Radio flight tested OK :D

 Finally some good (well not good but in an IFR capable machine there was plenty of room for worse without affecting saftey).

Needed to set the intercom squelch level to the max 30 setting to keep the mics from staying open. The ICOM220-Sennheizer combo seems to be a bit tricky.

Great to have a fully working RV again :D

ps. this was my first flight using the checklist in the iPad. Not perfect as I would like to keep the chart/map in that screen. Once I find the screen rotate setting on my phone, I will try using that for the checklist.

 

  

Reinstalled the Radio

Received the radio yesterday. Today I installed it and did a good ground check (it was snowing with a cealing of 3-400 feet so I did not perform a flight test today.

Great to read that the found an obvious problem and solved it :D

The intercom and G3X sound good, receiving from a handheld radio also checked out good and receiveing on the handheld from the reinstalled ICOM also sounded good. 

Expect to need to tweak the mic gain and squelch in the air to get the best result. 

Brake fluid refill

I am still waiting for my repaired radio. I have a handheld radio and on weekends there is no formal requirement for a radio at my field so had the weather cooperated, I would have flown this weekend.

I was at the field on both Saturday and Sunday, On Saturday I made a checkout as the aircraft has not flown in over a month, 

I noticed that I have gotten some air into the brake lines, I remember that I only had brake fluid enough to barley get any fluid into the reservoir, apparently the cold temperature and around 18 months of leakage has emptied what was in the reservoir. 

Today I filled the reservoir to 75%.