Engine change for Full Noise 09/12/17

[ZacYates]

Hey all,
The new Yancey race engine for everyone's favourite Yak is giving the Full Noise team some strife so they're swapping it out:
FN35 engine change fb 130917NZT by Zac Yates, on Flickr

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1961153840833219&id=1692781167670489

[Reever]

Re: Engine change for Full Noise 09/12/17

Are his own guys wrenching for him? I'll be there Friday and sure hope "FN" is in the show.

[ZacYates]

Re: Engine change for Full Noise 09/12/17

Are his own guys wrenching for him?

Yip - a whole bunch have flown over from NZ to be pit crew!

[Reever]

Re: Engine change for Full Noise 09/12/17

Yip - a whole bunch have flown over from NZ to be pit crew!

That is just awesome!

[Samuel]

Re: Engine change for Full Noise 09/12/17

Sounds like a thrash! I hope they can get it back together in time for qualifying. Awesome that they are bringing some international flair to the Unlimited class this year!

[ZacYates]

Re: Engine change for Full Noise 09/12/17

I know a few of the crew, including a husband and wife who fly warbirds and classics at the aircraft's home base (the husband is also rides pilot for the Yak), an airline captain who plays with big British radials in his spare time, and there are folks from the restorers JEM Aviation too. A really enthusiastic bunch of folks!

[RichH]

Re: Engine change for Full Noise 09/12/17

So it looks like they are using what was a display engine?

[ZacYates]

Re: Engine change for Full Noise 09/12/17

I don't know, I'm afraid - for a while (including the Classic Fighters Omaka airshow this past Easter) she's flown with an engine owned by another local syndicate, intended for a Yak-9V project based on one of the ex-Egyptian Yak-11s. I'm not sure if this is the same engine but I seem to remember the commentators at the show talking about how Graeme was using the -9V's engine while his own was getting serviced...

[ZacYates]

Re: Engine change for Full Noise 09/12/17

Reno community spirit in action!
FN35 engine change fb 130917NZT 02 by Zac Yates, on Flickr

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1961244694157467&id=1692781167670489

[ZacYates]

Re: Engine change for Full Noise 09/12/17

They did it!
FN35 engine change fb 140917NZT by Zac Yates, on Flickr

[taglialavore]

Re: Engine change for Full Noise 09/12/17

[Florian]

Re: Engine change for Full Noise 09/12/17

Really good news

[ZacYates]

Re: Engine change for Full Noise 09/12/17

She's number 6 in tomorrow's Heat 1C which is 7.40am New Zealand time, so as you can imagine there will be a lot of Kiwi race fans on the livestream!

[Race 29]

Re: Engine change for Full Noise 09/12/17

There's a livestream?!!

Race 29

[Sky Critter]

Re: Engine change for Full Noise 09/12/17

Live feed starts tomorrow AM on RARA web site and on STIHL's FB page