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| Drilling holes in the engine plate for the shock mounts. |
| Rotax 503, 46 HP with a single carb. Comes with a pull start. I took this off. |
| Replaced with an electric starter. Lexan made cover for easier gear inspection. |
| Made instrument panel out of wood. Used old steam gauges for instruments.. against others' advice to use the EIS. Because of accuracy & "red line" warnings, I wish I would have used the EIS. |
| Instr. panel installed. Lexan windshield installed. Made foot rest and added blocks to rudder pedals to give it a more "Cessena type" motion instead of a pivoting action at the ankles. |
| Installed engine, redrive, and carb. |
| Muffler was sandblasted and sprayed with high temp paint. Next, I baked it in the oven for maybe an hour or so. I was single at the time :) |
| Drilled hole in nose cone for my pitot tube. |
| Installed tail. Finished rigging all control surfaces. |
| After the FAA gave me my airworthiness certificate, I took her for a spin! What a day! |