RUNNING THE PITOT LINES I had a bit of paralysis regarding running the pitot lines recently. I spent some time researching and planning every aspect of these lines. Finally, I settled on an exact length I wanted to use, how much extra to leave so I can remove the pitot… Read More »Pitot/AOA lines and planning
FIRST, THE PITOT MAST I have many things to discuss here, but let’s keep it about aviation for now. I went to the hangar (yes, saying this will NEVER get old) to continue work on the wings. My goal was to work on fitting the Gretz pitot mast to the… Read More »Pitot mast and distractions
DRILLING THE AOA LINE HOLES The QB wings come with one wire run and one tubing run for a pitot tube. These are perfectly sufficient for safe flight and completion of a beautiful RV-10. In addition to these runs, I intend to add one for an AOA system that is… Read More »Pitot/AOA bonanza
THE FLAP AND AILERON GAPS It is time to get focused on finishing up these wings. It is fairly difficult to make excuses when the wings come over 90% built already. I have been spending a fair piece of time continuing to work on design aspects, wire runs, and things… Read More »A gap before the flap gaps
CUTTING OUT THE STALL WARNING ACCESS HATCH I had previously mentioned my desire to use both AOA and the stall warning system designed by Van’s. I will get to the AOA system soon enough, but today is about the stall warning system. The first step is to line up the… Read More »Stall Warning Access Hatch
REMOVING THE LEFT WING FUEL TANK Now that I got the fuel floats out of my system, it is time to get serious. I had my wife help me uncradle the left wing and lay it out on some old blankets. I have never removed a fuel tank from an… Read More »Left Wing Fuel Tank Removal
PACKING UP THE EMPENNAGE I have come to the realization that space is becoming a real issue. Continuing with the empennage assembly will only result in needing to disassemble it when I move to a hangar. I realize that this will happen no matter what and that I will also… Read More »CHANGING COURSE
WING DELIVERY DAY IS FINALLY HERE I ordered my QB Wing Kit back in December 2017 and have been waiting patiently ever since. Well, as patiently as can be expected. There really is a lot to unpack here (literally and figuratively) so I will get started. First, I used Tony… Read More »WING DAY!
Not that you don’t know what wings are or where they are located, just go with me on this one. I have been putting off the task of ordering the wings for a while for a few reasons. First, I have really struggled with whether or not to go Quick… Read More »Ordered the wing kit!