Engine!
03-01-08 Prophub extender and back plate
01-10-06 Prop ordered from Arrowprop in the USA.  04-08-07 Fuel valve connected with fuel lines. Now I can close the last fuselage panel.  
24-05-06 Engine installation ready! view on the wiring 24-05-06 Engine installation ready! view on the wiring
24-05-06 Engine installation ready beside rev pickup, voltage regulator (on order) and some hoses. Engine was running at first attempt. See short video running 24-05-06 an other view of engine installation.
29-12-05 Cut the intake manifold in pieces to make it fit underneath the cowling. Weld it up again next week. 02-02-2006 Modified the stack tubes to fit underneeth the cowling. Also cut a piece off off the damper and made a few changes on the alternator bracket.
08-09-05 Lifting the engine behind the fuselage Engine fixed! Yet put up all the accesories again
Inside the cabin heat collector, I wraped a length of spring round the exhaust pipe to increase the heat transfer.  16-8-05 Cabinheat collector and Carbheat collector. Cabinheat collector is made around the exhaust pipe, and the Carbheat collector is made ontop of the damper.
12-8-05 Back from holiday ,made the last pieces on the baffling. There are only a few more things to do on the engine, -Carbheat collector on exhaust (partly ready), -Cabinheat collector, -generator bracket, -rev senderbracket (hall type), - some litle exhaust things ( clamps and springs).  After all this I will put the whole package on the fuselage, put some wiring on and  try a testrun!!!!!!?????????????

 
Top view bafling Right side top view
8-7-05  right side bafling, all work goes quicker now after the left side trial and error! 12-8-05  Bafling / ducting ready on both sides! Bottom view right side. I do not use the cowling for the bottomside, but use an extra piece of alu sheet as seen on JC's IBIS
5-7-05  frontview of left side bafling made of 1mm alu sheet. 5-7-05 rear view
side view. next step is making the heat collectors for cabin and carburettor.  5-7-05  Bafling partly done on left side. I made cardboard templates of all parts, but in alu it is stil different
03-04-05 Bracket for choke cable and casing 12-04-05  exhoust testfit. This is the second damper I made. the first one is messed up with welding. Now I made flanges, and mounted these with pop rivets and kit. The box itself is spot welded with similar parts seen below.
8-1-2005 I made the exhaust pipes of 38mm stainless steel tube and a cardboard dummy of the damper. Next week I make the real one out of 0,5mm stainless sheet metal. Parts for the exhaust damper
30-12-2004 Carb heat box made out of 0,5mm and 2mm alu sheet. Heatbox assembled including intake air filter
Welding jig for intake manifold-oil cooler. There are 2 welds to make in this jig to position the cooler. All tube is stainless 35mmx1,5mm. The old intake tubes I sawed off. Look at www.limflug.de for a 2000EA to see the original configuration. This is how it looks on the engine.  Next step carb heat box
Frontview, ready to receive flywheel, starter and alternator. Sideview. You can see the lowest bracket is 10mm longer than the top bracket to tilt the engine a few degrees. The magneto will be mounted on the backside. and the carb on top.

started to built the exhaust from 38mm stainless tubing and the inlet manifold / oilcooler from 35mm stainless tubing. It is not possible to use the standard one, because it will not fit into the cowling. i will for start not use the oilcooler underneeth but stay with the Limbach oilcooler.
This is it! 80Hp, 2000cc, from the year 2000! Job is partly done!! I made an engine teststand with a dummy IBIS firewall. Cilinders, pistons, head, and oilpump already assembled. The bushes are hold in place with the green tape.
This engine mount I make using stainless16mm tube and lycoming bushes. The bushes are not installed yet because of the tig welding. The part on the left is a "trespa" plate with the same footprint as the VW engine. On the right the firewall of the fuselage. This is my litle powerplant!

a Limbach 2000 built in 2000 (hi). The engine has run for 1000hr and removed from a Falcke SF25. I flown many times behind it! Next thing to do is strip it to the bone! and check al parts. The limbach is actualy an VW type1 with aluminium cillinders (nycasil), 90mm bore and 78mm stroke. rating 80Hp at 3600 rpm  70Hp at 3400rpm. Carb is a Stromberg CD150 and a Slick magneto. (both not shown)