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So i got the Cockpit done, with parachute bridles it was allot of work. Also Got the windows on, they are tinted, front windows uses 3M Crystaline 90, and top window uses lightest tint. Also tested the Engine on the mount. Also the Autopilot got moved, this time i put it were ICP wants it, found installation instructions from ICP South Africa. My biggest issue now is that ive entagled myself in EAA and need to clear up some stuff against them,big pain in the but, i am following the instructions, i have weight calculatiosn for D-motor from ICP wich me me means they also approve use of engine on their aircraft. I missaid my self and said i didnt have these documents and i started a rollling stone before i got the documents from ICP, now they wont let it go :/

May i Present the D-motor.

Nothing much happening except i was in South Africa again, picking up some more items from MGL and vacation with girlfriend, lost bagage in transfer so stuff is missing for now, all that wine Today i got fuel pumps installed, dual pumps with flow valves. Also tested where to put my transponder. And remade the fin that i destroyed earlier. On Monday i will get the engine, Alain from D-motor called me up Friday from Belgium to check if i got engine, thats nice..

Really, if you have the right tools,, everything is easy to do,, that's really nicely done...

Then it's decided, she will be christened miss piggy.

would this cowling fit? its for a direct drive ulpower engine......

Pre drilled holes on cowl and firewall made it line up, but you are right, what a nightmare if it does not line up, whatever, I hope it doesn't then I'll order 912 cowl and modify it to fit my d motor, I'm not pleased with the looks directly. Paint night do it...

The engine is really tiny. 416mm from mount to top of prop shaft...

the air hose from the res is on, hope it helps. Im looking at the engine mount and cant help thinking it points downwards allot? The ugly cowling is on aswell. Orderd my cabin heating system, its gonna be a water system, a friend in norway thought the ordinary heating was enough to remove some frost but thats it,, i need warmth up here in the north. http://www.t7design.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65&products_id=310 Anyone here got any experience on Thermostats? http://www.silent-hektik.com/UL_912_Thermo.htm this tp one with heat exchanger or a Thermobob? and a serperate oil stat? http://shop.watt-man.com/Thermo-Bob-1-Universal-Kit-with-One-Inch-Fittings-TB1.htm Cant decide if to have starter on top or behind, is the space enough?

Just allot of small tinkering before engine arrives, yikes theses small things take time...... New fuellines for the circulating injection system. Braketubing. Also got the Efis up running, to my surprise i had to open one up and solder the SD card reader back inside,, also putted a AGU fuse close to the battery. Ropes for parachute come up here from the main carriage wheel spring, its looping. Happy holidays...

Ive seen some cooler cowlings in my life:faint:, but its very practical, its like a hood, i can pop the two top sides up.. Wonder if i should cower the top two vents in the front, i don´t think i need them since i have watercooling, anyone? Ive also added a few fittings to my reservoir, this should work for the fuel return, thanks for help.

As i thought, this is what ill do, my wing-tanks came pre-fitted with inlet/outlets from icp, instead of using the standard 6mm mounted return inlet used by the 912 ill use it as a gas return line from the reservoir, mount a new 10mm and 6mm outside diameter fitting on the reservoir. The diagram was actually made by the engine manufacturer, not that pretty. I also ordered the prop, http://www.shop.electravia.fr/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=100_150&products_id=230 Expensive 1700 euro with all accesories, ex vat.

Ive been working with the Fuselage after the painting and restoring and doing changes. I also got the Engine mount and Cowling, to my surprise when unpacking everything the cowling was just sheets of metal and of course icp didn't send any instructions and they even promised to send me them by email last friday. Engine mount wasnt a clear fit either, dont know if it has to do with is a jabiru2200 mount or something, but i think it leans allot downwards, normal? I have a problem i need suggestions, since im having a Injection system installed i must have a circulating system, 12o Liter/H (2L/min) this means i cannot use the original return to the wing since its only 3mm inside diameter in alu tubing. I've talked some with the engine manufacturer and what we come forward with was to make a returning fuel pipe right beside the admission line back and connect it to the top of the reservoir, thereto also disconnecting one wing tank and use a T-joint for the wing tanks into the reservoir. So i need to put the Fuelpump underneath my seat, ok. This made me think what he says here is that allot of air comes back in the return line, how does that air get out? return via the wing tank tubes? doesn't that stop the flow down to the reservoir? vapour lock? do i need to worry? My only solution that i thought of is to use the original return line from right wing down to the reservoir and make a new plug in the reservoirs top?

http://glider-equipment.nl/catalog/product_info.php/powerflarm%C3%82%C2%AE-anticollision-unit-core-p-1409 and http://glider-equipment.nl/catalog/product_info.php/trig-tt21-klasseii-mainunit-0056500-p-935?language=en

Well a transponder is essential, at 440gram i think its ok ;) Yup.

So it has Happened, the fuselage is painted =) I also orderd the D-motor from Belgium. Icp is beeing slow as usual, i keep calling them wanting blueprints/invoices but nothing happens. Im in the Process of ordering several items and i need feedback from you. This prop 63"inches http://www.shop.electravia.fr/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=100_150&products_id=230 Is it enough? its made for the Dmotor, do i want smaller? anyone know how big spinner i need? 210mm or 250mm? As i have a watercooled engine im thinking of using this, and Oil/water thermostat to skip installing a oil radiator. http://www.silent-hektik.com/UL_912_Thermo.htm (you may have to use google translator) Any thoughts on this? Have anyone tinted their windows? im thinking of a 10% tint to make it less hot in the craft, http://www.ebay.com/itm/3M-Crystalline-90-VLT-30-x-78-Automotive-Window-Film-Tint-Roll-Uncut-CR90-/301404006100 the 3M removes allot of heat and then use a 3M plastic to protect the window on the outside. also ordered 1 x PowerFlarm® anticollision unit [PF Core] €1,198.00 ADSB Radar 1 x Trig mouting tray TT21/TT22 [00667-00] €29.50 1 x Trig TT21 Klasse-II Main-Unit [00565-00] €1,575.00 Transponder

Ok so i got the Aircraft primed, what a load of work, not to be kidding of, many days, and i had quite a drive to get there, 120km one-way. First MEK/thinner the whole aircraft, then rub it with Alodine 1201. I used Randolph aircraft Coating, probably not the cheapest but damn it looks good, three thin coats to form one covering coat, first try was a bit thick but the rest was perfect. I must give my gratitude to my Friend Hans Marchner for letting me sneak in my aircraft in his paint booth when he had painted his, so i helped him finalize his plane and then he painted my stuff in rounds. So on Thursday im leaving the fuselage at a Pro painter to get it painted within 2 months. I also decided were to put my Dynon Pitot.

A rotator,, thats cheating.....

Trailers is for pussies!

A Malaysian Airlinbes plane shot down over Ukraine http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28354856 May the 295 souls rest in peace.

And its out!!!

Ok, all electronics done so far i can now at home, autopilot works fine. And I've started preparations to get the aircraft out. Getting the electronics to work properly is very, hmm, educational. Few weird errors like. By using two different microswitches with different resistors i get a value that i program into the efis, now the efis can warn me when I have flaps down when going to fast, but when the rs232 data link from my vertical power circuit breaker is connected and switching on the main power from backup, values for flaps are reset. It's like when your standing in the shower and want to turn it on but instead the coffee machine on in the kitchen starts, whut?

yes its the rudder cable behind servo but i wont connect it to that, i bought a 15m 1,5mm wire to attach the pitch wire later on.

Yes, since I'm using a wire capstan ap servo, wires don't need be completely straight coming of the wheel, wires can be long to make up for bad angle, pitch wires catch in the middle the rear fuselage. Well I control radio and transponder from panel I don't need any more gauges.