IO-390 Install

H.O. Aircraft, Inc.

Specializing in Antique & Warbird Aircraft Restoration

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Installing the "King Cub" 210 hp engine conversion on the Piper PA-18 Super Cub. The conversion consists of the Lycoming IO-390 engine and MT Constant Speed propeller.

PA-18 Wide Body frame

Front toe brake weldments welded in

Rear toe brake weldments welded in

Steel bottom stringer welded in

Side stringers installed and painted

Side stringers installed and painted

New stainless steel firewall being fabricated

Stainless firewall

Engine mount hung

IO-390 Engine hung

New floorboards cut & fit

Front toe brakes installed

Nose Bowl fit

Boot Cowl - formed & fit

Boot Cowl & Cowl - formed & fit

Interior panels - fabricated, painted & fit

Rear seat storage compartment

Toe brake install

Baggage access door

Access door

Float pump, battery, ELT, strobe box

Insulation installed

Fabric installation

New fabric

Fuselage ready for primer and paint

Fuselage primed

Fuselage painting begins

Fuselage painting continues

Base coat painting is done, next step clear coat

Fuselage clear coated

Fuselage clear coated

Panel cut-out

Panel painted

3-inch extended gear painted

3" extended gear installed

Wings primed

Panel installed

Tail group installed

Heat vent ducting for pilot/passenger heat vents

Glareshield fabrication

Glareshield finished

Painting cowling pieces

Nose Bowl & Cowling installation

LED strobe light installed in wing-tip

MT reversing prop installed

Float painting

Float assembly

King Cub IO-390 Install