REFLECTOR: N21HV - A bridge too far?

[Richard J. Gentil]

Hiroo,

I understand how you feel, I bought a project that was nowhere near
complete. The previous owner had made a lot of modifications and tried
to re-engineer the plane. That was part of his downfall, he spent way
too much time trying to re-engineer. (He was about six months away when
he took two years off of work to complete it. Well he spent so much time
re-engineering that after the two years he was still six months away
from completion.)

My job is interesting, since I have to:

1) Verify the work he did.

2) The project is so old, I need to find out what needs to be replaced
or upgraded (i.e. Nose Fork, Main Over Center Linkage, etc.)

3) Try to figure out what he was thinking on parts he was trying to
re-engineer. (Most of which I am bringing back to the way Velocity
intended.)

4) Get up to speed on the building of a Velocity.

Lately I have been fixing things he did to get them back to Velocity's
Specs, and I am updating superseded parts. It feels like no progress is
being made at this part since all the work is replacing things that were
already there. Even though we are making progress, it feels like nothing
is advancing.

Do tell us about your project a little. What powerplant are you using?
Which model are you building? What systems have you worried?

I know the people in this group should be able to help greatly. I know
they have done wonders for me!

All the best,

Richard

Hiroo Umeno wrote:

> It’s so close yet feels so far out, it’s really frustrating

>
> It seems like I have hit the brick wall on my project.  It’s not
> really a technical one but more of a conceptual / confidence one.  I
> think the project is at the point where if everything was hooked up
> and all the pieces bolted together, it will probably fly right off the
> deck.  It’s not pretty.  There is no paint, no carpeting, no
> headliners, etc.  But all the pieces are there and installed.
>
> The problem is, I have no confidence that I put everything in right or
> if the power plant really is going to work.  This is an area where I
> do not trust my experiences and I really would feel better if a
> trained professional or at least someone with some experience looks
> things over and finalizes the power plant installation.  If I read the
> Regs right, they do allow for outsourcing (or hiring help) for
> firewall-forward (or rearward in our case) without being penalized for
> 51% rule.
>
> Does anyone know of any outfit in Seattle area who might be able to
> take my bird in and finish up the power plant?  It is a normally
> aspired Franklin installation with an IVO prop.
>
> Hiroo
>
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