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Engine Mount

I planned on continuing to work on the canopy, but after cutting the rails to length, I was stuck since I am missing the rollers to align...

More painting

I decided to paint some more engine parts today. I used an electric smoker to cure the paint.

Christmas Presents

I bought an oil filter adapter for my eventual engine build. I dropped it onto the accessory case for the fun of it. We will have to...

Engine Case

My engine case came back from DivCo today. It is now a DynaFocal 1 case. At some point I will paint it. I still need to buy my crank...

Engine Parts

I had a few moments, so I put the vacuum pump adapter and prop Governor drive together.

Painting and progress

I needed to paint my VS parts before putting it back together. I also had some miscellaneous interior parts to prime. Since I had the...

Engine parts and rudder pedals

An order from spruce came today, I installed some of the plugs in my accessory case in preparation for painting I also got my connecting...

Miscellaneous projects

I worked through several different things today, starting with test fitting the pedals. Van's sent me the 8A instructions. I could...

New Vertical Stabilizer parts

My replacement VS parts came in. It didn't take long to get them cleaned up and drilled. I will prime them, then the VS can go back...

Crank crate

I packed up my crankshaft to sell off. I will replace it with a hollow crank when I build up my engine. I built a crate and used some...

Organization

I added torque seal to all of the bolts that got installed in the side skin, now that they were a little easier to access. I also...

More engine disassembly

I continued on the engine disassembly today. One of the first things I did was remove the idler gears, and the mystery bolt. There is a...

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