Author Archives: pclifton

Straightforward stuff again this time. Last night I opened up a small passthrough on the upper cowl for the hinge pins, then laid out the rivet locations. Tonight I made some bracing blocks from wood, to support the aft end … Continue reading →

What’s this, a blog post? No way! OK yeah, I’ve coaxed myself past the “walk through the hangar and think of what I should be doing” phase and into, well, actually doing something. I’ve been tinkering from time to time … Continue reading →

Previously, I mentioned wanting to work on the hinges for the upper cowl before moving on to drilling the side hinges. To recap, the reason for tapering the hinge eyes is to improve the fit where the cowling curves are … Continue reading →

So while I’m still not 100% sure what I’m going to do for my cowl pin covers, I’ve decided that figuring that out doesn’t need to stop me from moving forward on getting the hinges in place. So a couple … Continue reading →

Hello, my name is Philip, and I suffer from analysis paralysis. That’s the main theme for this weekend. After getting the lower cowl shimmed to my liking, it was time to start fine-tuning the joint between the cowl halves. A … Continue reading →