NinerBikes
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I just bought a RV-12 built in 2012, that saw some flight time over the Atlantic Ocean and around Hilton Head Island and surrounding bays, from the original owner.
Prior to taking delivery of the plane, the Skyview Classic was having some problems, button switches no longer worked. Skyview went back to WA, where their technicians found corrosion on the solder on the circuit boards inside the box. Turn around was quick, they sent another unit back to me.
The plane is exhibiting some electrical connection failures and lack of continuity on a bunch of sensors while being ferried back here to CA over 21 hours of cross country flight.
Left EGT has a red X on it now. Owner replaced the Dynon sensor, problem still persists. Today the Right EGT read 540F after sitting out all night in transient parking, while I arranged for a hangar to rent, today.
The magnetic sensor for the spar pin reads intermittent green or red, making for lots of fun being strapped in to activate the override switch while turning the "start" key over.
Today, the Xpnder 261 was also acting up with no voltage being supplied, and being non op.
The plane got bounced around severely on the 2nd day in Texas, when most of the problems started appearing, dodging thermals and cloudy or rainy weather.
What's the best way to clean off salt or corrosion on these electrical connectors to restore continuity? Or are they possibly permanently damaged and need R&R?
This is one of the planes that got the D100 and D180 harness to Skyview Classic adapters made, supposedly 40 of those conversion kits were made to run the skyview Classic when they first came out, this owner being an early adopter.
Prior to taking delivery of the plane, the Skyview Classic was having some problems, button switches no longer worked. Skyview went back to WA, where their technicians found corrosion on the solder on the circuit boards inside the box. Turn around was quick, they sent another unit back to me.
The plane is exhibiting some electrical connection failures and lack of continuity on a bunch of sensors while being ferried back here to CA over 21 hours of cross country flight.
Left EGT has a red X on it now. Owner replaced the Dynon sensor, problem still persists. Today the Right EGT read 540F after sitting out all night in transient parking, while I arranged for a hangar to rent, today.
The magnetic sensor for the spar pin reads intermittent green or red, making for lots of fun being strapped in to activate the override switch while turning the "start" key over.
Today, the Xpnder 261 was also acting up with no voltage being supplied, and being non op.
The plane got bounced around severely on the 2nd day in Texas, when most of the problems started appearing, dodging thermals and cloudy or rainy weather.
What's the best way to clean off salt or corrosion on these electrical connectors to restore continuity? Or are they possibly permanently damaged and need R&R?
This is one of the planes that got the D100 and D180 harness to Skyview Classic adapters made, supposedly 40 of those conversion kits were made to run the skyview Classic when they first came out, this owner being an early adopter.
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