We ordered an AeroMomentum AM15 engine! - Zenith Aircraft Builders and Flyers2024-03-29T12:23:45Zhttps://zenith.aero/forum/topics/we-ordered-an-aeromomentum-am15-engine?feed=yes&xn_auth=noThe engine has sold to a very…tag:zenith.aero,2021-02-27:2606393:Comment:8248302021-02-27T13:59:36.296ZOliver Reikhttps://zenith.aero/profile/OliverReik
<p>The engine has sold to a very nice 701 builder in Canada!</p>
<p>He will build his own cowling and engine mount, what will help him avoid most of the issues with the poor fitment of the AeroMomentum components.</p>
<p>The engine has sold to a very nice 701 builder in Canada!</p>
<p>He will build his own cowling and engine mount, what will help him avoid most of the issues with the poor fitment of the AeroMomentum components.</p> We decided to replace our AM1…tag:zenith.aero,2021-02-08:2606393:Comment:8133772021-02-08T00:22:09.496ZOliver Reikhttps://zenith.aero/profile/OliverReik
<p>We decided to replace our AM15 with a Rotax 912 ULS.</p>
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<p>I posted the AeroMomentum for sale in the classifieds section: <a href="http://www.zenith.aero/forum/topics/aeromomentum-am15-zenith-ch-650-750-fwf-components-for-sale" target="_blank">http://www.zenith.aero/forum/topics/aeromomentum-am15-zenith-ch-650-750-fwf-components-for-sale</a></p>
<p>We decided to replace our AM15 with a Rotax 912 ULS.</p>
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<p>I posted the AeroMomentum for sale in the classifieds section: <a href="http://www.zenith.aero/forum/topics/aeromomentum-am15-zenith-ch-650-750-fwf-components-for-sale" target="_blank">http://www.zenith.aero/forum/topics/aeromomentum-am15-zenith-ch-650-750-fwf-components-for-sale</a></p> Thank you Oliver (my son's na…tag:zenith.aero,2018-06-01:2606393:Comment:6301432018-06-01T12:27:22.826ZMike Chintehttps://zenith.aero/profile/MikeChinte
<p>Thank you Oliver (my son's name is Oliver too)</p>
<p>I am pretty sure both of us made a good choice with Aeromomentum.</p>
<p>Thank you for the info.</p>
<p>I will keep you posted with my AM13 development.</p>
<p>Thank you Oliver (my son's name is Oliver too)</p>
<p>I am pretty sure both of us made a good choice with Aeromomentum.</p>
<p>Thank you for the info.</p>
<p>I will keep you posted with my AM13 development.</p> Hello Mike,
Except of a few…tag:zenith.aero,2018-06-01:2606393:Comment:6301312018-06-01T01:19:22.008ZOliver Reikhttps://zenith.aero/profile/OliverReik
<p>Hello Mike,</p>
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<p>Except of a few smaller components, everything arrived a few weeks ago. I made a video and uploaded it just a couple days ago: <a href="http://www.zenith.aero/forum/topics/aeromomentum-am15-video" target="_blank">http://www.zenith.aero/forum/topics/aeromomentum-am15-video</a></p>
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<p>Oliver</p>
<p>Hello Mike,</p>
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<p>Except of a few smaller components, everything arrived a few weeks ago. I made a video and uploaded it just a couple days ago: <a href="http://www.zenith.aero/forum/topics/aeromomentum-am15-video" target="_blank">http://www.zenith.aero/forum/topics/aeromomentum-am15-video</a></p>
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<p>Oliver</p> Hi Oliver, any news and devel…tag:zenith.aero,2018-05-31:2606393:Comment:6302932018-05-31T14:16:41.739ZMike Chintehttps://zenith.aero/profile/MikeChinte
<p>Hi Oliver, any news and developments regarding your engine? Nothing new on my side, waiting for it.</p>
<p>Hi Oliver, any news and developments regarding your engine? Nothing new on my side, waiting for it.</p> Thank you so much Oliver for…tag:zenith.aero,2018-05-09:2606393:Comment:6269902018-05-09T13:18:27.424ZOscar Borstenhttps://zenith.aero/profile/OscarBorsten
<p>Thank you so much Oliver for that new picture! I just want to see everything I will face when I order mine.</p>
<p>How far, more or less, will the engine be from the firewall? 6" ?</p>
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<p>Thank you so much Oliver for that new picture! I just want to see everything I will face when I order mine.</p>
<p>How far, more or less, will the engine be from the firewall? 6" ?</p>
<p></p> Hi Bryan,
You are correct th…tag:zenith.aero,2018-05-09:2606393:Comment:6268972018-05-09T12:50:25.661ZMark Ketteringhttps://zenith.aero/profile/MarkKettering
Hi Bryan,<br />
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You are correct that SS is not as strong as the more commonly used 4130. But it is just as stiff. Since the critical load is compression, what actually is more important to prevent buckling failure is the modulus of elasticity. Both have about the same 29ksi modulus of elasticity.<br />
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Mark
Hi Bryan,<br />
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You are correct that SS is not as strong as the more commonly used 4130. But it is just as stiff. Since the critical load is compression, what actually is more important to prevent buckling failure is the modulus of elasticity. Both have about the same 29ksi modulus of elasticity.<br />
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Mark Here you go:
Please note tha…tag:zenith.aero,2018-05-09:2606393:Comment:6267952018-05-09T03:57:51.672ZOliver Reikhttps://zenith.aero/profile/OliverReik
<p>Here you go:</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2171049687?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2171049687?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a></p>
<p>Please note that we haven't installed any of the stiffeners on the firewall yet.</p>
<p>Let me know if you want me to take another picture.</p>
<p>Here you go:</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2171049687?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2171049687?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a></p>
<p>Please note that we haven't installed any of the stiffeners on the firewall yet.</p>
<p>Let me know if you want me to take another picture.</p> Thank you for posting these s…tag:zenith.aero,2018-05-09:2606393:Comment:6267932018-05-09T03:13:29.212ZOscar Borstenhttps://zenith.aero/profile/OscarBorsten
<p>Thank you for posting these shots. When you have an opportunity would you take a shot showing the full view of the entire mount on the firewall?</p>
<p>Thank you so much!</p>
<p>Thank you for posting these shots. When you have an opportunity would you take a shot showing the full view of the entire mount on the firewall?</p>
<p>Thank you so much!</p> Hi Bryan,
I didn't get aroun…tag:zenith.aero,2018-05-09:2606393:Comment:6268902018-05-09T02:51:24.511ZOliver Reikhttps://zenith.aero/profile/OliverReik
<p>Hi Bryan,</p>
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<p>I didn't get around making a video yet, but just took two pictures of the prototype engine mount.</p>
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<p>The stainless steel tubing and the quality of the welds looks nice:</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2171042848?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2171042848?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721"></img></a></p>
<p>The shop that made the mount accidentally cut the lower engine mount tubes too short. Besides of fixing this, these tubes will be made of a thicker material…</p>
<p>Hi Bryan,</p>
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<p>I didn't get around making a video yet, but just took two pictures of the prototype engine mount.</p>
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<p>The stainless steel tubing and the quality of the welds looks nice:</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2171042848?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2171042848?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a></p>
<p>The shop that made the mount accidentally cut the lower engine mount tubes too short. Besides of fixing this, these tubes will be made of a thicker material to make welding easier in the next version :</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2171043063?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2171043063?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"/></a>Another change will be that the mounts to the firewall will not be drilled anymore. The reason is, that the holes on the mount perfectly lined up with the center of the brackets on the cockpit side, but the pre-drilled holes in the firewall were off. Not by much, it would have worked, but after a lengthy discussion with Mark we agreed that not drilling the mount at all gives the builder the biggest flexibility regarding the alignment of the mount an the exact position of the holes.</p>
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<p>AeroMomentum will make their own cowling, I am supposed to receive a draft in the next few days.</p>
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<p>We went with the Viking spring.</p>
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<p>We finished yesterday the second wing to the point at which we'd have to install the tank and will next continue working on the fuselage. I hope that we'll be ready to install the engine by the end of July. </p>