Mike S
Senior Curmudgeon
You might be able to use Hi Lok fasteners in there.
http://www.gen-aircraft-hardware.com/template.asp?pagename=hiloks
http://www.gen-aircraft-hardware.com/template.asp?pagename=hiloks
My wing LE's are already cut out for Duckworks landing lights. Is there a good LED alternative to the halogen and HID lamps this kit was designed for 10 years ago? If not, I might close up the holes and go with tip mounted landing lights. Pretty sure the nav lights and strobes will be FlyLEDs.
- but it's certainly not "factory," and I'd never modify a Van's fuel system without a team of engineers behind me.
So my question remains: given that my kit was built to this point with no provision for fuel return lines, what types of fuel injection, EFI, FADEC does that support and what ones does it leave out. Second question, how hard is it to add return fittings to the tanks, and third question only I can answer - would adding the be worth the effort required at this point.
Bill,
Perhaps better to put that tee ABOVE the static port so that water is less likely to accumulate in the system and cannot block both ports.
.... That point is now on my annual inspection checklist to inspect for cracking as a result of my dremel work.
Bill,
In your tailcone photo, it looks like the static port plumbing will connect the line forward at the bottom of that tee on the right static port. If rain water or wash water gets in the right static port it will run forward and accumulate until problems are created, blocking BOTH static ports. Perhaps better to put that tee ABOVE the static port so that water is less likely to accumulate in the system and cannot block both ports. Simple is good, but in this case there may be value in adding one more fitting.
The VAF sure keeps me in touch with a great community. The people who have stepped forward to help materially and practically since the house fire and starting the 10 build have touched me profoundly, and I'm grateful. The knowledge base here is so much superior to what I had available 20 years ago building an RV alone and without mentors close by. I read up all I could and took the dreaded door plunge. Kind of anticlimactic in a way, although the process is only maybe 1/3 done.
This weekend I got my mower back from the shop after getting a blade stuck on so tightly that neither my impact wrench nor my extended socket wrench would budge the bolt. In the meantime, the abundant rain and warm weather had tried to reclaim the runway into a hayfield from whence it had come. I had to mow high and will need to make a second, lower pass tomorrow (so Vlad doesn't complain about the high grass if he happens to drop in).
Jax, a.k.a. "Li'l Boy," our 5 month old pit-lab mix who never ventures more than fifty feet from home, decided that Sunday was a beautiful spring day for chasing me on the zero-turn, so he roamed further than ever before. I was afraid he might stray into the road, but the runway end markers creeped him out and he bristled, barked, and turned tail for home once he caught sight of them.
I definitely want to host another fly-in at 12VA, as we used to do all the time. You can come and check out the place firsthand.
Will advise as plans unfold for the summer.
Bill,
Will you be keeping the nickname "Stormy"???