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Carb Heat, Electrics, Flaps, Heater, System, Tailplane, Water System, Wiring

Monday 1st July 2019

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Music: Reverend And The Makers, Ian Brown and Razorlight.

A few smaller jobs to do today including the last bit of wiring, wire locking the tailplane, adding a vent pipe to the coolant bottle and adjusting the flap operating arms.

The ACS ignition switch requires 5 wires, Left and Right magnetos, battery, starter solenoid and ground. It uses 4mm ring connectors that are secured with screws and shake proof washers.
The carb heat and heater controls require a positive stop to make sure you don’t pull the cable too far. I’ve used a ‘chocolate block’ with the insulation cut off…
…slid it on the cable and secured it with the 2 screws.
The same was done for the heater control.
I’ve added a breather in the coolant bootle and run the pipe down the firewall and out under the fuselage.
Four bolts secure the tailplane and once torqued to the correct setting are wire locked to ensure they don’t undo.
The wire locking is carried through from the top bolt and finished off around the bottom bolt.
The flaps require adjusting to be flush with the trailing edge of the wing…
The control rod arms have adjusters at either end and are adjusted equally before locking up.