Ended the week with 21.3 hours so met my requirement, barely. Worked every day, but not much on one day. The commitment is working and helped me to put in a longer day today to meet the weekly goal.
Arranged to meet Luis at Breakaway Sunday AM to look at his RV-7A and to hopefully fly. After Luis and I are done I will probably go look at John's Bonanza with the Garmin avionics upgrades. I created a list of topics and questions to discuss with Luis and John and hope I learn a lot. I'm sure I will enjoy the day!
I spent a lot of time on the Garmin documents trying to understand more about CAN bus wiring, autopilot and trim, G3X and GTR 200B and GMA 245 audio inputs and outputs, antenna locations and constraints, GSU 25 and GMU 11 mounting locations. I also spent time trying to understand how the GAD 27 works and what kind of problems I would have when it fails. That all gave me more information and questions I hope to discuss tomorrow.
I also reviewed FlyLed documentation to understand how it works with the GAD 27 and think about backups. My next step in FlyLeds assembly is to trim the boards to fit in the wingtip. I used some scrap PCB and tried filing and using a band saw to cut it. I think I will rough cut to size with the band saw and then file.
Studied a panel layout someone posted on VAF. Looks interesting. He is going to post more later and provide details.