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Daily Archives: February 13, 2015

Electrical System and Instrument Planning

Total Build Time: 873 Hours. To plan my electrical system, I studied other builder projects, the sonex plans and the book Aeroelectric Connection. Some general concepts I followed were to use fuse blocks (rather than circuit breakers) for wire protection, 2 main fuse-block-busses (main and avionics), in-line fuses to protect all wires not otherwise connected … Continue reading »

Categories: Electrical, Fuel, Misc, Fuselage, Fuselage Completion, Waiex #197 | Leave a comment

Fuselage Completion #12 (Canopy frame, trimming)

Total build time: 866 Hours. With my Mom and Bill in town for the week, I wanted to use their extra sets of hands to help me with moving and fitting the plexiglass canopy. I began by preparing the canopy frame. I’m actually installing a swing-back style canopy which I will detail more in another … Continue reading »

Categories: Fuselage, Fuselage Completion, Waiex #197 | 1 Comment