1994 Jabiru ST 1

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abiru ST Rebuild and Upgrade Project for Sale

Jabiru 55-1939, ID ST 0001, (i.e. Type Certificated) is for sale in an uncompleted state.

ST 0001 was the first Jabiru to receive a Type Certificate from CASA and was we believe the second VH-registered Jabiru – she was used for a short period in Experimental status for the development of the J2200 engine.

On 12/09/2008 she suffered an EFATO, ended inverted and was declared an insurance write-off. The current owners purchased her in 2011 still in that condition but with two wings intended to be replacements; however neither of these were of the configuration required for the ST. Some years after the current owners acquired her, a pair of ST wings in good condition was purchased and have been modified and upgraded.

The work undertaken to date includes:

All structural damage has been repaired and refinished in 2K PU paint;

A new fin and rudder from the UL450 moulds has been installed to provide greater rudder control than standard;

Two replacement ST1 wings have been modified to strengthen the spar attachments, the leading-edge buffet strips removed and faired off, and refinished in 2K PU paint;

The engine was completely rebuilt at the CAMIT factory with all the upgrade features made by CAMIT installed including strengthened barrel through-bolts, piston oil cooling, engine shut-down oil shot system tubes, and CAMIT alternator. The subsequent Jabiru service modification bulletin barrel bolt nuts have also been installed. The rebuild components were all put through and passed CAMIT new-engine tolerance testing;

A completely new cowling, including an enlarged oil cooler with isolated airflow and a completely revised set of cooling ductwork has been made (will require performance testing for acceptance) plus a new spinner;

Engine installation has been upgraded: a new (stainless + fibrefrax) firewall, a full set of new engine mount rubbers and the engine alignment adjusted to minimise power-on turning effects installed and a CAMIT thermostatically controlled engine oil cooler adaptor installed, a gascolator added and a completely revised engine airbox built and installed;

A lot of detail refurbishment/upgrade work has been undertaken including new control cables / control pushrods, just about every critical bolt and nut replaced with new release-grade items, a compete set of new brake hydraulics, a new nosewheel bottom yoke, most nylon/HDPE bushings/bearings replaced, etc. The Jabiru kit construction manual (supplied) was used to ensure that all work met original construction instructions/specifications.

The repairs and modifications were undertaken in consultation / accordance with specifications of (and mostly supervised) by the four persons responsible for the successful development of Jabiru aircraft from its commencement: Rod Stiff, Dafydd Llewellyn, Alan Kerr and Ian Bent.

Repairs / upgrade details include:

All damaged fuselage laminate has been repaired to specifications supplied by Alan Kerr, using currently-dated OEM specification epoxy resin and e-glass reinforcing cloth supplied by Alan Kerr from his Aircraft Composites stock, at the aeroworks facility of, under the supervision of and with the assistance of Dafydd Llewellyn.

The original drag spar attachments were upgraded on the replacement wings. Alan Kerr specified the design and replacement schedule and the results will be significantly stronger, with almost twice the spar to wing-skin attachment area.

The engine was completely refurbished at the CAMIT factory in accordance with CAMIT engine manufacture instructions. All available CAMIT upgrade modifications including piston squirt cooling, shut-down oil squirt mechanism, a CAMIT alternator and a CAMIT thermostatic oil cooler bypass adaptor were added. All work was specification-checked and supervised by CAMIT staff and Ian Bent personally trained the owners in critical aspects of engine building. It may have been the last 'refurbishment' engine undertaken at CAMIT.

That engine has been run twice in Dafydd Llewellyn's engine test facility (run test readings video included in documentation); Ian Bent supervised the second run and approved the tuning. Since then it has been 'mothballed' using the Lycoming engine specified inhibiting oil additive and cylinder dehydrators developed by the owners.

Extensive documentation will be provided to serious prospective buyers. This would be a great project to finish for an RAA L2/L4 or a LAME. Only sensible indications of a potential price envelope will be entertained, so please do not expect a response for offers that do not reflect a realistic value. Any indicative offer will be considered non-binding on either the prospective buyer or the aircraft owners, but a starting point for negotiation.

For further communication please email Richard:

Most original avionics available but new panel (moulds included) intended for upgraded avionics including space for a 10" tablet for navigation. (see photos). Lining fabric replaced. most painted areas refreshed paint, generally tidy. Will need new seat belts.