Author: Dorian

Bye bye, oil screen. Hello, oil filter.

As mentioned in previous posts, oil changes were not an easy task on my Tailwind mainly because of the removal, inspection, and reinstallation of the... read more

This is super simple. The screen is soldered to the threaded cap. Once you’ve removed it from the engine, simply heat up the solder with a blowtorch and work it free. I found this easiest done... read more

I designed the oil access door in SolidWorks. Using the large, flat piece of material that was cut out of the bottom of the cowl, I... read more

The cowl is mounted, but it’s a long way from finished. The next task is to work on the air intake section of the lower cowl. The previous cowl had a snorkel-type system which required fiberglassing... read more

The new exhaust system consists of four individual pipes, each between 28-32″ long which means they definitely need support at both ends. Using some 1/8″ all-thread and some 16-gauge (1/16″)... read more

I intend to reuse the four existing cowl mount points on the fuselage.

I started by making the new mounting hardware: a 1.25″ 1/4-28 bolt welded to a 1″ washer.

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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... read more

A new exhaust system wasn’t required for my Continental O-200, but one thing that my airplane needs is some cabin heat. Unfortunately, the old exhaust wasn’t fashioned in a way that (easily)... read more

A local gentleman in a neighboring town is building a Wittman Tailwind W-10. 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... read more