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I'm the third steward of a tri-gear Aerovee project started in about 2000. Twin sticks. The original builder was a charter member of EAA Chapter 393 in Concord, California, Don Baldwin, who willed the project to the Chapter upon his death a few years ago. Lee Teichera of the chapter proposed finishing it as a Chapter project, and shepherded it through to the point where I bought it this summer, ALMOST completed, with a full panel (Dynon, Xpndr, ADSB Out, roll axis autopilot), firewall forward, airframe, all at the Subject stage. We moved it from KCCR to CA35, where I share a leaky Port A Port with two BMWs, a breathed-on 528 sedan, and a SINGLE CYLINDER motorcycle from the mid '60s. I've transferred ownership per the Sonex process requirements, and I"m slowly moving towards registration and airworthiness inspection and moving the airplane BACK to KCCR to a tiedown, first flight, and Phase 1 testing. I miss the camraderie, parts bin, tools of working out of Lee's hangar, and look forward to getting back to Concord, but I'm happy at this little private airport in the middle of paradise. I've got a refrigerator, hot plate, and Internet connection, and it's SUPER quiet in the evening, I can hear the birds, frogs, Norteno music drifting in from the trailer part across the creek, as I fabricate and refine.

EAA Builder log, started by Bill Lawrence of Chapter 393 is here http://eaabuilderslog.org/?s=wlawrence
Lots of details on the work done by the Chapter - canopy, cowl, avionics, struggles with the ignition (Primary is still not resolved).

I'd hoped to be done and back to Concord by April 2022, but progress has been slower than hoped for. I make no predictions at this point.

Pictures or we don't really believe you ;)

Scott Todd wrote:Pictures or we don't really believe you ;)

Lots of them in the linked builders log; I have not had much success with images in this forum.
This URL will not display in the forum https://photos.app.goo.gl/eQLPKfFzgBDz9cwc9 for instance, nor will the URLs from the images I've posted to the EAA Builders Log, such as https://eaabuilderslog.org/showmy.php?p=7fZQxebwn&z3=&i=385031410&l=94053&t=f&f=SonexPaperDeflector.jpg
This image from a past project (30 years ago? Long since sold that engine and the Sonerai project it went with) comes through fine; I don't get it.

Karma,

It's my experience that the image must be less than 256kb in order to post. Just resize your images to something like 600X600pix and look at the file size. If it's still too big then resize. Your old example picture is 311x234pix.

Posted some updates at https://eaabuilderslog.org/?s=wlawrence

More updates. Keep finding things I don't like. http://eaabuilderslog.org/?blproject&proj=7fZQxebwn

- Engine breather
- Control system interferences
- Fuel System
- Temporary Seat
- Valve train mods

But I'm getting closer.

The biggest leap was making a PLAN.

http://eaabuilderslog.org/?blproject&proj=7fZQxebwn

- the valve train is back together
- the breather mods are done, I sourced the needed Rubber Novelty, and it's all hooked up again.
- The canopy cracks are stop drilled

Did you resolve the problems with the magnetrons and if so what was the resolution?

Tom Jones

thomasjones42 wrote:Did you resolve the problems with the magnetrons and if so what was the resolution?

Tom Jones

I have a new top magnetron in hand, installing it and running the engine are tasks for next month. If that doesn't work I've got a plan for mounting the SDS flying magnets and hall effect sensor, and there is room enough on the firewall for the Subaru coil pack, which ,I have in hand.

If you convert to SDS would it be just for the ignition or would you install injection as well?
How much current does your alternator put out?