Here's the latest update - as I said before, Todd has a new cylinder and it's already moved into the production stage. We have several hundred in the que ready for the final process which is the liner. We were trying to find a small shop that could do hard chrome on aluminum. There's no such thing. We refuse to do the China thing. U.S. Chrome stepped up and made us a decent offer for hard chrome. Then comes a new technology that we have to consider. Don't quote me on all this, because I don't know jack about what I'm talking about. (Todd does, he's the engineer). But, check this out - an electroless nitride diamond finish! I'm super excited about it. They put diamond powder in the nitride emulsion and then turn on the juice. I always wanted an engine with bling! What's better than an engine covered in diamonds? The first cylinders are due back next week. As soon as I get one, I'm going to install it on one of my engines and run the heck out of it. Todd is going to do the same. Looks like we might make our first of the year goal.
If any of you have any experience with this type of finish, let me know about it.
Happy flying, and Merry Christmas!!
