It was a very productive night in the shop tonight. I received the "new" cylinders for the 106 making it a CS
Took the cylinders and pistons off the classic 106, put them on the TOC crankcase, because it is the older of the two, and put the cylinders from Gerhard on the newer 106 crankcase. Oiled them both up a bit and turned them over with a drill to make sure the cylinders got a good coat of oil before I tried firing them up in a couple days. The CS version has a TON of compression already. I put a prop on both of them and turned them over with the plugs in and there is a big difference between the two. Should be interesting to get the CS fired up. I may actually have to baffle the Extra to make sure it stays cool with the added compression. The TOC ran at about 210-215 on the ground after a flight. The classic would always run right around 185 - 195 under the same circumstances.
Also got a lot of work done on the fuselage
Should be ready to fly this weekend
I added the landing gear picture as a testament to the landing gear repairs that were made a month ago. It held up just fine after taking a hard blow on the dead stick landing in the rough field.
