Service Bulletins

As I was updating my airframe and engine logs I figured it would be good to have a single page tracking my work on any and all applicable service bulletins.

Vans RV-10

Service Bulletin	Completed Date	Blog Link
sb-19-09-09		Need photo and link
sb-18-05-21		Need photo and link
sb-18-03-30		Need photo and link
mt-sb-31
sb-16-03-28	7 July 2018	sb16-03-28
sb-14-12-22		Need photo and link
sb-14-8-29	19 March 2020	Engine mounts shipped after August 13, 2014 are not affected by this service bulletin.
sb-11-9-13	19 March 2020	As the builder of this aircraft I confirm that no fuel tank sloshing compounds were utilized in the construction of this aircraft.
sb-10-1-4	19 March 2020	While the upgraded door latches were contained with-in the finish kit, the builder installed the PlaneAround 180 latch kit. The PlaneAround kit modifies the door handle to turn 180 degrees while adding the third latch mechanism to pull the door in and assist in easier pin engagement. While this alleviates the issue of the SB10-1-4 it also increases the pin engagement by one to two inches.
sb-08-6-1	6 August 2017	sb08-6-1-part-1 sb08-6-1-part-2
sb-07-4-12		Need photo and link
sb-06-9-20		Need photo and link
sb-06-2-3		Need photo and link
sb-04-2-1	19 March 2020	Fuel tanks have been inspected. No usage of clear plastic film was discovered. Both fuel tanks when built did have a blue protective plastic coating which was removed.
sb-02-12-1	19 March 2020	Firewall forward kit was purchased in 2018. Additionally all firewall forward lines were ordered from TS flightlines. Fuel/oil lines were inspected per the SB regardless and no deficiencies were discovered.
sb-96-10-1	19 March 2020	N5412-K is leveraging a horizontal sump and non-Vans intake system. Regardless, all hardware in the fuel servo forward has been inspected and safety wired where applicable.

Lycoming IO-540

MTV-12-B/193-53

sb1r4

sb5

sb8b

11

sb13r3

sb14r6

sb15r2

sb16m

sb20

sb22

sb24

sb30r3

sb32

sb36r2

MT P-860-5

sb8b
sb9
10
sb14r6
sb27
sb31

Stick control wiring

With both the left and right panel switches and breakers in, I was finally able to cut down the control sticks, install the stick grips, and start wiring the controls. I previously drilled the control sticks at the hand end so I could wire the controls internal to the stick tubes, but now that things are a little further together, I think that is a bad idea. The problem is not the end near the stick it is the pivot under the seat. The WD-1011 bracket under the seat has a 90 degree enclosed angle in it. I may re-think this later, but in order to get the wire to exit the control stick I would have to put a hole somehwere in the WD-1011 stick base. I remember thinking that I would pull the wire through the bottom of that control base, but now that I have the F-1064 push rods in place with the F-1065 that would be the wire bundle in interference with the physical controls of the plane. That I am not comfortable with.





I am going to keep the wiring on the outside of the control stick. I am using a connector that still fits through the control stick (at least the straight part of it) so if I ever needed to service my control wires it wouldn't be much of a problem. I chose some 7 pin circular connectors from Amphenol (APC1629-ND). The really great thing about these connectors is that they use same High Density pins and sockets that the DB connectors use for most of the other avionics.



The 7 control stick wires fit nicely into the connector, and the connector is actually small enough to fit through the control stick in case you choose to pop a hole in the control stick and route the wire inside of the stick.



The wiring pattern for the control sticks are as follows:

Pin	Stick Wire Color	Switch	Airplane Wire
A	Blue	Trim (Up)	Red (VPX Trim Up)
B	Brown	Button (Black)	Not used
C	Yellow	Trim (Right)	Black (VPX Trim Right)
D	Purple	Trim (Left)	White Black (VPX Trim Left)
E	Red	Button (Red)	White Black (CWS/Autopilot Disconnect)
F	White	Button (PTT)	White Yellow (Pilot) White Brown (Co-Pilot)
G	Green	Trim (Down)	White Red (VPX Trim Down)
H	Black	Ground (common)	Black (GND_ControlStick)