This was taken from another thread. using it to start the conversation of this topic.
[Hi Dennis.
Thanks and I know what you mean about the difficulty of the engine cowling. I think this is my third attempt!
My project for the coming week / s. I will take a picture or two as this gets underway again. But for now, my story begins with...
This was done over a year ago (a long time) and I thought this time, this would be smooth sailing, a quick install one more time to check everything and... It didn't fit! No idea' I think it was the high heat baking after the powder coating that shrunk the tubes
Anyway I am trying to salvage the bottom of the engine cowl and continue from there.
Will start a new post when I get into this a bit further].
The new post:
Building the lower engine cowl. After months of not installing what I thought was a good fit, there was no way I could make it work. Rather than starting from scratch I decided to trim the sides off and make detachable side panels.
I think I could benefit from this for ease of fabricating the lower engine cowl and an added benefit of wide open spaces if need be for maintenance time, by unscrewing and removing side panel.
Included a bunch of pictures to show the plan so far. one side only at this time. And as to the hinged lids? I am sure that will be another saga!
Rather than describe everything I done, better to send pictures to show:
[Hi Dennis.
Thanks and I know what you mean about the difficulty of the engine cowling. I think this is my third attempt!
My project for the coming week / s. I will take a picture or two as this gets underway again. But for now, my story begins with...
This was done over a year ago (a long time) and I thought this time, this would be smooth sailing, a quick install one more time to check everything and... It didn't fit! No idea' I think it was the high heat baking after the powder coating that shrunk the tubes
Anyway I am trying to salvage the bottom of the engine cowl and continue from there.
Will start a new post when I get into this a bit further].
The new post:
Building the lower engine cowl. After months of not installing what I thought was a good fit, there was no way I could make it work. Rather than starting from scratch I decided to trim the sides off and make detachable side panels.
I think I could benefit from this for ease of fabricating the lower engine cowl and an added benefit of wide open spaces if need be for maintenance time, by unscrewing and removing side panel.
Included a bunch of pictures to show the plan so far. one side only at this time. And as to the hinged lids? I am sure that will be another saga!
Rather than describe everything I done, better to send pictures to show:
