For a while there was a plan, a hope, a fantasy(!) that the plane would be done in time for my 50th birthday. Alas, that happened on Monday and as you might guess from previous updates I didn’t make it…
Category: Engine
Engines and Instrument Panels (3 hr)
Most of this session was investigating where and how the various hoses go. We put the muffler in place for some ideas and then messed with the various hoses and plugs. One thing I learned is that socketless hoses are…
Engine Install Part 1 (3 hr)
Engine meets plane, plane falls in love. My brother in law very kindly arranged to lend us the use of his Company’s engine hoist and so, after 18 months, the engine was finally coming out the box. Allen offered to…
Centre Console (45m)
My replacement parts came for the centre console and a lull in the extreme heat (if not the humidity) allowed me to spend a little time finishing this up. It took a while to orient myself to what was still…
Engine Mount Completion- (1 hr)
I intended to finish the engine mount today in case I could find some crazy people to spend half a day in a metal box when its 110F outside, and I got pretty close. Everything is done bar the cotter…