EFIS Powered Up
I continued working on the electrical installation this weekend. The connections for the EFIS TL-6624 have been made, including mounting of the remote compass. Everything worked fine. The EFIS has …
Engine Front View
Rotax 912S seen from the front. I am planning how to fabricate the cowling. I decided to make my own from aluminum.
Engine Fixed at Motor Mount
Engine is installed with Lord shock mounts. The engine mount on the right is the standard one supplied with the engine. Unfortunately the Airbox does not fit to the …
Fuse Block
The picture shows the main fuses installed on the right side of the dashboard. The Rotax 912 only produces 30A power, so the main fuse for the generator is …
Mounting Engine
Mounting the engine was much easier than expected. I often thought how to do this and considered to buy a motor lifter. But the Rotax 912 is only about 60 …
Firewall Installations
Preparing the engine installation, we installed electrical and other things on the firewall. From left to right you can see: – Battery: we used Hawker Odyssey PC680, 12V 17Ah. There …
OAT Probe
Our EFIS (TL-6624) is equipped with an OAT (Outside Air Temperature) Probe. We decided to install the probe inside the fairing box. So the temperature of the cabin has …
Engine
The Rotax unpacked: 100 hp 912 ULS with an airbox. Everything is in the box from Rotax. Additional things we bought are oil vent and water temp vent.
Engine Transport
A great day. We bought a brand new Rotax 912ULS engine. It just fits into my car, so the last kilometers from the distributor home were …
Improved Elevator Fairing Done
The improved fibre glass fairing is done. Gives a much better appearance and is aerodynamically better. The biggest advantage is that there is no fear to loose this fairing. It …
Elevator Fairing Improved
I was not to happy with the aluminum version of the front fairing. I think aerodynamically it is not the best solution. So we started to fabricate the front fairing …
Elevator Fairing Underside
This is the fairing on the underside of the elevator.
Elevator Fairing Starting
Some details still have to be done. One of this is the tail fairings. Picture shows the elevator fairing made from aluminum. This fairing part is not so easy to …
Construction of Left Landing Light
I installed a second landing light at the left wing. The picture shows the finalized installation at the end of the wing, just in front of the wing tips. The …
Right Landing Light Done
The installation of the right landing light is done. I fixed the plexi with rivets and sealed it with Sikaflex 295uv.
Landing Lights fixed
This picture shows the installation of the landing light inside the wing. The lights I used was an inexpensive part (29 Euro). It contains a high power led and provides …
Bending Plexiglas for Landing Lights
The plexiglas front of the landing light needs to be bend to match the wing shape. I prepared a special moulded part from wood. Putting the plexiglas into the oven …
Landing Lights Opening
I was not sure how to install landing lights. My first idea was to put it into the tips. But after some consideration I decided to install it at the …
New Design Proposal
Our youngest son Christian developed a new design proposal for our rebel. We like this design.
ELT Antenna
The ELT antenna is mounted near the ELT position. Cable can stay inside the recovery system compartment and the already existing doubler is strong enough to take the antenna root.
ELT Position
Since I am building a german Echo-class airplane, an ELT (Emergency Locator Transmitter) is mandatory. This ELT has an acceloremeter inside and can detect a crash. After activiation it sends …
ELT Bracket
I considered several positions for the ELT. I decided for a place in the compartment for the recovery system. There I built a special bracket out of 0.040 where the …
Cabin Vent
To get enough fresh air into the cabin, I installed a NACA inlet in the front. CAT ducting transfers the air flow to the cabin. The inlet I used is …
Teakwood Grip In Cockpit
The teakwood grip really looks cool inside the cockpit. It was a good idea and is probably much better than any plastic piece. And we are sure to have a …
Self Fabricated Teakwood Grips
My wife wants a nice grip for the steering stick. I preferred a simple plastic version, but in the end (of course) we decided to go for a wooden grip. …
Polyurethane Windshield Adhesive
A fellow builder from the Netherlands recommended this Sikaflex 295 UV adhesive to me. He uses it to fix acrylic windows in the yachts the company he is working for …
Windshield Installed
Today I installed the windshield. It was a relatively easy job. I used butyl tape (I still had this tape from building the house), Würth Scheibendicht and Sikaflex 295UV. …
Retainer Done
Retainer is ready for installation. Surface is clean and smooth. I do not paint the retainer, since I will paint it in the general aircraft color …
Smoothing Retainer Surface
As written in the manual I used Auto Body Filler to get a smooth retainer surface. This Auto Body Filler really works great. After 3 layers of this filler and …
Retainer Raw
The photo shows the retainer in the raw format. It looks really ugly. You don’t think to get a nice smooth retainer at some point of time.