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. […]
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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 […]
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I got the door covers fitted and installed finally. They look pretty snazzy. Inside Door Cover For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea […]
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We’re working on the small bits, but here are some pictures from the work just finished. Notice the chrome in the landing light well, the dark crackle on the strake pocket, and the nice fit of the nose hatch. We’re thinking about getting our interior done this spring, so we’re going to paint the door […]
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This wasn’t a great weekend for working on the airplane, though we did get some very nice weather for late October in Ohio. We had some Halloween things to do on Saturday, and Sunday was our EAA meeting. So, we elected to keep to manageable bits of work, we covered the fuselage and primed the […]
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