I've been working on this engine for a couple of weeks now and I'm about done except for putting the carb on and finding or making an exhaust for it.Also waiting for a couple of new rings for it.It's stock for now and as you see I like bling. I took off any unnessary metal and painted the case with 500 deg Chevy Grabber green engine paint as well as painting the cylinder with white 1200 deg paint.I bought a lightened and balanced flywheel off Ebay and also painted that with automotive chrome paint.I got the Homelite conversion kit from Wackerengines which has the mount,prop hub,rotator manifold and velocity stack.I have a Walbro WA 167A carb with an 11.11mm venturi and also a WA 167A that someone bored out to 13.50 mm,which I think is too big for this engine.I'll either buy or make a Pitts style muffler.I'd like to put the engine on a cut down version of a Senior Telemaster with a wing span of 84". I've only flown a plane already in the air, so I need to learn to fly.I figured I'd build the Telemaster into a SPAD,because it is tougher and easier to fix than balsa, then after I learn,then put it on a balsa plane.I built a SPAD Spadet LC-40 before and it doesn't take too long to build out of coroplast.I had a balsa Telemaster that I built ,but sold,so I have to start all over.
One thing I want to ask is what is a good plug to use on a Homelite airplane engine? I was into gas powered boats and used an NGK BPMR7A on a full mod Homelite marine engine. Oh ! If you notice the hole in the case,I have to get a plug for that .The engine was originally to be used as an r/c boat engine and the hole is for a pulse fitting to hook up a water pump.