Relentless
Well Known Member
I just returned from Anchorage AK where the first customer that ordered an R Series engine from Titan is up and flying. Josh and his crew spent about a week prior to my arrival converting his fuel and electrical system for the installation of Efii. He had to put return fuel ports back to both tanks, install new Andair dual valve, and rewire the electrical to accommodate dual pumps, battery and busses.
I showed up just as the new R409 was installed on the mount to help speed up modification of baffle, intake, and tune the efii system. Working with the owner, his mechanic, Randy Gossa, and the owners son made for a fantastic week!
This is one cool airplane, SQ12 monster cub!
Link to customers first takeoff solo
Owners son built his first carbon fiber part with me. The new oil cooler duct and airbox turned out perfect. We were all surprised that the oil temp was actually much lower than before using a smaller oil cooler on an engine producing lots more hp...
Beauty shot of the top of the R409 and AX50 cylinders
Josh, Randy, and Shawn made quick work of this conversion
Engine during build
Here is a shot of one of the bores after 5 hours break-in, perfect!
The latest ring packs are sealing perfectly, notice how clean the piston is below the oil rings. Once they start running unleaded fuel in this they will find the oil stays really clean between changes.
The new R409 with Efii weighed in at 282lbs. verses the Superior 400 that the owner removed at 304lbs. The R409 produced 230.1hp on dyno vs the Superior 400 advertized at 215hp. We should have the 400 on our dyno in a few days to get the "real" numbers.
Here is nice shot of EFii injectors and servo. The lower weight ACE components and Efii make this monster motor the smoothest these guy have ever flown.
I showed up just as the new R409 was installed on the mount to help speed up modification of baffle, intake, and tune the efii system. Working with the owner, his mechanic, Randy Gossa, and the owners son made for a fantastic week!
This is one cool airplane, SQ12 monster cub!
Link to customers first takeoff solo
Owners son built his first carbon fiber part with me. The new oil cooler duct and airbox turned out perfect. We were all surprised that the oil temp was actually much lower than before using a smaller oil cooler on an engine producing lots more hp...
Beauty shot of the top of the R409 and AX50 cylinders
Josh, Randy, and Shawn made quick work of this conversion
Engine during build
Here is a shot of one of the bores after 5 hours break-in, perfect!
The latest ring packs are sealing perfectly, notice how clean the piston is below the oil rings. Once they start running unleaded fuel in this they will find the oil stays really clean between changes.
The new R409 with Efii weighed in at 282lbs. verses the Superior 400 that the owner removed at 304lbs. The R409 produced 230.1hp on dyno vs the Superior 400 advertized at 215hp. We should have the 400 on our dyno in a few days to get the "real" numbers.
Here is nice shot of EFii injectors and servo. The lower weight ACE components and Efii make this monster motor the smoothest these guy have ever flown.