Now that the new exhaust is installed I can get to work on a new heat muff that hopefully works (unlike my first one). I started out with a piece Dakota Cub PA18 Leading Edge from a Super Cub that ground looped on takeoff earlier this spring. The pilot and plane were okay, but one of the wings was c...
A new exhaust system wasn't required for my Continental O200, but one thing that my airplane needs is some cabin heat. Unfortunately, the old exhaust wasn't fashioned in a way that (easily) allowed for a heat muff. I did make a heat muff many years ago, but it was too small and didn't have enough ca...
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A local gentleman in a neighboring town is building a Wittman Tailwind W10. He bought a fiberglass cowl and was unhappy with it so he told me if I can make it work for my W8, then I can have it. Perhaps this will be the world's first attempt to fit a W10 cowl onto a W8! To phrase this simply, this i...
This is the part I've been waiting for. These doors have been one of the most exciting parts of this entire rebuild. I've looked forward to having something like these on my Tailwind for many years. I can't guess the number of hours in the past that I spent googling things like "patroller doors" and...
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