Tonight, I worked on the ramps again. This time, I was working on constructing the curved transitions from the flat bottom of the ramp the
Ramp work… again
Author: Ed
More ramp work
There is a lot of tweaking to get the ramp areas just right. There is also a fair bit of work to get the baffles
Baffle ramps
Tonight I worked on getting the baffle ramps to fit properly. It’s a little “futzy” getting everything to line up just right, so there was
More baffle construction
Put some more work in on the baffle general construction. It’s still all pretty straight forward…
Riveting Hinges
Just like the title says, I got the hinges all riveted to the cowl.
Misc trimming
The snorkel transition fiberglass I laid up yesterday is fully cured, so today I pulled out the foam form piece and trimmed the transition to
Hinge work and more
Started off the day by notching the eyelets of the rear cowl hinge. Since the hinge curves, it’s a little tight to slide the hinge
Baffling beginnings
Tonight, I started fabrication of the engine baffles. Pretty straight forward, and it was fun to get back into some good old fashion aluminum work!
Cowl fasteners
Couple things accomplished today. First I installed the nutplates that join the upper and lower cowl halves inside the inlets. And second, I changed out
(RE) drilling the cowl hinges
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I wasn’t happy with the gap I had between the upper and lower cowl halves, so I ordered