Engine Mount Mounted

Today, I drilled the holes for the engine mount and put it into place except for one lower bolt. I had to "move" the holes that were already drilled into the firewall just a bit. I also ruined three 3/8" drill bits while drilling these four holes. Thank god I have a Drill Doctor, but they are never the same as a new one.

Moved RV-8 to My Shop; Battery Box; Pitch Servo; Fuel Lines

Well, since I began this post on Christmas last year, I have actually done a few things to this RV-8. Kirk and two of his boys moved the plane to my shop on February 19th, 2012 on his trailer.

Fuel lines were tackled first and completed about Feb 23. I also ran and completed the fuel vent lines as well.

The Tru-Trak pitch servo and battery tray were built next and both were just completed today. For the Tru-Trak servo, the original brackets had to be removed from the airframe and the new ones installed. The battery tray was modified to take the Odyseey battery instead of the original Concorde battery that were in Van's plans, although it would be relatively easy to remove this battery and replace it with the Concorde if you ever wanted to. The paint used was Rust-Oleum Smoke Gray.