It's time to make the plane look sexy! Love this cowling's aggressive looking design.
First thing to do is drill some holes to mate the top and bottom pieces, just lay it on the ground and make sure the leading edge of the cowling is aligned, then work your way down to the rear and drill some holes. Measurements for the holes are provided in the manual. The cowling comes a bit too big and will slip over the fuselage a bit, so you'll need to mark it for trimming. First thing to do is fit your fiberglass piece that connects to the windshield and covers the front part of the fuselage. From there, use some painter's tape to mark the leading edge of the fuselage. Now you can fit the cowling to the aircraft and secure with clecos. I didn't have a second person to assist, so I found a metal rod that was about 5mm in diameter and fit that in between the prop and the cowling. I also needed to support the cowling, so used some ratcheting straps over the prop. Worked out pretty well and stayed relatively still while working the back. Next, you'll want to squeeze the cowling to match the form of the fuselage, so use another ratcheting strap around the rear of the cowling. Then, you can finally lay another layer of painters tape on the cowling, making sure the line up the rear edge of the fuselage layer of painter's tape. The idea is that the painter's tape is the same width, so you'll know where to trim the cowling. After that, I used the dremel bit 543 to shave off the painter's tape. It did take some fine sanding to get the cowling to line up evenly on all sides. Next up, I'll need to mark off where the Camlocks and Dzus connectors will attach. Comments are closed.
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