Saville
Well Known Member
In looking for my RV-4, I find that no airplane has precisely what I want, which is understandable. Several of the items can be added after the airplane was built but with varying degrees of difficulty and time.
I was wondering if people would comment about the following projects in terms of difficulty and time, assuming a person with moderate tool and electrical skills. I realize that time and difficulty are interrelated.
Time range 1-10 where 1 is a week and 10 is a year
Difficulty 1 - 10 where 1 is easy and 10 is, say, a complete rewiring of the a/c
The projects:
1) Adding navigation and landing lights, and associated switches, to an RV-4 that does not have them.
- running the wiring and being able to fasten them down securely.
- adding switches and circuit breakers assuming there is a place for them (i.e. you don't have to rebuild a panel)
2) Installing long landing gear (and therefore the engine mount) on a short-legged airplane.
3) Installing a C/S prop on an O-320 engine which is capable of swinging a C/S prop (e.g. A1A or any engine that has a hollow crank etc.) but is fitted with an FP.
4) Converting a carburetor engine to FI.
Any insight into the difficulty of these projects would be appreciated. If I had a better idea of what was involved in the upgrades, I might be better able to know which items to compromise on.
Thanks!
I was wondering if people would comment about the following projects in terms of difficulty and time, assuming a person with moderate tool and electrical skills. I realize that time and difficulty are interrelated.
Time range 1-10 where 1 is a week and 10 is a year
Difficulty 1 - 10 where 1 is easy and 10 is, say, a complete rewiring of the a/c
The projects:
1) Adding navigation and landing lights, and associated switches, to an RV-4 that does not have them.
- running the wiring and being able to fasten them down securely.
- adding switches and circuit breakers assuming there is a place for them (i.e. you don't have to rebuild a panel)
2) Installing long landing gear (and therefore the engine mount) on a short-legged airplane.
3) Installing a C/S prop on an O-320 engine which is capable of swinging a C/S prop (e.g. A1A or any engine that has a hollow crank etc.) but is fitted with an FP.
4) Converting a carburetor engine to FI.
Any insight into the difficulty of these projects would be appreciated. If I had a better idea of what was involved in the upgrades, I might be better able to know which items to compromise on.
Thanks!
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