Communications

Solved my little communications protocol problem to talk and listen to the uNav sensor from a Linux box courtesy of some help from my ISP John Babiarz.

Crossbow doesn't provide datalogging source codes for the uNav so I'm taking the data log code for one of their other navigation sensors to write one from scratch. With that alligator skinned, I've still been pushing to get things primed before winter.

Finished fitting and drilling the wing root fairing. Also double checked the motion limits on the elevator and rudder per Van's specs. With that done, it was time to take the empenage apart and put everything back onto the storage cart. With the wing root fairing drilling completed we next took the temporary pins out and removed the wings. I'll next fit the wing tips to the wings and take the fuel tanks off to test them. If all goes well, I can then prime the wings, put them back on the storage cart, and prep and prime the fusalage.

I want to get the hardware processed before the weather runs out on me. I figure in the dark days of winter I can take my time working on the software/hardware to get the synthetic vision system up and running. I figure I'll test the system using the station wagon initially, then use a laptop to run some tests in a rented Cessna.