Been a while since any pictures have been posted. As I have mentioned I am locked out of the US and unable to carry on the build, but as I have also said, a number of times Denis is a man who cannot leave things alone. If he feels improvements can be made...made they are.
As Blue is one of the exhibits at the various shows Denis attends he casts his eye over her...and then does a tweak.
Just got some pics of some of the tweaks and they blow me away. As some of you know an unfortunate hard landing on the Black flexed the keel and allowed contact with the prop tips. Unacceptable to Denis.
A further bracing strut can now be seen extending from below the upper rear black radiator down to the keel just ahead of where the prop tips pass. This will hugely reduce keel flex in the event of a tailwheel first contact with the ground.
...in addition, the new tail wheel suspension already shown in the thread is now in place on Blue
Brace and suspension working together on an encountered problem. That is progress.
The throttle is now in place in close proximity to the pre-rotator engage handle. As you lift that you tighten the belt engagement and increase pre-rotation rpm, the throttle, just above can easily be eased forward as engagement is increased.
The black trigger at the back of the throttle is the choke.
The RDAC box has been increased in size to accommodate terminal strips
RDAC installed on Blue.
Installed and covered.
In the front pod, a look inside with the MGL Explorer EFIS tilted back shows the neat wiring and complete absence of clutter.
I continue to be blown away by the attention to detail that Denis brings to this design of his 912 ULS GT-VX2 Explorer. A bare-bones light rugged single seater with some grunt, and the range to be able to...explore a little bit further, and rougher terrain than just the local area that the great majority of two stroke single seaters can handle.