Finished air vents

Posted on by Neal

Last night and tonight I worked on the air vents, installing them in the cockpit tonight.

The vents (SV-6) arrived from Vans on Friday, so I got to work positioning, match drilling, and trimming the parts per the plans.

I installed some aluminum honeycomb in the vent to stop any large insects or other critters from getting access through the vent shaft. This worked out ok, and I feel slightly better knowing there is something to act as a barrier.

Aluminum honeycomb product used for screening the vent shaft
Silicone used to bond everything together. A cutout of the aluminum honeycomb. This was glued inside the vent shaft to stop FOD coming in the vent.
Assembled and match drilled
Trimming the vent per the plans. One corner is rounded.
Carefully clamping them into position
Clamped into position. Waiting for the silicone bonding agent to dry

Air vents

Posted on by Neal

Tonight I trimmed and sanded the air vents, and separated and deburred the aluminum brackets. I found scotch-brite worked best to scuff the plastic.

I can’t do more on this until the eyeball vents arrive from Vans, and I’m not sure on their ETA right now.

Vents and brackets
Holding in place, this is view from outside
View from inside cockpit. There is zero clearance between the panel and the vent, will check this again once I have the eyeball in hand.