Cowling up
Hours: 0.6 | Posted in Cowling & BafflesFit the top cowl to the plane tonight, to check the fit and tweak the airseal at the nose inlets. Chucked up a spare piece of hinge pin that I’d cut a groove in one end, and ran it through the cowl side hinges to clear out the bits of primer & surfacer that ended up in there, and allow the real pins to slide in more easily. They still need to do some wearing in before “easy” is a word that will really apply to this task.
Also checked fit of the oil door to the cowl; searched high & low for the oil door spring last night, and my theory is that it was knocked to the floor by one of several cats who think it’s endearing to leap up and climb all over the workbench, then swept up and tossed with the rest of the floor debris; it’s a tiny spring. Ordered a new one: $5 plus $5.50 freight…
Booted up the panel to admire it; time to get this thing flying. Hoping to come home from work early tomorrow if I can finish the latest deadline project, as I have to work long days Thu, Fri, and Sun. After that, the schedule should lighten up for a couple weeks while students finish class & take finals.
