Progress report on “Blue II”

As of January 30, 2009

1/5/2009

We are back from the Christmas and New Year holidays and starting work in earnest.   Today we have completed the trimming and fitting of the dorsal fin and stabilizer fairings.

We put a COM and ELT antenna in the dorsal fin.  We are not sure both will work due to the close proximity of the two but hopefully we won’t be using both at the same time.

1/16/2009 The electronics bay is filling up nicely. The MVP-50 wiring is complete except for one obvious error with the EI MAP sensor.  We will start on the EFIS system Monday.

We coated the wheel wells with three coats of the Flame Control heat barrier.  The coating is not as smooth and shiny as a quality paint job would be, but the protection of the heat barrier is something I believe in.  An additional benefit is that this coating is impervious to fuel; oil, hydraulic fluid, and chemical wash down sprays.

The harness for the M600 ECUs is complete aft of the firewall and mostly complete forward of the firewall.  Final wire lengths and the pinning of the connectors is all that is needed to complete the ECU harness on the engine.

The electrical power supply is wired to the distribution panel.  Only about 32 circuit breakers need to be connected and laced up before the wing goes back on.

Here it is deep into February and I am just now getting out the January report.   I must apologize for the delay.  February is a short month but hopefully we will have the instrument panel installed, the circuit board controlling the landing gear, prop governor and fuel valve to show you and a new deal with Hartzell to advertise in our next report.

Happy Valentines Day from all of us on the Blue Crew.

Blue Thunder Air Racing