November 6, 2005

I went to put the correct bolts in the FADEC ECU’s today, and found a fatal flaw… I had one of the mounting plates on the wrong way round. “Wrong way round?” I hear you say… Yep. Despite appearances to the contrary, these plates are not symmetrical, reversible, flippable or flappable. Fortunately, it was the lower one that didn’t have too much modification. If it was the top one, I’d be ordering up some new ones right now. I drilled out the mounting plate, spun it 180 and riveted it back on. What a pain. Well, it’s easy done, so be warned!

The following pictures give you a great view of the location I chose for these hefty suckers. I got the bolts in finally, and I safety wired them too.

I ordered a serial bus controller ages ago from Aerosance, but it’s still not here. It’s the final part of the puzzle for the FADEC system. I need it to convert the FADEC info into something my Blue Mountain EFIS One can interpret. This will make all my engine gauges plug and play. No messing around with stuff. It should, in theory just pop right up on start up. I wonder why Aerosance take so long. Surely this sort of thing is off the shelf? I’m going to phone them tomorrow.