| Engine uncrated and the engine
mount has been attached. |
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| Attaching the engine and mount
to the firewall. First test fit. |
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| The nose gear strut and nose
wheel have been attached to the engine mount. |
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| To dress up the firewall, the
aluminum surface is machine turned with two inch overlapping circles. |
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| All firewall penetration holes
have been located and drilled.
Hard points have been bonded to the face
of the firewall to attach various components.
Fire proof fiber frax is being attached.
The two lower square hard points support
the engine mount and nose gear. |
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| The aluminum firewall is
attached.
Also mounted are the battery box, fuel
pump, master cylinder, and solenoids. |
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| Proper air circulation for
cooling is attained by fabricating aluminum baffles.
Here manila folders are used as templates
which will be traced onto aluminum.
The starter ring gear and propeller have
been attached at this point.
The lower half of the cowling has also
been fit and attached. |
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| Attaching and fitting the
aluminum baffles.
They are fabricated from .032 aluminum.
Fuel and oil lines (blue silicone) are in
place.
The exhaust system has been installed.
All engine probes (EGT and CHT) have been
installed. |
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| Running the control cables
(throttle, mixture, and propeller) through the firewall and into the
instrument panel. |
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| Silicone rubber baffling is
attached to the aluminum baffles to make a seal against the upper cowling. |
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