Directions;
Jay’s house is located at the Winthrop /
Manchester town line. On Route 202, turn into the access
for the August Country Club. Drive past the club house
and Jay’s shop is a large grey two car garage approx.
two tenths of a mile after the clubhouse on the right.
Jay
has invited the Chapter to tour his essentially complete
RV-10. The aircraft will be weighed during the meeting
and will then be dis-assembled for painting. Once
painting is complete, the aircraft will be transported
to Jay’s hangar at WVL and re-assembled for the final
time and prepared for FAA inspection. The ‘10 is an
all metal four place low wing airplane with fixed gear.
The airplane has some size to it and it will be
interesting to see exactly how much weight painting it
adds. On a small two seater such as the Glastar, or a
C-150, painting adds approximately 14 pounds. This claim
has been made by the Glastar web group that I belong to.
However individual technique will play a significant
role in the exact final weight.
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On
Monday February 10th, I brought the new
Chapter scales to D.J. Merril’s Glastar Sportsman
project. D. J. was interested in weighing his brand new
6 cyl. Subaru/Eggenfeller conversion that he had just
received. I thought it was a good idea to play with the
scales and get familiar with them. Though the process
was completed to D.J.’s satisfaction, it was a chore
to set up the scales due to the engine hoist’s legs
sticking under the engine. With a bunch of scrap two by
sixes, we got it done. The total weight of the firewall
forward installation, minus the prop, as weighed, was
435 pounds. This is a really clean engine package from
Jan Eggenfeller. (Pronounced “Yawn”) Jan has done
Subaru conversions for many years in Glastars as well as
several RV models. The first Subaru in a Glastar was
back in the late 90’s in former EAA87 member Art
Danley’s Glastar back when Jan was based in New
Hampshire. He has since moved his operation to Florida.
