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Airplane Systems

Systems shown below include:

• Engine, Propeller and Fuel injection
• Avionics and Instruments
• Landing Gear, Brakes and Wheel Pants
• Baggage Pods

Engine and Propeller:

• Lycoming O-320 E2D
• Single Slick Impulse mag
• Single Electroair Electronic Ignition
• Spark Plugs: REM38S Fine Wire
• Propeller: Performance Props 67 x76
• B&C 60A alternator
• B&C OFA Fuel filter adapter
• Airflow Perfomance FM-100 Fuel Injection
• Hal Hunt Exhausts
• Andair GAS375 Gascolator and Fuel Filter
• Alternate air induction (selectable)
• Marine push/pull cables
• Oil: Aeroshell 15W-50

Avionics:

• Transponder: BendixKing KT-76A
• NavComm: BendixKing KX-165
• IFR GPS: BendixKing KN-94
• VFR GPS/Comm: BendixKing KLX-135A
• Intercomm: PS Engineering PMA 4000
• ADI: Dynon D10A
• HSI w/ map: Sandel 3308
• Autopilot: Navaid Device AP-1
• Weather and Traffic: Garmin Aera 510 w/ XM weather
• Traffic Sensor: Zaon XRX remote-mounted in nose

Landing Gear, Brakes, and Wheel Pants:

• Main Wheels: Grove 57-1A
• Brakes: Grove 32-4A
• Brake Lines: Replaced per-plans nylon with aluminum
• Main Tires: 5.00-5 6-ply (various brands
• Wheel pants: Own manufacture
• Nose wheel: 2.80/2.50 4-ply
• Nose gear retraction: Wilhelmson NL-1

Engine from above and behind

Engine from Left side - above and below

Engine from Right side - above and below

Engine from below and behind

Instrument Panel in flight in 2011

Mechanical linkage has two U-joints, requiring stabilization. Achieved by mounting block to rear corner of radio stack.

Baggage Pods:

• Pod: Featherlite manufacturing
• Pylon: Replaced with longer (farther from wing) with same airfoil as wheel pants
• Dual use: Pods can carry baggage or additional 13 gallons of fuel a side

Components of Wilhelmson nose gear retraction system

Invictus in flight, showing off both the baggage pods and wheel pants