August 24, 2004

Yeah, I know Oshkosh was ages ago now, but I figure I should get to writing my bit about what I saw there. Lots and lots of planes for one thing, and also some interesting engine stuff.

We took the time to attend the SL-360 engine build seminars that Superior were hosting, and I must say I came away impressed. I had intentions of ordering our engine now, so it was out of the way, but they recommended I wait as long as possible before I did. The main reason we attended the seminar was to assess the feasibility of building the kit engine myself. While I feel more than capable, the thing that turned me off this was warranty. There’s a lot of cash gone into this project so far, and with the best part of $20k going into an engine, I figure that a warranty would be ’nice'.

So, an XP-360 it is then. Price doesn’t seem too bad relatively, and the quality is excellent. We’ll be taking the forward facing intake option to elliminate the protrusion from the underside of the cowl.