REFLECTOR: What are you working on?

[Geoff Gerhardt]

I thought I'd be flying by now, but in March I discovered that the used
500hr IO-360 I bought needed work.  Bad compression all around, so I took
the jugs off and found lots of corrosion and a badly spawled tappet.

So, a few months later, all my engine parts are back from ECI and I started
to reassemble the beast last weekend.  Its going very well and I should
have it ready to hang on the airplane this weekend.  There's a local guy
who builds race engines (airplane) who has a test cell.  I've got to call
him up and see what he'd charge to run my engine.  It would be nice to
ensure the engine's running well before first take-off, one less thing to
worry about when the wheels leave the ground for the first time.

I'm taking tonnes of pictures, so I'll be sure to post the complete
disassy/reassy process for my engine when I'm thru.

Now, I'm setting my sites on July to go for transition training and first
flight late July...No OSH for me, this year.

Geoff

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Reiff Lorenz <Reiff at lorenz.com> wrote:

> ** **
>
> The Reflector has been quiet this week. Hopefully that means that everyone
> is busy flying or building.****
>
> ** **
>
> I'd love to hear what the Velocity community is working on. If your bird
> is in the air tell us where you're flying.****
>
> ** **
>
> I've been spending my time on the wings; aileron torque tubes, wiring for
> nav/pos/strobe lights, and final fitting of the rudders. I'm trying to
> complete all the wing tasks that can be done without them attached to the
> fuselage.****
>
> ** **
>
> *Reiff Lorenz, Dayton, OH*
>
> Velocity XL-RG, 33% complete****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> _______________________________________________
> To change your email address, visit
> http://www.tvbf.org/mailman/listinfo/reflector
>
> Visit the gallery!  www.tvbf.org/gallery
> user:pw = tvbf:jamaicangoose
> Check new archives: www.tvbf.org/pipermail
> Check old archives: http://www.tvbf.org/archives/velocity/maillist.html
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.tvbf.org/mailman/private/reflector/attachments/20120606/98902426/attachment.htm>