Unfortunately, in the process of checking things, they found discrepancies between what SteinAir wired and how my plane was already wired. It seems that despite my large effort to inform SteinAir how things were already wired, the panel builder went by how they wanted to do it... This resulted in some rewiring and new wiring and that meant lots of unexpected time.
If you're going to have a panel built for you, make sure the entire wiring system is done by them and a full schematic is included. This includes the complete charging system. Soup-to-nuts.
Being a super early builder in this case worked against me because when I was starting to work on the wiring, there were no Sling-specific panel builders in the US.
I will be in Norman, OK next week to meet with the FAA rep for the paperwork and to fly Sling Central's Sling 2 to get my currency back. Can't wait to see the plane!
Thanks for sharing all this. I love following along. I bet you are excited as all get-out.
ReplyDeleteI am! Getting very close! And I'm very happy I got help to finish it. If I had continued by myself it would have been at least 1 more year... Probably more...
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