REFLECTOR: canard cover

[Terry Miles]

Alex, Scott

I built a flange on to the fuselage for drain reasons all around the carnard
opening.  Then I put a some wx strip type foam on the flange for water
control.  I put in a tolerance for the foam before I set the hinge, but the
even a small excess and even w/ foam...can exert a fair amount of pressure.
I had to sit on the cover while someone else worked the pin.

Mine slide in and out no problem in primer only and without foam.  After
final paint and after install of the weather stripping I had a chore on my
hands.  My old pin alignment was gone.  Hopefully that first insert was a
one time thing.  I know soon enough.

Oh and tomorrow (if the surface wind cooperates) I go for flight #3 and I
have a fix (or at least a big improvement) on my compass problem.  

I pass it along when a have all the facts in hand.

T

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Alex Balic
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 8:50 PM
To: 'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: canard cover

Hey Scott- do you have any pictures anywhere- I have a really, really big
hatch that includes the canard cover and most of the top foreword - and I
would like to see if I can use the piano hinges on there- not sure how to
access the pins.

Alex

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Scott Derrick
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 9:37 AM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: REFLECTOR: canard cover

canard cover.

I use piano hinges to fasten my cover down and its a 5 second job to 
remove and a 30 second job to install??

I don't understand why yours would be a bear?

Scott

Terry Miles wrote:
> orientation change to see what happens.  I dread having to pull the canard
> cover.  We did piano hinges and pulling and setting those hinge pins is a
> bear.
> Thanks, Al,
> Terry
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
> Behalf Of Al Gietzen
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 8:29 PM
> To: 'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: GRT compass calibration
> 
> Terry;
> Sounds like your setup is very much like mine.  I'm not having any
problems.
> 
> I think it very unlikely that is anything along the cables.  I'm sure you
> took it to the compass rose and did the calibration according to the
manual.
> I think you can set it up to read out 'true' or 'magnetic', what's the
> deviation where you are?
> 
> I'm sure the guys at GRT can give you the most help.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Al
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
> Behalf Of Terry Miles
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 5:09 PM
> To: 'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'
> Subject: REFLECTOR: GRT compass calibration
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a dual screen, single AHRS GRT EFIS (Their Horizon I)  and I am
> getting a 20 degree compass split.  The GRT is reading off to the right.  
> 
> I am in contact w/ GRT and doing and trying all as they advise, but I
> thought I would check in here to prevent re-inventing the wheel.  I do
enuf
> of that as is.
> 
> The Magnotometer is mounted in the RH strake and I have the usual #2 nav
and
> com antennae near by not on top off the GRT magno box.  I have about 3
feet
> of excess cabling.  Moving that around in the wing and aft cabin has no
> affect on the problems.  
> 
> The plan of attack tomorrow is remove the canard cover and see if I can
> isolate the magno cable from any possible unnoticed offenders in the nose
> area.  
> 
> Anybody been down this road?
> 
> Thanks,
> Terry
> 
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