Jconard said:
And, Jan DOES fly his own stuff.
And crash his own stuff....
Well, gosh, I guess no one should be flying around in a Piper Meridian or Malibu, or Challenger business jets, or any number of any other airplane. Yes, all of those have had crashes in their initial test phases. Jan's accident was an initial test on an airplane from a customer
WITH HIS PERMISSION TO USE IT AS A TEST AIRPLANE. The cause of that accident has been elimintated from the package. That was a bad idea, and testing proved it.
Jconard said:
Chad,
when you get your plane fininshed I will be interested to hear how it goes. I just haven't been able to swallow most of the claims...including the install simplicity, based on numerous websites of end users (Brian Meyette seems to be pretty skilled for example, but his engine was deifinitely not installed in an afternoon).
Hopefully we will get the straight dirt from you once your plane is done, and flying.
Even where these have gone well, by the time you cut up the cockpit, and floor, etc...for all the different penetrations and so forth, and when you factor in the dramatic wiring complexity, this simple "FWF Solution" takes longer to install than does a simple baffled Vans approach. Or at least it has on every single installation and panel I am aware of.
Well, I will be a straight shooter on my install. I'm not gonna BS any numbers, and I will tell you all EXACTLY what I find, what I like, what I don't like.
Installation has come a LONG way, and I DO know several H6 installs that have been on and running in a day or two. I've heard the "installed in an afternoon" story too, but I don't know who it was or if it's even true. I don't really care. You work at your own pace. If it takes me a month or six to install, so be it. It won't be because of complexity. It will be my work pace. I've installed an O-360 in my Cherokee, and with three of us working on it, it took us three months (we rebuilt the engine baffling from scratch as part of this). We were meticulous, and were in no rush.
Brian can speak for himself here, but I know he is frustrated with his install. The STi engine is a different animal altogether as far as installation goes. He is just hoping it's all worth it at this point...which will be up to HIM to determine, not us.
Have you done both installations? How do you know it takes longer? I'm not trying to be argumentative here, but come on! If I take longer to install my H6 than you do your Lyco, that proves it? Install both, then tell me.
I can post a picture of the FW penetrations for the H6 when I get it on my website. There are seven holes, and two are for the optional heater (which I will have
). This may be two more than a carby'd Lyco and maybe one more than an FI engine. The floor has one hole for a drain.
What exactly are we cutting up in the cockpit and floor?
That's a new one for me.
Dramatic wiring? Well, there is a lot of wiring, I'll give you that. It is already bundled and plugs in to an ECU. There are several other wires that need to be routed to switches, but the instructions are clear. I don't see this as being a problem.
Again, I will tell my story as I see it happening in front of me.
One thing I like about David and Ross, is that they are straight shooters as well. If it doesn't work, they'll tell you. I'll do the same.
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