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There’s a relay for right side lights and one for left side lights. There’s a relay for left side motor and one for right side motor. Same with fuses - they are left and right side specific too. Fuse 7 and 8. no relay for highs. No relay for high beams and unlikely for both relays to fail, but lows work anyway. FSM is online somewhere with a little digging. Section 6 page 60 has the headlight diagram I’ve always owned an XT (or multiples) since high school in 1992. Never kept track, but I’ve had more than 20. They weren’t common back then but they weren’t hard to find with some effort.

The axle stub and DOJ cup are not 2 pieces, like they were on older cars. New axles come with male splines on them, just install your new axle.

As far as I know, the designer had an accident while testing one of the gyrocopters, I'm not sure if it was DOHC EA82 powered, but production run might be pretty short ... and yes, they look very interesting, worth to save an EA82 DOHC converted engine, on a Museum. I agree, I dislike timing Belts... in a car, the worst that could Happen is that your car left you stranded in the Middle of Nowhere if a timing belt fails... now think about the same fail happening, but in the middle of the atmosphere ... ... Kind Regards.

As a pilot I have always favored aeronautical engines over automotive conversions, both my planes are powered by aeronautical engines (O-200 and an IO-360) and I think the overwhelming evidence is that automotive engine conversions just don't have the reliability of aviation specific engines. That said, the only automotive engine I would feel safe flying with is an EA81, it has a very simple and strong rotating mass and valvetrain that is under very little stress. The EA82 is just too complex and delicate compared to the EA81 for what is needed in an aviation power plant.