| Well another day of fitting the bottom cowl. I will have gone through 3 rools of Duct tape when this is all done. I also think I |
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| figured out how the seam on the upper cowl where it contacts the fuse widened. The stainless steel pins (.120") that are used to |
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| replace the Aluminum are slightly undersizedI and that allows some movement in the hinge. with the full weight of the upper cowl |
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| on the hinge it pulls away slightly from the fuse/firewall. I mreaureed the gap today and it 3/64" I'll need to figure out how to do a |
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| flox build up that can be sanded to make it more like 1/64" had lots of interuptions today so didn't get all that much finished. But I |
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| was able to finalize the seam on the right side of the cowl, only tooka bout 6-7 additional cycles to get that fit. Then moved to the |
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| Left side got the same seam cut. I have that about 85% finalized. I've got it trimmed flush with the upper cowl, but there are a |
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| couple of high spots that need to be evened out. Also Will James calls for -5 hinges for attaching the cowl. I had hinge material |
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| but it's only -3. The -5 hinge is much wider and allows for the eyelets to be mounted 1/4 " above the seam line which will |
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| completely close the seam so no light shows through. So I've ordered some hinge from Aircraft Spruce it should arrive late |
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| tomorrow and I'll be able to fit the side hinges Sat. I still have a slight mismatch at the front of the cowl around the back of the |
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| spinner. I can't figure out how this happened, but it will be fairly easy to fair it all in with a flox/micro slurry. |
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