Thank you for doing this, i am sure it will get used !
I have a Hanuman/Hawk with a Jabiru 2200 engine on it. Not
being its first owner, I ran into a problem, specifically, one
of the previous owners had lost the intake airbox and replaced
it with a section of scat hose which was then run to a filter.
This worked fine for several years, but as the hose has aged, it
has become problematic.
Doing some looking online, I realized that the factory designed
an airbox that fits in the tiny space between the carb and the
firewall, that I did not have. I know that the best solution
would be to purchase an airbox from the factory, however, I have
not been able to get a response from them for several years. As
such, I took it upon myself to address the issue and designed
and 3d printed an airbox and intake pipe for the plane. I then
printed it in a high-grade engineering nylon. So far, it seems
pretty good; it's very light too.
Obviously, this falls squarely in the territory of experimental
aviation, but it occurred to me that I might not be the only
person who had this problem or could use this, so I published
the files on thingiverse for anyone to use.
I realize that no one else in the group might need or want the
files, but on the off chance someone did, I figured I'd let you
guys know in case it helped anyone else.
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