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N11FE This FM2 Wildcat was
trucked into our facility from
Kissemmee,
FL
with an unusable Wright R-1820-56 engine that had made metal due to a bent
link rod and an improper start-up procedure. We documented all the attachments
and linkages, and removed the engine for overhaul, only to find out that the
engine was beyond repair. A different newly overhauled engine will be arriving
shortly.
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UPDATE The new engine has arrived, and
we are in the process of re-installing all the sub-assemblies as well
as re-painting the engine compartment and engine mount.
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8/27/08 Another Wildcat takes to
the air! The engine installation completed
(with a new AirWolf remote oil system, and a pre-oil/starter-interrupt
fail safe mechanism) and the run-up tests in the green, N11FE
took to the skies for the first time in years, under the capable hands
of test-pilot Mike Burke. After some minor adjustments to the
propeller RPM, and the flap vacuum system, the Wildcat left for home. |
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