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| Subject: | Re: Cowl to Spinner Fit with 2.25 Spacer |
I slit the lower cowl (Just behind the spinner) , shimmed it out to get
an even gap and then glassed it back together. Some fill was required to
get it flat but not too much. I'm glad I'm not building one of those
plastic planes. I like the slick look but glass work is a PITA in MHO YMMV.
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Ralph C. Hoover
RV7A
hooverra at verizon dot net
Andrew Phillips wrote:
> As mentioned in my last reply, I did the fiberglass work on the basis
> of Van's recommendation. I also did the shim trick. I added 1 washer
> under each mount so that gave me 1/16" or so then I had less to remove
> from the cowl. Van's cautioned me from doing to much spacing at the
> motor mount.
> Andrew
>
> On 12-Mar-08, at 10:44 AM, rikvincent@aol.com
> <mailto:rikvincent@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> How about shimming with washer the motor mount at the firewall.
>> Rick RV 6
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bill Schlatterer <billschlatterer@sbcglobal.net
>> <mailto:billschlatterer@sbcglobal.net>>
>> To: RV7A@yahoogroups.com <mailto:RV7A@yahoogroups.com>;
>> rv-list@matronics.com <mailto:rv-list@matronics.com>;
>> rv7-list@matronics.com <mailto:rv7-list@matronics.com>
>> Sent: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 6:41 pm
>> Subject: RV7-List: Cowl to Spinner Fit with 2.25 Spacer
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