Europa
N55XS
February, 2005

Europa A-055

February 1st

Finished assembling the avionics panel.  Mounted the GPS antenna in the airframe and made up power connector for the GPS...

  
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Time: 2 hours
Total: 808 hours

February 3rd

Finished up the wiring harness for the transponder and blind encoder...

Time: 1 hour
Total: 810 hour

February 4th

Installed and hooked up the avionics panel.  Tested everything electrical, there.  It all lights up...

  
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Time: 1 hour
Total: 811 hours

February 7th

Installed compass and lighting dimmer.  Hooked them both up and tested.  Lights dim and the compass points in the right direction.  Will calibrate compass when the plane is ready for test flight...

  
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Time: 1 hour
Total: 812 hours

February 15th

Mounted wings in order to mark a set of patterns, to be used when painting the trim strips on the fuselage.  Then cut out patterns.  Fabricated, primed and painted a pair of door pulls, to be bonded to the inside, rear of both doors, to facilitate ease of closing...

        
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Time: 2 hours
Total: 814 hours

 

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