Daily Archives: November 20, 2022

Radio Transmit Troubleshooting

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Recently I’ve been firing up all the avionics systems and testing everything that I could. This included testing receive and transmit on both radios and with both headsets. Turns out I can’ transmit on the pilot’s headset. Whoever installed these connections, clearly messed something up. Sure enough, upon inspection, I had reversed two wires. The crazy thing… You can see where I had them correct, and then reversed them. So somehow I had them installed correctly, got confused, reversed the two wires into the wrong position and completed the installation. Regardless, I fixed the connection and all is now working with both radios and both headsets!!

Service Bulletin 16-12-16

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Not a lot of photos here. This service bulletin concerns missing hardware for wing attachment in quick build fuselages. Namely, there are a set of bolts that connect the center section of the spar to the fuselage, that are not installed at the factory despite the instructions for doing so being in the quick build section. Sure enough, on inspection I had not caught the missing bolts either… so I can see how other’s have missed it frequently. This is a bit of a pain to do with the wings already installed, but not impossible. First I had to remove the control column to enable access to the spar mid-section. Then I used some paint stirrers as show to hold my wrench and washer holder. Many of the bolts I could get in with my small hands, but a few needed help. All in all it wasn’t as bad as I had initially feared.