired their flaps up this way?
Randall Henderson
RV-6
Randall Henderson
RV-6