More brakes, oil cooler | 11.11.2020

Plumbed the rest of the brakes up to the reservoir. Only problem is that I ran out of line inserts, and need a single one to finish. Ordered it, but the rest of the brakes are plumbed and ready to go.

Last line awaiting connection on the right.

After plumbing the rest of the brakes, I attached the fittings (blue) to the oil cooler and mounted the oil cooler in the nose. The plans call for using #10 screws to attach this, but holes had been drilled in the flange already and this wouldn't work, so I drilled the holes out slightly bigger and attached the scoop with 4 short AN3 bolts. Seems more secure this way anyway.

Cooler mounted, with fittings attached.

Lastly, Emily and I unrolled the aluminum lines that run from the engine in the back of the plane to the oil cooler mounted in the front. Once unrolled, we pulled the heat shrink over the tubes and shrunk it in place. The heat shrink is pretty hard to get on the tubes, and this is definitely a two person task.

Lines unrolled and the disaster of our cluttered garage.

- Jeff