More Window Covers and Brake Bleeding

So, I’ve got these friends, Andy and Jerry, and I think I’ve been hanging out with them too long. I used to be the guy that stop asking questions after “Is it safe?”. So, I got looking at the windshield upholstery covers, and I just wasn’t happy with how they fit. So, I chucked them, taped […]

New Engine Cooling Plenum

So, we’re building this new cooling plenum. My engine always cooled fine, but I had issues with the runner to NACA junction and the plenum was a little fragile the way I had cut the built the runner-to-plenum junctions. I also wasn’t very happy with the wire grommet or spark plug and oil filler access. […]

Completing the new Cooling Plenum

When you’re young folks will tell you that if you build the better mousetrap, people will beat a path to your door. What they fail to mention is that building that better mousetrap will take 20 times longer (at least) than just buying the standard model, and you’ll find 8 of the 10 ways that […]

New Engine Cooling Plenum – Rear Extension

Here you can see we’ve extended the cooling plenum onto the engine. You can see we’ve used my buddy Andy’s trick of waxing the engine so the glass doesn’t stick. Andy has gone to a bunch more effort to seal off his engine, but since we didn’t have cooling issues before, and we expect our […]

Wiring Beauty Covers, Part II

OBSOLETE: This section became obsolete when we decided to rewire the airplane to eliminate wires in the cabin. As you can see here, we’ve made a couple of covers for the cockpit walls near the floor to cover wires, rudder cable, and pitot/static tubing. These will be nice because they can be upholstered, and let’s be honest, not […]

More Cabin Heating from Engine Oil

Here are some pictures for you of the new heater installation. Here you can see the new duct that replaces the one from the NACA and accepts the air from the bilge fan. We still use the standard flapper valve to take the air to the keel or dump it overboard. In the keel we […]