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Mon 26 September 2005

Today was spent with the baffles again. The bend in the RHS floor baffle was simple enough although I'm not sure the amount was right yet.
One mistake I made with the baffles earlier was the "C" cut for the oil pressure line. I cut it towards the inboard corner - what I should have done is go aftward. I ended up removing a larger area of the floor (the black marked area) and keying the 1/8" stiffener in the right direction.
Slowly getting there, lots of try, mark, trim & repeat.
The RHS bracket (part #16 I think) needed to be remade - after recovering some .063 it was just a mark, trim test etc....
We also increased the downward bend on the LHS.
This was the RHS result of the bracket and some temporary fastners.
I also trimmed much of the excess material creating the needed 3/8" space between the cowl and baffle tops.
Carl Morgan