Joshua's RV-9A Project

Oshkosh week…I’ve been listening to LiveATC all week at my desk, with the flightline webcams running in another window.

Knocked a few more small items off the list tonight:

• Loaded the latest software update from AFS on the EFIS.  The biggest new feature in this release is multi-leg flight planning, but I couldn’t play with that since the GPS isn’t connected up at the moment, so it doesn’t know where it is.
• Did an initial trim of the forward baffles to match the curve of the inlet ramps, just enough to get the cowling on.  Next step here will be the paperclip trim.
• Cleaned the inside of the canopy using some stuff I got from Spruce called “210 Plastic Cleaner”.  I went a little panicky after the adhesive overspray incident, and ordered too many different things for cleaning, polishing and repairing scratches…the second thing I tried took the light fog right off.  (The first one, Permatex Plastic Cleaner, had a gummed up trigger and wouldn’t spray, so I wasn’t able to try it out.)  With the stock I have now, I ought to be covered on canopy cleaning for awhile…

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