Mounting the engine

Big week! Vinayak, my son was born. Ashima does not want me to post his pictures so ... Coincidentally, the engine also arrived. I am taking it as a good sign!

Here is the engine fresh of the truck and crate. Neatly wrapped by the Aerosport folks! 

 

Glenn was at it right away and quickly mounted the engine before end of the day. Amazing how an experienced helper can do the big things, such as mounting an engine so easily. If it were by myself I would have procrastinated and worried on and on.



 

Here are the obligatory photos after the engine was mounted:



It is beginning to look like an Airplane!



Running Wires

Just wrapping up the final wiring that we can do at the moment. Lots of small details, including planning wire channels for future runs when we bolt on the wings. Finishing up connecting the panel switches (5 hrs):

Now since, the antennas are mounted and the GPS/VOR is in, we finally routed and connected the RG-400 cable (2 hrs). We went back and forth between using the 90 degree and straight connectors. Ended up using the 90 as was worried about interference with the aileron pushrod.

Also ended up finalizing how the pitot and AOA tubes would come to the fuselage and how would they be routed (4 hrs).