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Some shots of little details being addressed both before and after the first flight 12/9/01.

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Fluxgate compass for Sandel HSI. Placed here in pilot baggage strake as point furthest from interfering metal. Remote gyro for Sandel HSI placed behind the keel. Landing gear microswitches. Headset jacks in sides of keel. Hangar 18 molded settings used. Note how nice and flat the bplugs lie against the keel keeping them out of the way.

Overhead Perko lights, switches and RVR 300a Map Light. Outlet for overhead fresh air plenum water drain placed in wheel well. Vance Atkinson's sight gauge. Note how nicely blue avgas stands out from white background. Another view of Vance's outstanding gauge.

Instrument panel lit up like a Christmas tree! Just in time for the season! Detail of panel. Photos to follow are after first flight. 12/15/01 and on. Vance's sight gauges calibrated in 5 gallon increments with narrow line tape across the clear plastic. Aft end of the cooling plenum leaked air and potentially decreases amount of cooling possible by the air flow from NACA scoops on roof. A small fiberglass part is fashioned and riveted in place to seal off this space.

Halogen lights placed in canard canted about 10 degrees downward which should give the appropriate lighting on runway ahead at landing attitude. Canard light on! OAT probe mounted in cabin fresh air intake NACA located on copilot side of fuselage. The static port on this side is seen just aft of the inlet. The OAT probe is part of the Rocky Mountain system and provides data to the MicroEncoder to calculate TAS and density altitude.

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Fluxgate compass for Sandel HSI. Placed here in pilot baggage strake as point furthest from interfering metal.	Remote gyro for Sandel HSI placed behind the keel.	Landing gear microswitches.	Headset jacks in sides of keel. Hangar 18 molded settings used. Note how nice and flat the bplugs lie against the keel keeping them out of the way.

Overhead Perko lights, switches and RVR 300a Map Light.	Outlet for overhead fresh air plenum water drain placed in wheel well.	Vance Atkinson's sight gauge. Note how nicely blue avgas stands out from white background.	Another view of Vance's outstanding gauge.

Instrument panel lit up like a Christmas tree! Just in time for the season!	Detail of panel.	Photos to follow are after first flight. 12/15/01 and on. Vance's sight gauges calibrated in 5 gallon increments with narrow line tape across the clear plastic.	Aft end of the cooling plenum leaked air and potentially decreases amount of cooling possible by the air flow from NACA scoops on roof. A small fiberglass part is fashioned and riveted in place to seal off this space.

Halogen lights placed in canard canted about 10 degrees downward which should give the appropriate lighting on runway ahead at landing attitude.	Canard light on!	OAT probe mounted in cabin fresh air intake NACA located on copilot side of fuselage. The static port on this side is seen just aft of the inlet. The OAT probe is part of the Rocky Mountain system and provides data to the MicroEncoder to calculate TAS and density altitude.