Week 12 Mount Motor and Layout Panel



With the welding of the exhaust system tabs complete, we were ready to mount the engine and layout the panel.

Here's a front view of our finished motor installation ... and yours truly.

Here's a view of the motor from the left rear.

You'll notice that we chose to use oil injection. That's what the large white tank is for. After reading all I have about problems people have with "stale" pre-mix, I firmly recommend the oil injection method.

Here's a rear shot of our first panel.

Although this panel has served us well, I'm completely redoing it this year, starting with a new "blank".

You'll notice that I used some barrier blocks to connect the engine wires to the panel. The new unit will use quick disconnect plugs instead. Sometimes, you just want to remove the panel from the plane. It's not very convenient with it "hard-wired" like this.

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