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One Year Later

the windsheild is in place

Here you can see that the windsheild in place. The frame is aluminum and the windsheild is 3/16 lexan type material.

Tight quarters to work

Gauge panel is in place.

Here you can see more of the framing.
You can also see the gauge panel. I added two mechanical oil pressure gauges for the new engines.

My NEW thrust engine, damaged during shipping>:(

This is my new thrust engine sitting on the mount that I made.
It is a brand new Honda GX620 K1 QAF that puts out
20hp @ 3600rpm and
32.5 ft/lbs of torque @ 2500rpm

The business end.

This is the business end.
Note how the factory engine cover fits over the V-twin OHV engine. Sure beats having to design and build another one.

That's the damaged side. Note the NO OIL tag.

This is the side that was damaged during shipping.
The air filter case is cracked on the top right, the valve cover is dented and the cargo hook was folded over.

A lot of time has passed, designing and redesigning and building parts and trying to figure out what and how I am going to do this. This is my first craft to get this far so it is a learning experience. Hopefully a fun experience follows soon.