Tag: Engine
Lower Baffles
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 […]
EP 5.3 Installing Engine Components
Oil Cooler Installation
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 Begins
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 […]
EP 5.2 Engine Hung
Engine Component Confusion
Now that I’m in the weeds trying to figure out the ancillary components of the engine, I’m realizing how little I know about all of this. The fuel servo came separate, and I can’t even tell which way it is supposed to align. Images from the cable bracket manufacturer don’t match images from Van’s or […]
Governor Installed
One of the first operations was installing the governor and cable mount. This required reclocking the governor, which required adding safety wire back in–my first foray into the skilled trade of safety wire. I think I have it set up correctly, but won’t know until control cables are passed through the firewall. For that I […]
EP 5.1 New Engine Day
Engine: Mounted
Starting with the glamor shot–the engine is hung. It took a few hours, and careful movements, but all-in-all was not that exhausting of a process. The scariest part is having $50,000 hanging from a bargain engine hoist. I’m incredibly excited to be at this portion of the build, and to keep the momentum up. Time […]