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Has anyone here used piano hinge to mount their cowls like the Van’s aircraft crowd? If so what piano hinge did you use? Aircraft Spruce sells .050” thick aluminum extruded hinge with a stainless pin about .085 thick. I was expecting that something thicker like .063” would have been required but Spruce doesn’t seem to sell it.

Is the .050” material thick enough?
 
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