Saturday July 26, 2025
Canopy Cleaning/Polishing, Fuel Sender Wiring, Roll Autopilot Wiring
(2.5 Hours Canopy, 1.5 Hours Electrical)
4.0 Hours Total

The other day, I removed the plastic from the canopy. There was a surprising amount of overspray from painting around the edges. There is also some kind of contamination on the inside, all over. Lots of small droplets of some type, that scrape off easily with minimal pressure from my fingernail without causing scratches, but there are far too many to get off that way. It's like it's overspray from painting, but I had the plastic covering on it the whole time.

I spent a long time with microfiber rags, water, and Plexus cleaner trying to get all of the dots off. I managed to make it better, but they are still very much there, and I've now caused some small scratches here and there.

I have ordered some additional supplies that I will use to see if I can improve things further. This picture does not really show the problems. Honestly, it's relatively minor, but I'd like to improve it if I can.

I wired the Dynon capacitive fuel sender converters on both sides and confirmed that they are talking to the G3x.

Then I wired up the last of the G3x connector backshells--this one connects to the roll servo in the right wing. I plugged it in and fired things up to make sure it works. I removed the CAN bus terminator from the GAD 29, which is the next thing along the bus from this LRU. Everything fired up and worked on the first try. With both autopilots connected, it's even possible to turn the autopilot on and feel it take over the stick. My A/P disconnect switches work well.

I still need to finish terminating the shield drains and then manage the wires around the autopilot and bellcrank.

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