Oil and Coolant door
Part of the cowling section is fabricating the oil and coolant door. Doing so was not very challenging, although I haven’t rounded the corners to their final fit yet. But…
175…
…flush rivets, i.e. 175 holes match drilled 175 holes deburred from both sides on the piano hinges and the top and bottom cowl, adding up to 700 total 175 machine…
The first light
After I installed the base parts of the engine I remembered that the new radiator is mounted on the bottom cowling which I hadn’t installed yet. I expected this to…
Alert Service Bulletin
Last week Rotax issued an Alert Service Bulletin asking to inspect all Rotax engines with a specific gearbox the be inspected, as they might have omitted four bolts during production.…
Spinner
I started the spinner a day early because it implied some fiber epoxy curing time, although it was just at section 47-04. First I trimmed the aft end with my…
All level?
While I don’t know how to properly balance a prop, I just followed the KAI for initial balancing: Pulled the spark plugs to allow for easier rotation of the blades…
A full day work
my son helped me to install the propellor in one day. It took us from 07:30 in the morning to 19:00 in the evening, but was very rewarding. This will…
First wires
Part of hanging the engine is preparing the first wires and the fuse box. The instructions ask to cut the ground wires for the starter relay. Unfortunately, there are at…
Between hanging the engine and installing the electrical harness
Just connected the fuel hoses and figured the fuel lines to be very similar to the AN818-4D fittings. Therefore, I torqued them to 120 in lbs (Vans’ recommends 100-140 in…
…ain’t she nice…
After what other told me about hanging engines I expected a lot worse. We took a video of how we hung the engine and the complete process took us less…