bushcaddy105
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Gooday Steve, After much headscratching, I chose to use a Foxcon redrive, as used on the Terrier 200. E-mail Foxcon direct for current price, as it has probably changed since I bought mine. I also used their prop hub and spinner, with blades from Bolly. Now has 68 hours flying on it and has been trouble-free (and incredibly smooooth!). The weight of my EA81, including redrive, starter, alternator, engine mount brackets, manifold, carby and oil (As weighed to calculate Weight and Balance for engine truss design) is 92 Kilos. To this must be added the muffler (My own home-brew one weighs 2.5 Kg) and the radiator, coolant and hoses. I guess about 100 Kg all up Hope this helps John B
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I fly an EA81 with a belt redrive, and am getting comments from pilot passengers that it is the smoothest, quietest engine they have ever flown behind, despite being hung on fairly stiff urethane bushes in an all-metal aircraft. The main penalty, when compared with a 912, is approx 25 kilos extra to carry by the time you add radiator and coolant (although my radiator is clearly bigger than it needs to be) The biggest plus is the cost, or lack of! I had 2 engines given to me, and picked up a third for $40 out of the local paper. A full rebuild kit - pistons, rings, gudgeons, small end bushes, main and big end bearings, all gaskets and seals costs $420.00 from SupaCheap, and thats for an Australian ACL package. Add about $60 each for a new water pump and oil pump and you have a zero time engine for under $600 The other plus is that EA81's simply don't break - they are bulletproof
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Anyone like to comment on their experience with Icom A-200 radios? My new one is back for repair under warranty for the second time in 30 hours of use.
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Greetings- I've just logged on and am finding my way around, albeit slowly! I have recently finished building a BushCaddy R80, and have flown 32 hours of my 40 hour test period. It's currently based at Port Pirie, Sth Oz, about 30Km from home. Am interested in what others have done with the Subaru EA81, as this is what I am flying in the BC
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