Choke Lever - 2 hours (248 Total)

Below are some pictures of my mounted choke lever. I bought the choke lever that Hpower sells for the HKS engine but the lever it comes with does not fully actuate the chokes. I was also having trouble finding a location to mount the supplied lever due to the cable being too short (I even bought Hpower's long choke cable assembly).

I ended up hacking off the supplied lever and replacing it with a lever from a bicycle store. This lever is friction based and mounted nicely to my flap lever. I considered mounting the choke lever to one of the supports under the seat but the lever's built in mounting hardware did not allow it to be rotated and would only easily fit a 1" diameter tube. I needed to use a wire stop at the lever since I do not have a cable of the exact length. I could have one made now that I know what the length is. Hmmmm... That would clean up the wire end that is protruding from the lever and remove the need for the wire stop.

Placement of the choke lever was tight due to interference with the throttle level and the arm-rest. I made sure the choke cable would not interfere with the motion of the flap lever. The third picture shows the lever fully actuated with full flaps.

Fuel Filters - 1 hour (246 Total)

Below are some pictures of the fuel lines that route to the two fuel filters. During the installation of the lines I tried removing the lines above the filters which were installed a few weeks ago. I was unable to remove the lines, all though I didn't try too hard.

I may consider changing the layout of the fuel filters to allow quick release joints above and below the filters. This will allow the filters to be replaced easily but will require a set of quick release connecters to become disposable.

Fuel Flow Sensor - 1 hour (245 Total)

Below are some pictures of my mounted Fuel Flow Sensor. I mounted the sensor with two zip ties to the oil tank support bracket. This isn't very elegant but sensor does not need much support.

I'm not too happy with the fuel line routing. I have a slight angle to the Fuel Flow Sensor as the instructions say to but I do not know if it will be enough. The angle allows air bubbles to escape the sensor. I am afraid that the planes attitude during flight will negate the angle in of my sensor.

I also don't like how the fuel line is rubbing on the oil tank bracket. I placed a piece of fuel line over the sharp edge of the oil tank bracket but I am still not happy with it.

Gascolator - 2 hours (244 Total)

Below are some pictures of my mounted gascolator.

I have only riveted the tops of the angle aluminum that holds the gascolator to the fuselage. I will rivet the bottoms of the angle aluminum after I have installed the sheetmetal skin. The aluminum tube is not secured to the frame so it can shift up and down. I assume this is done to allow alignment with the sheetmetal skin.

I placed a piece of adhesive foam rubber inside the gascolator bracket to keep the gascolator can from rattling against the bracket.

Fuel Tank Selector - 2 hours (242 Total)

In the pictures below you will see how I mounted my fuel tank selector valve.

I wanted to mount it in a left/right orientation so the selection would intuitively point to the left wing tank or right wing tank. Unfortunately, I could not find a location that would allow this so I settled for the up/down orientation. I assume I will have to label to selector anyway to conform to the Sport Pilot regulations.

I have connected the outgoing fuel line which goes to the gascolator. I have not decided how I intend to route the fuel lines from the tank to the selector valve. If I intend to detach the wings, I should consider some type of connector that would allow me to disconnect the fuel lines as they run from the wings into the fuselage. Having the fuel lines run directly from the wings to the selector valve would be the easiest in the short term but would make removing the wings would be a painful process.