Another Hole in The Rib Question

[wirejock]

Originally Posted by mfleming

Thanks for the tips Larry.

SafeAir seems to be out of business so I'm using the Dynon Pitot kit.

Im sure that once I have the control rod and the pitot tubing and wiring in place the conflicts will be much clearer.

Cleveland and Stein both sell the SafeAir kits.

[mfleming]

Originally Posted by wirejock

Cleveland and Stein both sell the SafeAir kits.

Interesting... the SafeAir kit looks like the kit I bought from Dynon.
Is safeAir still in business or is Cleaveland selling new old stock?

[Draker]

I sent a similar question to Van's when I was drilling my ribs and they basically said follow the FAQ and the holes you get should be enough. So I chose not to drill another set of holes. I plan to make due with opening up only the existing tooling holes.

[mfleming]

So I received a email from Vans today. The photo they commented on was the post #1 photo shown below.



They said "This additional hole will not be a problem."

So...As soon as I get my new step bit, I'm drilling the third hole

The ½" center hole will have my 14AWG heated pitot wires and the two ⅜" outside holes will have the pitot and AoA tubing. This way, I don't have to exit the conduit wth any wires or tubing on the way to the wing tip. And on the right wing, I can run my A/P servo cable through the ½" hole and all the wing tip light wires in the conduit.

My Garmin GAP 26 unregulated heated pitot should be here tomorrow

[jcarne]

Michael thanks for updating this, this will be nice for future people to see a response from Van's on this topic.

Also, thanks for the good pics, it helps big time when discussing things!

[mfleming]

Originally Posted by jcarne

...Also, thanks for the good pics, it helps big time when discussing things!

I'm with you. Good photos in a post really make the information being presented so much clearer.

Of course, I'm also partial to these time lapse videos

My wife and I riveting some top wing skins:
https://youtu.be/i3GcdyR1K7k

[jcarne]

Originally Posted by mfleming

I'm with you. Good photos in a post really make the information being presented so much clearer.

Of course, I'm also partial to these time lapse videos

My wife and I riveting some top wing skins:
https://youtu.be/i3GcdyR1K7k

Very cool Michael, I'll have to explore your videos a bit more.