Thanks! I’m nowhere near professional with it but I keep practicing and teaching myself to be better.
@ExperimentalAircraftChannel3 жыл бұрын
Love it! Can't wait to see this (and hear it) FLYING!
@philiptaylor32623 жыл бұрын
That's a great plane my buddy had one years ago and is what got me interested in flying. He had a 503 on floats and it performed quite well . I bet it will be super stol with the Yamaha. Thanks for sharing your progress.
@markperkins56643 жыл бұрын
Looking good, Ian. Can’t wait to see it finished!
@travisweide90713 жыл бұрын
"Aluminium is hard" love it
@johnmcmillan93743 жыл бұрын
straight hoses can cause cracks in top of tank due to movement of engine pulling . there very little movement under compession or tension
@russellsmith38253 жыл бұрын
The radiator looks to be the highest point in the system, that hole you capped would have been a good location for the filler neck and cap ETA,I see you figured that out lol. On your pipe to the bottom of the radiator, 2 rubber lined clamps with 1 bolt might be the solution to attaching the pipe to the engine mount.
@ianslife2103 жыл бұрын
You got it quicker than I did but I got there eventually!
@Ibbroken3 жыл бұрын
I was told to have your fill cap / radiator at the highest point to keep any air pockets from forming at your heads.... ie highest piont.. love following your work.
@ianslife2103 жыл бұрын
I’m pretty sure I’ve managed to get the radiator level high enough to manage. In a pinch if I have any issues I can put a block of wood under one wheel while filling to raise the cap a bit.
@plane-fuzz3 жыл бұрын
I LIKE IT! there is another one on the tube that has machined an adapter to fit the rotax gearbox to the yamaha phaser, Cool trick!
@ianslife2103 жыл бұрын
Ben’s kolb project! I’ve spoken with him. Glad someone is out there other than me showing how cool these engines can be.
@JimDieckow3 жыл бұрын
Way to go and Keep On Truckin
@billdenis79323 жыл бұрын
For your retutn cooling hose get 2 Adel clamps one for thr cooling line and the other for the engine mount install spacer and bolt together.
@JohnSmith-xl9bo2 жыл бұрын
Radiator : Not worth the trouble. snake the hose a little wont matter.
@alanewald92093 жыл бұрын
Seams pointless to cut the radiator like you did.
@shawnwedge58333 жыл бұрын
Yay Im first!!!! Good thing I didn't dislike the post?
@weimeke3 жыл бұрын
Yayyy I'm second!
@c21delta943 жыл бұрын
Any news on the rockhopper stol build?
@shawnwedge58333 жыл бұрын
If you can accept a little critique you should have moved the upper rad hose attachment to the other side of the tank to save weight. IE shorter hose. May not be worth changing now but for future its a mod you were making anyways so why not save at the same time?
@ianslife2103 жыл бұрын
The issue there was a combination of level and hose flex. I wanted the extra few inches even at the cost of a few grams of rubber weight. Also, I wanted the outlet and inlet to be caddy corner to force more fluid through more fins. Not sure how much it would affect things to not have it that way but it can’t hurt.
@gibcardwell37923 жыл бұрын
oh man, loose the baby talk music. really spoils an other wise interesting video