Tue 03 April 2007 |
| Spent quite a bit of time working out the best way for getting the lower cowl on. It is very tight between the spinner and the cowl and requires more cut out on the nose leg location. Steady slow iterations needed. Finally got it to hook in - basically the nose goes in and up and then the rear edge comes up / over the fuselage and pops in... Easy when you know how! | 
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| Put the top cowl on to check various alignments - first time this has all been together with prop, spinner, engine and gear - nice to see it all working ok. Top clearance between spinner / cowl is about 3/16", bottom is 5/16" - should provide the space for the engine to drop a little if it is needs to. | 
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| Even better news, after some fitting work the FAB fits, with the filter in it and even aligns with the cowl entry - bonus! The space between cowl / FAB is very tight - not sure if I'll need to tweak something a little here - more thought needed. | 
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