Robert Garcia's Nieuport 17 Project:

... as usual please click on the thumbnails to enlarge. (U are at the home of rotecradialThe first available picture was dated 14th March 2006 and shows a basic fuse.

Since then good progress has been made and in early 2007 the R2800 engine was mounted, a cowl constructed and instrumentation added to the pilots area.

Near an a year later work started on designing an appropriate Oil Tank... a couple of mock ups followed and a final design. (Click the thumbnail to view the pic or down load the pdf for printing).

5th Jan 2007 Rob Writes:

Happy New Year Jim,

I hope you had a good holiday season.

The N-17 is coming along, with the engine remounted and I was hoping to get your advise on the oil tank...attached are some pictures of my initial ideas, what do you think? Initially, I wanted to put the tank aft of the firewall, but had difficulty finding room and plumbing through the firewall outweighed any benefit for C.G. that I was looking for...

Cheers,

Rob Garcia Norfolk, VA 23508

... as usual please click on the thumbnails to enlarge.

20 March 2007:

Hi Jim,

The oil tank is installed, and my hoses should arrive in the next couple days...meanwhile, I have spent some time rereading the manual and started the wiring plan for my plane...


Cheers, Rob

April 2007 > . . ................