maintenance progress
I got my P-mag back and installed. It is apparently software v.26 and they stuck a temperature sensor sticker on the outside of the case. I first cleared the timing set point via the blow tube, power cycled it, and set the timing manually. It is installed and I did a quick run-up. It seems to run fine. The weather is still really ugly, so no flying. I put the cowl back on just in case there is an opportunity to go fly soon.
I moved on to other stuff. My canopy side latch was way too tight. Tip for those still building: Don’t make the side latch that tight. There is no need for it to “snap” over the hump in the catch. The result is that it just doesn’t feel right when latching it, and that the canopy does some serious rubbing on the roll bar because it is too tight. This had been bugging me each flight, so I pulled the latches off of the canopy and slotted the holes a bit. All better.
I also got the hold down brackets for my oxygen bottle today, so next time I can’t fly, I can start mounting that in the baggage compartment.