SkyView Battery and Canopy
Yesterday while Tom Driscoll was at the hangar he noticed that
when I turn of the master switch the SkyView shuts down immediately. Tom told me it should stay on for 30 seconds
on backup battery power. I checked the
SkyView install manual and it says if the battery icon has a red X through it
there is a fault. I checked the screen
today and sure enough there is a red X over the battery icon. I went into the hardware setup and turned set
the BATTERY CONNECTED to yes. I also
called Dynon Tech Support to inform them of what is happening. I was told the battery is probably not
charged and that it will charge when the aircraft is flying. He said it will take about 3-hours to fully
charge the backup battery. The tech told
me to call back if the condition continues to exist after flying the airplane
for 3-hours of flying. Part of the
process to check the backup battery was to remove the upper fuselage skin. I removed the screws on the top of the
instrument panel and then removed the screws holding the upper skin in
place.
To remove all of the screws I had
to remove the canopy. I took it off of the
airplane and put it on a work table.
Because there is a drip and run of epoxy on the roll bar part of the canopy
I decided to sand it off and repaint the spot.
I put tape around the drip and proceeded to sand it away. I will return to the hangar this afternoon
and apply a coat of spray paint on the sanded spot. It won't be perfect but it will look better.
This afternoon I returned to the hangar and
masked the sanded area on the rear canopy roll bar. I also masked off some sections of the canopy
I want to be tan. I used some spray
paint to coat these areas.
The paint
will be dry and hopefully cured to match by the time we are back from Erie, PA
on the 18th of April.
