I received the roll servo from Dynon
yesterday. The packing slip says they
corrected the problem and waived the repair fee because the servo is still
under warranty. They did not indicate the
nature of the problem, only that it had been
fixed. I went to the hangar and
reinstalled the servo. It seems that there is always something that
causes a simple procedure to become complicated. The first thing I did was make the electrical
connections. After making sure the
connections were good I proceeded to install the servo and the flaperon
pushrod. While attempting to install the servo I
dropped the bolt and washer used to attach the flaperon pushrod to the roll
servo arm. Of course I was in the
baggage compartment and had to exit the airplane to get a light and magnet so I
could retrieve the bolt from under the baggage compartment. What fun we have when trying to complete a
fairly simple task. I was finally able
to install the servo and install the pushrod successfully. At that point I turned on the SkyView. As it was booting up it found the servo and installed
some updated software. I ran the servo
test and calibration. It seems all is
well.
I reinstalled the covers, plates, upholstery,
seats, etc. I also installed the top
fuselage skin and upper cowling. Of
course that did not go without a hitch. While
installing the 100+ screws I ended up using my 8/32 tap to fix the threads on
several nutplates to keep from stripping out the heads of the screws. One of the nutplates was under the left
canopy attachment arm so I was forced to remove the canopy. All in all, I was able to get everything
reinstalled and tightened so the airplane is now ready to fly. The oil pressure problem has been repaired
and the roll servo is now back on line.
I would have flown today but the weather was pretty bad at that
point. Severe rain at the airport with
lots of thunder showers in the vicinity.
I will return to the airport and do some touch and goes tomorrow
morning.