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| Subject: | RE: RV8-List Digest: 3 Msgs - 09/11/04 |
--> RV8-List message posted by: "Sally and George" <aeronut58@hotmail.com>
Don't be too discouraged with the hinge attachments. They were put there as
a vocabulary builder.
They are a real bear to get in and out at first, but after repeated use they
become fairly easy. Try putting Bolube on them when inserting, and use a
pair of vice-grips to hold the hinge pin about 2 to 3 inches from the first
hinge segment, then push and twist and regrip with the vice grips as the pin
moves in. After 25 or 30 hours on the airplane, you'll be able to slip them
in and out by hand. (Don't forget to provide a positive stop to prevent the
horizontal pins from slipping forward into the prop...might spoil your whole
day).
Having said all of that, many guys have installed cam locks on the top cowl.
The vertical hinges on the bottom cowl don't seem to be an issue, and most
of the cam lock installations I've seen still have hinges there.
Good luck.
George Kilishek
N888GK finished.
Kit #80221 wings.
>M PST US
>From: "Jacob & Grace" <grizzlybear@klondiker.com>
>Subject: RV8-List: Cowl Fasteners
>
>--> RV8-List message posted by: "Jacob & Grace" <grizzlybear@klondiker.com>
>
>Well I just came in from a shop session and I am ready to heave my cowls as
>far
>as I can and fly without them........it could work?
>
>I know now why many people do not use the hinges to attach the cowls. The
>top
>cowl has to move up and forward to come off. BUT> The hinge is like teeth
>with
>don't allow the cowls to move forward, therfore no up! Oh by pushing and
>forcing
>it eventually works, but it is an effort. Then, pushing the wire down the
>hinge is an exercise .... I won't even finish....recall the jokes about
>alcohol
>and sex..... the mind might want but the damn thing just bends.
>
>So, who has used Southcos or Camlocs and where did you get them? (Boy do I
>dread
>drilling off those hinges and separating them from the cowlings.)
>
>
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