I faxed in the order for my finishing kit today since Van’s is raising prices on February 1st. I intentionally wanted to wait until pretty close to the deadline so that I would end up late in the queue since I won’t be ready for the finishing kit in 8 weeks (the normal lead time). I’m hoping that the rush of orders will push my delivery out to 12-16 weeks.
Since I’m going with the AeroSport Power IO-375, I ordered the Dynafocal I engine mount with a cowl for the parallel valve engine with horizontal induction. Since I’m going with a WhirlWind propeller, I also deleted the spinner. I will be deleting the wheels and brakes from the finishing kit since I’m upgrading those to Grove units, and I will also be deleting the tires and tubes since many consider them fairly low quality. I’ll replace them with Condor tires and Michelin AirStop tubes.