Only a week and a half to go before we spin this puppy up.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
One thrust box to go
Tomorrow evening I'll mount this to the prop stand pylons and then I'll start on the dynomometer. I figure I'll be able to finish most of that project by the end of this weekend. Rick should have all the sensors wired and ready to go for dyno testing the following weekend.
Only a week and a half to go before we spin this puppy up.
Only a week and a half to go before we spin this puppy up.