Author Archives: pclifton

Lower cowl shimming, again

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Lower cowl trimming and shimming

Once again, this is a post covering a few days. I’ve been trying to be productive on the weekends, but it sure is tough after, oh, about 11 AM or so. Anyway, on Sunday I got the upper cowl in … Continue reading

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Lower cowl fine-tuning and hinge drilling

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Control cable planning

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Injector line reroute

From the other side, we can see how the nice billet mount was reused to secure the line: This was very satisfying, but it left one more question: supporting the rear baffle. Normally, there’s a brace that goes from the … Continue reading

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Injection servo mount fix

This led to a surprisingly long and tortuous discovery session. You see, at a glance, it looked like the studs I ordered were too short to fully engage the sump while also providing enough length for the servo and the … Continue reading

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Standby alternator install

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Lower cowl attach do-over

Yep, I’m back at it. I didn’t do a lot – in fact the stuff I’ll write about here happened over the course of a couple days – but it’s something, right? I’ve been thinking about this change for a … Continue reading

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First lower cowl trim

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Prepping for the lower cowl trim

Next, I got the cowl halves installed on the airplane, and pulled the halves together at the aft end with a ratchet strap. This allowed me to go around and use that same tape line on the fuselage to draw … Continue reading

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