Wishing you and yours a happy, safe and RV-filled weekend! Hoping to get out a bit and take the RV-6 up sometime in the next 72 hours.
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2nd BATT …GK14 PIREP

Another data point for you. I kept the stock Odyssey 680 and did a second smaller Aerovolt lithium battery on pilot side. Single B&C alternator and IBBS behind the Stein panel.
This picture is from my initial install. After some thought and discussion with BandC, I replaced the wire between the ANL current limiter and relay with a larger wire to get a better radius (drawn in red - didn’t take another pic unfortunately). Everything fit nicely. Sourced extra relay, wires, etc from B&C - excellent tech support from them.
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Removing Audio Hissing / Audio Switch
Update:
Thanks again all for the suggestions and it brought my mixed audio noise floor to a reasonable level... but still not to zero so I kept thinking on it...
With some help, I did turn a modestly complex generic squelch schematic into a PCB design but unfortunately I couldn't get it to work. Then I discovered there is something called a "noise gate" that guitarists use and decided to try one out. Desoldered the bulky/heavy audio and power jacks and drew up a simple PCB to break it out and convert ship power to the 9V that seems to be the universal standard for these things. Works great as long as it has power, otherwise it doesn't pass sound but on/off/bypass logic is much easier to manage!
I will set it up as a "daughter board" behind my radio panel. Noise floor of all my mixed audio is now zero.
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FS: My Ford Ranger (our family spare which lives in the hangar).
If you’re looking for a small airport truck with so little modern technology that it would be a minor miracle if anyone under 30 could operative it, my 2010 Ford Ranger is for you. It would make a GREAT teenager’s first vehicle. Probably $9,100. I bought it from Dan Horton a decade ago. The a/c is terrifyingly cold. There are no more tiny trucks for sale in the USA. This is one. AM/FM and no cruise. Clean the interior with a leaf blower. The pic with the two wooden chairs is my son Tate learning how to parallel park on the Charlie taxiway <grin>.
It’s time to let it go, I can’t justify the financial expense of keeping it (empty nesters).
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Details/pics: https://dougreeves.smugmug.com/Ford-Ranger-For-Sale
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Yoke For "Finishing" Trailing Edge Rivets ...
I made this way back in 2009 as a way to uniformly squeeze the trailing edge wedge rivets in the rudder & elevators on the -10 I was building at the time (sold it). The lower "foot" is adjustable in case your trailing edge is not exactly the same as the plans. YMMV - but this does work ... HFS
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Update published for RV-8 quick-build fuselage kits that include laser-cut parts
Van's has published VAD-10041 R9 (Laser Cut Parts List), which includes changes to the classification of certain parts in the RV-8 fuselage kit from "Replacement Recommended" to "Acceptable for Use" following completion of an engineering technical analysis of the RV-8 fuselage assembly. These...
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Canopy Skirt Fit
I'm in the process of fitting the skirt to the canopy and I have some pretty big gaps near the back where it curves up the fuselage. I've looked at some of the other threads and it looks like some builders have just cut it off and layed up new fiberglass. I'm one of those "avoid fiberglass...
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Control Stick Leather Stitched Covers
I posted some pics in an older thread about covering my control sticks in leather stitched covers. I have received a few PM's with question on how this was done, so, thought I'd post more details here for those who want to copy. Step 1: Drill a hole large enough to allow stick grip wires...
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2nd BATT …GK14 PIREP

Another data point for you. I kept the stock Odyssey 680 and did a second smaller Aerovolt lithium battery on pilot side. Single B&C alternator and IBBS behind the Stein panel.
This picture is from my initial install. After some thought and discussion with BandC, I replaced the wire between the ANL current limiter and relay with a larger wire to get a better radius (drawn in red - didn’t take another pic unfortunately). Everything fit nicely. Sourced extra relay, wires, etc from B&C - excellent tech support from them.
Second battery
Would like opinion / examples of second battery location. I am considering mounting a second 680 behind passenger seat in a sealed bad , venting to outside below the box with solenoid in center chase. Thank you great info. here!! Dave
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Could use some guidance in troubleshooting a possible Lightspeed ignition issue
I bought an RV-10 a bit over 2 years ago with dual LSE ignitions. While trying to chase down a different issue about an oil-fouled spark plug (which I posted on a different thread), I ran a GAMI lean sweep followed by an inflight LOP ignition test and then I repeated it - this was on Aug 3rd...
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Removing Audio Hissing / Audio Switch
Update:
Thanks again all for the suggestions and it brought my mixed audio noise floor to a reasonable level... but still not to zero so I kept thinking on it...
With some help, I did turn a modestly complex generic squelch schematic into a PCB design but unfortunately I couldn't get it to work. Then I discovered there is something called a "noise gate" that guitarists use and decided to try one out. Desoldered the bulky/heavy audio and power jacks and drew up a simple PCB to break it out and convert ship power to the 9V that seems to be the universal standard for these things. Works great as long as it has power, otherwise it doesn't pass sound but on/off/bypass logic is much easier to manage!
I will set it up as a "daughter board" behind my radio panel. Noise floor of all my mixed audio is now zero.
Removing Audio Hissing / Audio Switch
I have a single sheilded and grounded wire supplying external audio(EFIS, GPS, Media, etc) to my radio/intercom. Source is the Audio out of an AP-60. Everything sounds great as long as there is some source of active audio. Otherwise there is a very mild hiss when it should be silent and I've...
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Pushed out every now and then.
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FS: My Ford Ranger (our family spare which lives in the hangar).
If you’re looking for a small airport truck with so little modern technology that it would be a minor miracle if anyone under 30 could operative it, my 2010 Ford Ranger is for you. It would make a GREAT teenager’s first vehicle. Probably $9,100. I bought it from Dan Horton a decade ago. The a/c is terrifyingly cold. There are no more tiny trucks for sale in the USA. This is one. AM/FM and no cruise. Clean the interior with a leaf blower. The pic with the two wooden chairs is my son Tate learning how to parallel park on the Charlie taxiway <grin>.
It’s time to let it go, I can’t justify the financial expense of keeping it (empty nesters).
v/r,dr
Details/pics: https://dougreeves.smugmug.com/Ford-Ranger-For-Sale
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