Engine work on

You start with a nice engine out of the box:

And soon, following VANs instructions, you have this:

Because you need to have access under the carburators, intake manifolds and ignition module for the cooling shroud:

At this point the fiberglass has been trimmed and the shroud is ready for final adjustments and gluing with RTV.

All Wrapped-up...

... working around a freshly painted airplane carries it's risks; here is how I addressed it:

Yes, Bubble Wrap!

And now Firewall Forward!

 

 

A bunch of lose wires that will need to go somewhere!

My Baby is back home...

... With a new garment!
Before leaving, the RV-12 is saying good by to his big brother the RV-9 under supervision by Terry, the father of the RV-9:

It was a 45 minutes trip, from Terry's hangar:

via Pittsboro (here negociating a round about): http://youtu.be/7Vzut1XkB4w

To my workshop:

As a coincidence, as I am going to start installing the engine, today VANs issued a Service Bulletin for the Rotax. See: http://www.vansaircraft.com/pdf/sb13-2-6.pdf
It is the third service bulletin that hits me just as I am starting to work on the area affected by it: I am a lucky builder!