ORIGINAL: RJConnet

aerobob,

Enjoyed your web site covering your work on the Yak 54 Brillelli 46 combo. I have done about all I can on mine before tackling the job I hate worst. That is mounting the engine and cutting the cowl. What I would really like to see are some close up pix of the cowl and the cut outs required to clear the engine head, the side-mount muffler, and possibly the carburetor. It looks like the carb will be very close and there will definitely be a clearance problem with the choke lever as supplied and no room for that nice inlet horn that comes on the carburetor. Also, to avoid weight in the tail and tail mounted battery packs it looks like the engine could mounted about a half inch closer to the firewall than called out in the instructions ( 6 inches instead of 6.5 inches to the prop drive washer). What do you think about that? I just can't stand the thought of cutting up that beautiful cowl and making a mistake that will make it ugly.
One other thing, I could not see how you are operating the choke, maybe another close-up of that area would be helpful. Thanks for all your comments thus far, keep them coming [8D][8D]......Bob C