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Greetings,
I was continuing with my
cowl fitting today, and it's coming along fine. Attached is a picture of
the old cowl (before I violated it) that shows the mismatch that exists at the
rear of the spinner. This is about the same with the new cowl, but I don't
have a picture of that yet. These cowls are made with an offset
thrust angle built in, and of course it's opposite of what we
need.
My question for you
fiberglass masochists out there- What's the best way to fix this? On BUC,
I cut the front ring loose, repositioned it, and glassed over
it. I don't want to do that again. What I would like to do, is
use some sort of filler, putty, ???, to fill in the gap. What substance
would you recommend to use for this? Ideally, this will be something
thick, that can be molded in shape, then final sanded after it hardens.
On another note, I just had
a bad thought. I had figured that I might end up with a 2.85
gear drive on the plane to turn higher rpms. It just dawned on me that
this will cause a thrust angle problem. The engine mount, and now the
cowl, is made for left thrust. Rats! Fortunately, I'm sure I
can get all the performance I need from the current 2.17 drive.
Cheers,
Rusty (nearing Christmas
ham consumption)
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