Apr 08, 2021     Powdercoat - (2.1 hours)       Category: Baffling

Received over 50 parts I took in for powder caoting a few weeks ago. Decided to go with a dark gray that compliments the leather in the plane, plus plenum logo I paint matched recently. Added a stripe of black RTV to the cylinder wraps to ease chafing. Getting all these parts back is nice so I can install them for good. It is also a bunch of work. Back to it!

  Mar 24, 2021     Baffling Removal - (3.4 hours)       Category: Baffling

Removed the baffling and a bunch of other FWF, plus interior parts to go to powdercoating. I've chosen a dark gray color that ties into other features of the plane. I'll bet there are over 50 parts in this batch. Will be good to get these back and installed in a few weeks.

  Jan 29, 2020     Baffle Modifications - (6.2 hours)       Category: Baffling

It is a known fact that the Van's standard baffle kit does not accomodate the ECI tapered cykinders I have on my Aerosport Power IO-375 engine. There are several ways to adjust the wraps of the baffle kit, but I ran across a set of templates produced by some really nice guys on Van's Air Force. I made a set of these, but found out three out of four were backward. Reported my findings on VAF, then went again. Now they look pretty close and will seal the gap around the cylinders. The unnerving part, is you must first cut away the existing flange to retrofit these. Thankfully, it all worked out fine. Whew!