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nick(at)aoaircrafters.com
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Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 7:34 am Post subject: Continental 0-200 A Engine Questions

I have a Zodiac 601 HD with a Continental 0-200 A engine.  The engine

installation is about 25% complete. 

 

Two questions:

 

--Do you have problems with oil cooling?  If so, what provisions are

made for oil cooling?

 

--Do you have problems with aircraft weight and balance (i.e. the

Continental 0-200 engine's weight as opposed to other possible models).

 If so what is generally done to correct the wieght and balance problem?

 

Thanks guys,

 

~Nick

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agbeyer(at)sbcglobal.net
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Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:42 am Post subject: Continental 0-200 A Engine Questions

Nick,

   

  A friend of mine just finished an HD with a Corvair engine.  He has a light battery (about 15 Lbs.) located behind the seats.  With it in that location the forward CG limit was too far forward.  We moved it as far back in the fuselage as we could.  A small hinged door in the bottom of the fuselage was installed. With the extra length of battery cables and mounting Brk's. for the battery we gained 5 Lbs.  The CG limits now come out perfect.  This lowered the weight on the nose wheel by 40 #s.

   

  Al



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I have a Zodiac 601 HD with a Continental 0-200 A engine. The engine

installation is about 25% complete. 



Two questions:



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Grant.Schemmel(at)Aerofle
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 4:58 am Post subject: Continental 0-200 A Engine Questions

I have an HDS with an O-200 in it, and have maybe 150 hrs. on it now.

To answer your questions,:

1) Yes, I had significant cooling problems initially.  I solved mine by putting in an oil cooler with a sandwich plate adapter between the spin-on filter and it's mount (see archives).



2) I can't say that I had problems with w&b, as I compensated for the weight by putting both of my batteries (2 x 13Ahr) right at about the location of the wing steps.  My w&b then came out perfect.  I get at the batteries through an access hatch on the pilots side of the fuselage.



Regards,



Grant Schemmel

Penrose, CO



Time: 08:34:48 AM PST US

From: nick(at)aoaircrafters.com

Subject: Continental 0-200 A Engine Questions






I have a Zodiac 601 HD with a Continental 0-200 A engine.  The engine

installation is about 25% complete. 



Two questions:



--Do you have problems with oil cooling?  If so, what provisions are

made for oil cooling?



--Do you have problems with aircraft weight and balance (i.e. the

Continental 0-200 engine's weight as opposed to other possible models).

 If so what is generally done to correct the wieght and balance problem?



Thanks guys,



~Nick

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stephen(at)crichards.flye
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 2:27 am Post subject: Continental 0-200 A Engine Questions

Hi Nick Ray Lasniers  601 HD has a 0-200

                         We have had no problem with oil cooling . Fitted

with original sump screen filter only no extra cooling we are however in the

UK so ambient  may be lower than you have. We have had a Hot summer for us

this year and have flown in 85 f with no problem .



We have had no problem with the weight & Balance the empty weight is 720 lbs

& arm 9.137 inches  (232.075 mm) the battery is in extreem rear & we have a

wooden (Lodge) pop due to weight this puts the plane on the forward limit

with a 140 lb pilot & full 16 US gallon header tank, no luggage. Our

inspector pointed out that the Zenith W & B sheet gives the wrong arm for

the baggage compartment (they give the measurment to the front of the

shelf ) it should be around 69.5 inch

                           Ray built is own engine baffling by copying and

triming to fit the baffels on a super cub which was down for a engine

rebuild.

The engine mount was built from a drawing from Zenith for the 601XL as

firewall mountings and offsets are the same.

          His engine has the old heavy generator & starter fitted with these

accessorys fitted the engine complete weighs about 250 lbs. He has the 16

gallon header tank fitted so the 12 lbs Dry Fit battery is in the extreem

rear.  You could probably shorten the mounting if you fit a light weight

starter & Alternator.              The exhaust down pipes were from a C150

The  Port side mounted 7 ft Throttle Idle cut off and Carb Ice controls as

fitted to a C150 were from Aircraft Spruce

   He made his own cowling by making a plug mold ( ie cover engine with

cling film cover this with expanding foam shape & lay up)

 Clive Richards for Ray Lasnier G CBDG 30 Hrs

I will be changing my email address shortley due to the ammount of spam I

cannot stop.

I can find no way of deleating this or messages with pictures  attached  on

the server prior to downloading if I have to use dial up.

do not archive

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nick(at)aoaircrafters.com
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 6:10 am Post subject: Continental 0-200 A Engine Questions

Clive,



Thanks, that was very informative.  I may just have to sit down and do

the math- as per weight and balance.  I do not have a header tank, only

wing tanks.  This should help counteract the nose forward moment.  I

would rather mount my battery on the front of the firewall (around 15

lbs), as this is a little less time consuming than mounting the battery

in the tail.



As for the engine baffling, after many phone calls to AMD (Aircraft

Manufacturing and Development), I finally convinced them to ship me a

baffling kit for the 0-200.  I wish I had a picture of the front engine

baffling, as I have to modify what they sent me because I do not have an

engine driven fuel pump (mounted front right on the engine).  Any

pictures would be appreciated.



Thanks much 



~nick





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