Today I made significant progress towards completing the cooling
duct and cowling. I removed the clamps
from the transition seal. It is securely
attached to the duct transition. I
sanded all of the areas filled with the resin-flox mixture. Reinstalled the cowling and determined where
I need to re-drill attachment holes. Removed
the lower cowling closeout and attached it to the cowling and drilled out the
holes filled with the resin-flox mixture yesterday.
I also sanded the front of the upper cowling. The prop spinner back plate is just too close
to the upper cowling. After reinstalling the upper and lower cowling halves I
decided I need to shave 1/16th of an inch off of the back lip of the
spinner back plate. Accordingly I
removed the spinner and prop once again.
In addition of removing the prop I also used epoxy resin to attach the duct
seal label to the cooling duct.
Yesterday I filled a section of the upper
cowling right aft lower corner with some of the resin-flox mixture. It worked really well so I decided to fill a
little bit more of the aft edge of the upper cowling. Tomorrow I will sand it off and check again
for the fit. I am also going to make a
jig that I can attach to the drill press to sand down the aft lip of the
spinner back plate.
