Pretty much the entire engine kit is finished. I just need to do the propeller and spinner. I've ordered the Avionics and except for paint that's the last big chunk of money for the project. The engine on this plane is a very busy space. Most aircraft run a primitive Lycoming or Continental and the general idea is less stuff means less stuff to fail. This engine has oil cooling, water cooling, air cooling, electronic ignition, fuel rails and sensors, gear reduction and an integrated alternator / timing pickup. It's a nice package - but very busy for a small airplane. You might find this on larger / newer aircraft where the weight of redundant systems doesn't out weight their value. In any case, I'll be happy to fly behind it and have already signed up for the first maintenance class on this series of engines.
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| Lake Tahoe CA - 10.5 in the C152/G |
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| The California Delta. |
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| My busy little power plant. |
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| Pretty happy how this came out. Took all morning to get the patterns for the foil just the way I wanted them. It looks just like the book. |
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| Air, Water, Oil cooling all hooked up. |
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| Nice warm place for birds to build a nest. |
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| 100 plus hours to get to this point. |
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| I'll be crawling around this thing for the rest of my life. Hope it always looks this good. |
