May 29th

My work laptop's fan has been getting noisy, and it spent a morning screaming last week, so I now have a new one.  It's got an i5 processor and an SSD, so it's a lot faster than the old laptop, and I spent a while getting stuff on it.  It's not perfect yet, but I can work with it :o)

May 28th

Today was Memorial Day, when Americans remember their wars by going shopping.

The wind was doing funny things ("variable" and "gusting" aren't words you want to hear from the AWOS at Lincoln), so I wasted the day doing stuff around the house and garden.

I did, however, put some gas in the YSR and fired it up.  And the battery charges!  I'm calling that done for the moment - I want to try and get the fairing lower fitted, then I'll take it out for a ride :o)

May 27th

Valerie and Christina headed home, and we went over to the airfield, where I cut all the zip ties out of the wiring running down the length of the plane and tidied everything up.  I then ran the new wires back to the fuel tank and tidied them into the cable management, then zip tied everything together again.  I drilled a hole in the tank and got the fuel level probe installed and wired, then wired that and the outside air temperature probe into the EIS.  It looks like everything works, but the rev counter is even less accurate than it was with the old Key West regulator.  I need to drain the tank to get the fuel level probe all set up (you have to tell it what's empty and what's full), but other than that it's pretty much done for the moment.  We took the plane out for a circuit, but it was bumpy as hell, so we just did one longish circuit before heading home to feed Tilly.

May 26th

We all went out to breakfast, and then Valerie and Christina went off to do stuff while I played Warcraft, then I got the YSR all back together.  In the evening we barbecued, for, I believe, the first time this year.

May 25th

Vic's friends Valerie and Christina were in Sacramento to argue about their taxes, so they came and crashed with us.  After playing with Tilly, of course.

May 24th

John was in town for work, so he came over and we went to look at a local skateboard shop.  I tried a long board, but it just felt weird compared to my normal skateboard (that I pretty much never use).  As it was his birthday, we took him to dinner before he had to go back to the hotel and get some more work done.

May 22nd

I went to the airfield and finished installing the regulator.  I've decided to use rivets, as they're tidier, and it's not like you take the thing off regularly.  Plus there was one rivet on it before, so you're going to need a drill to get it off anyway.  I managed to smack myself in the face with the rivet gun when it popped off, as I was standing all hunched over the plane so as to not break anything else.  There was quite a bit of blood.  Still... I'll heal.

I ran the wires for the fuel level probe, but I think I've scraped the insulation off them in a few places, so I've decided to take it all out and start over - I'll also tidy up the wiring that's already there at the same time - it should all be able to go into the cable management, if I'm careful.