Starting the baffle seals. I’ve found using magnets to hold them in place seems to work well as they are trimmed to size and fitted. I’ll trim these and work with clecos and magnets for a while, as I’m worried about riveting without some further verification that they’ll indeed seal as intended.
The stock rear baffle support utilize two crankcase bolts, one of which on the IOX-370 is occupied by a lift loop. Reluctant to remove the lift loop and try to source all new hardware for a crank case location, I created a rear baffle support that braces from behind the rear baffle, not in front. […]
Getting the heater sorted is still on the long list. A step towards marking that system “done” was creating the screened intake on the starboard side inlet ramp. Also installed was the inlet ramp gusset that better mates up to the cowl.
Fitting of the snorkel continues. It’s an incredible challenge to get the snorkel trimmed correctly, mating with the inlet ramp and baffles. In hindsight, these elements could have been aligned better. The height difference between the lower cowl inlet lip sits too high and sealing the gap here will be a challenge. I’m not sure […]
Starting on the snorkel is a bit daunting. I don’t want to mess this up, yet the fit and engineering here seem like it’s impossible to do “right.” Meaning, the snorkel doesn’t really fit out of the box. You need to modify the starter, many people need to modify the snorkel to fit around the […]
Addressing the tapered cooling fins requires a lot of math, a little bit of template making, and some help from Send Cut Send. I’ve cut the old cylindrical lower baffles off, and begun test fitting various designs of conical baffles that should seal up around the tapered cooling fins. After drawing them up on-screen, I’ve […]
I don’t know how much detail I’ll add here, as there will be ample documentation in the videos, but initial fitting of the oil cooler, oil cooler mount, oil cooler plenum, and oil cooler door has begun. Most of this was purchased or provided by ShowPlanes, who were great at talking me through the needs […]
Baffling is something, based on build logs, I anticipate to be working on for a while. That said, so far progress has been swift, with much of the rear baffling already fit. Slight modifications were made to some of the parts to account for variations between the Lycoming castings and the Continental that I’m working […]