Today I finished the installation of the
blast tube. The epoxy resin cured overnight
so I took the lower cowl out to the hangar.
I took a picture of the airplane with the lower and upper cowls off.
I installed the lower cowl making sure the
oil cooler lined up correctly and the control for the oil cooler shutter was
inserted into the guide tube running through the cooling duct. I bolted the oil cooler shutter in place along
with the oil cooler. I hooked up the
controls to the oil cooler shutter and the duct damper door. I inserted the end of the blast tube into the
fitting and tightened the screw clamp. I
also clamped the scat tube to the lower cowl opening. Everything went together just as it was
supposed to. I moved the airplane out onto the apron and
started the engine. It started and ran
fine. I put the top cowling on and went
up for a test flight. It went well.
