finally fired up the T intercooled Suzuki

[Dave Krall CFII]

finally fired up the T intercooled Suzuki Amphibion

It ran very smoothly at first crank and I don't know if it will even be audible at idle in the cockpit with headsets on...

The remote (Mustang style) radiators/intercooler took less engine coolant and oil than we thought and the cooling bank assembly looks smaller all the time!

My mechanic has become fond of these reliable little engines over the years and says it is not only very smoothe running but indicates gnarly amounts of power from the sound through the glasspac when it's momentarily reved up to near full RPM. Keeping our fingers crossed...

We'll put the 3 bladed, medium weight Warpdrive on in neutral pitch and go to sustained full power today...

 

[gkainz]

links? pics?

 

[Dave Krall CFII]

links? pics?

YES, we take a lot but don't have time to make the pictures go into this computer box just now. There'll be more to see later if it flys anyway & I'll post then.

general LINKS:

Engine is turbo intercooled 4 cylinder.
Avionics are glass (Enigma by Stratomaster) and steam.
Paint is STCd waterborne, non toxic system.

PIX & construction sites:

http://www.justkitplanes.com/Highlander%20Photos.htm

Gear/floats similar to these but more heavier duty:

http://www.full-lotus.com/asap_amphib_gear.htm

Lots of PIX on this construction FORUM, these PIX look very similar to mine:

http://www.wingsforum.com/viewforum.php?f=218

This construction site is of the Escapade, which is the smaller version of the Highlander, so it's a very helpful bunch of PIX and narration, numbered at the bottom of the page.

http://www.riocreekairport.com/escapade.HTM