This afternoon I only had a short time to be
at the hangar. I brought out a leaf
blower and blew the dust and cottonwood fiber and weed stuff out of the
hangar. It was suggested I use a leaf
blower by my neighbor next door. It
seemed to work pretty well. After that I
organized a few things and installed the screws on the front of the cowling. I also realized I didn’t bend the ‘knuckles’ (the
left and right hinge pins) quite right.
If I had shortened the pins and bent them right at the hold down tab the
cut outs in the upper cowling would be much smaller (shorter). Oh well, live and learn. Maybe I could buy a new top cowling and do it
over. No way! I also held the spinner up to the propeller
mounting plate. The cowling seems to be
off center by about 1/8”. I’ll see if I
can find a solution to that problem next.
