Paul Kendrick's RV-7 N143JL s/n 70537
This is my RV-7. First flight was Tuesday February 10, 2009.
ECi IO-370 with 8.5:1 compression, dual P-Mags, Precision Silverhawk vertical induction FI
Hartzell BA prop
Sam James Shorty cowl with Skybolt camlocs
Paint by Art Craft at KSMX, design inspired by N200PF http://bit.ly/19Ie3wO
Classic Aero Designs interior
Dual Grand Rapids Horizon EFIS (the original one)
Grand Rapids EIS-4000 engine monitor
Dual Garmin SL-30 nav/coms
UPS Aviation Technologies SL-70 transponder
Garmin GMA-340 audio panel
TruTrak DigiFlight II autopilot
Russian Surplus mechanical MiG clock
Pioneer Sirius/XM/CD/DVD entertainment system
Overview:
I started building in December 2001 when I was 19 years old. I was a full time college student, working a full time job, so the build took a little more than 7 years. I had grand plans of using all of the latest and greatest technology. Some of my original planning notes included using a Blue Mountain Avionics EFIS/One (glad I didn't go that route!), and an Affordable Turbine Power turboprop (whatever happened to those guys?). Unfortunately, my desire to have the latest and greatest still led me down the rabbit hole of Subaru engines, and this was at the height of Eggenfellner's reign. I installed an Eggenfellner Subaru 3.0l H6 with a ground adjustable Sensenich hollow carbon prop. I flew that engine for about 350 hours including one trip to Oshkosh. I had mediocre performance with the Subaru and worked through a number of challenges while I had it. The opportunity presented itself to make the switch to an airplane engine in October 2012. Due to a number of delays, the new engine didn't fly until August 2013. After flying off some Phase I hours, I delivered the plane to the paint shop for some color. And that brings us to now.
I'll post more photos and stuff once I get a chance to do an air to air shoot. Here's an album with a few more photos for now.
https://picasaweb.google.com/114243...authkey=Gv1sRgCLjA-I7b892DxAE&feat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/114243603536459700119/WCFC2014?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCNrSgPHd8fmPnAE&feat=directlink
This is my RV-7. First flight was Tuesday February 10, 2009.
ECi IO-370 with 8.5:1 compression, dual P-Mags, Precision Silverhawk vertical induction FI
Hartzell BA prop
Sam James Shorty cowl with Skybolt camlocs
Paint by Art Craft at KSMX, design inspired by N200PF http://bit.ly/19Ie3wO
Classic Aero Designs interior
Dual Grand Rapids Horizon EFIS (the original one)
Grand Rapids EIS-4000 engine monitor
Dual Garmin SL-30 nav/coms
UPS Aviation Technologies SL-70 transponder
Garmin GMA-340 audio panel
TruTrak DigiFlight II autopilot
Russian Surplus mechanical MiG clock
Pioneer Sirius/XM/CD/DVD entertainment system
Overview:
I started building in December 2001 when I was 19 years old. I was a full time college student, working a full time job, so the build took a little more than 7 years. I had grand plans of using all of the latest and greatest technology. Some of my original planning notes included using a Blue Mountain Avionics EFIS/One (glad I didn't go that route!), and an Affordable Turbine Power turboprop (whatever happened to those guys?). Unfortunately, my desire to have the latest and greatest still led me down the rabbit hole of Subaru engines, and this was at the height of Eggenfellner's reign. I installed an Eggenfellner Subaru 3.0l H6 with a ground adjustable Sensenich hollow carbon prop. I flew that engine for about 350 hours including one trip to Oshkosh. I had mediocre performance with the Subaru and worked through a number of challenges while I had it. The opportunity presented itself to make the switch to an airplane engine in October 2012. Due to a number of delays, the new engine didn't fly until August 2013. After flying off some Phase I hours, I delivered the plane to the paint shop for some color. And that brings us to now.
I'll post more photos and stuff once I get a chance to do an air to air shoot. Here's an album with a few more photos for now.
https://picasaweb.google.com/114243...authkey=Gv1sRgCLjA-I7b892DxAE&feat=directlink
https://picasaweb.google.com/114243603536459700119/WCFC2014?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCNrSgPHd8fmPnAE&feat=directlink
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