---------------------------------------------------------- TeamGrumman-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 03/14/06: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:54 AM - Re: Gary's Cowlings (Scott Boyce) 2. 11:59 AM - Re: Gary's Cowlings (TeamGrumman@aol.com) 3. 12:07 PM - Re: Gary's Cowlings (TeamGrumman@AOL.COM) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:54:05 AM PST US From: Scott Boyce Subject: Re: TeamGrumman-List: Gary's Cowlings --> TeamGrumman-List message posted by: Scott Boyce On Mar 13, 2006, at 3:36 PM, TeamGrumman@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 3/13/06 2:11:17 PM, 923te@cox.net writes: > >> Some things were unclear and added to the deal from last >> summer..such as >> your having to install the cowl at your place. >> ........................................ >> I wouldn't mind sending you a deposit for a $6000 cowl that you >> can ship to >> me for local installation.... >> > ---------- As you might remember, when you first brought up doing it > yourself, I told you I'd send you the cowling to install, but, that > the installation > instructions might be vague. My desire to do the first five > myself was to > refine the installation instructions. This is an interesting discourse and sounds a bit emotionally charged. As a matter of curiosity, in developing installation instructions is there a difference between installing 5 cowlings or installing 1 cowling 5 times? Scott, N28339 tscott165@cableone.net ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 11:59:15 AM PST US From: TeamGrumman@aol.com Subject: Re: TeamGrumman-List: Gary's Cowlings --> TeamGrumman-List message posted by: TeamGrumman@aol.com In a message dated 3/14/06 7:55:57 AM, tscott165@cableone.net writes: > This is an interesting discourse and sounds a bit emotionally=A0 > charged. As a matter of curiosity, in developing installation=A0 > instructions is there a difference between installing 5 cowlings or=A0 > installing 1 cowling 5 times? > LOL, ah, well, yes there is. Apparently, you've never purchased and tried to install, say, window side mouldings for example. I have never seen side mouldings installed correctly by the average airplane owner. Look at the pictures of the Cheetah advertised on GG. The rear side mouldings are installed OVER the seat belt mountings. Not only that, they weren't trimmed properly around the cabin entrance. There are no instructions that come with the trim. The cowling is made in tooling that is larger than the part. It is done this way so that the fiberglass can be layed up properly at the edges. There are scribe lines in the tooling, but, they are only for reference. One of=20the hardest parts on the cowling installation will be fittiing the baffles and baffle seals around the inlets. Most installations have a 1 inch or greater gap between the baffle and the cowliing. The gaps on mine are very tight (3/8 inch) on the side that doesn't move much, and a 1/2 inch on the other side.=20 I can just see someone installing the cowling and having CHTs in the 450s or higher because they didn't install the cowling and baffles correctly. Then all the bitching and moaning that would take place ...... Gary ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 12:07:30 PM PST US From: TeamGrumman@AOL.COM Subject: Re: TeamGrumman-List: Gary's Cowlings --> TeamGrumman-List message posted by: TeamGrumman@aol.com In a message dated 3/13/06 11:39:02 PM, jhall2@earthlink.net writes: > Gary, > Is your cowling available for Cheetahs? > Jim Hall > N9744U > Hi Jim, I will be doing the Traveler next. The problem is the intake. I need to come up with a way to work around the Cheetah carb inlet. As soon as I get the wheel pants done, and maybe the wing tips, I'll start working on a solution to the carb inlet on the Cheetah. Why will I do the Traveler first? Because I think I can modify the Traveler air box to make it work with my cowling a lot easier than I could the Cheetah air box. Well, I'm off to change a flap switch and then repaint a firewall. Gary