Matronics Email List Photo Share
If you wish to submit a Photo Share of your own, please include the following information along with your email message and files:
1) Email List or Lists that they are related to:
2) Your Full Name:
3) Your Email Address:
4) One line Subject description:
5) Multi-line, multi-paragraph description of topic:
6) One-line Description of each photo or file:
Email pictures and files along with the information above to:
pictures@matronics.comPlease note that the adding of your files to the Photo Share Directory is a semi-manual process and will take a few days to become available. A message will be posted to the Email List(s) you indicated in #1 above with a link to the new Photo Share when it is available.
To view other Photo Share's members have submitted, have a look at the main Photo Share Index Page:
http://www.matronics.com/photoshare
Matt Dralle Email List Administrator
Submitted By: jjewell@telus.net Email List: RV3-List,RV4-List,RV6-List,RV7-List,RV8-List,RV9-List,RV10-List Name: Jim Jewell
Date: Dec 18 2004
Subject: RV6-A lower cowl engine air intake seal Description: Here is another way to add about 5 hours to the build time. Because I did not care much for how the rubber seal I made as per Van's plans. Instead I decided to install a P-seal interface for the fresh air box where it meets the cowling inlet.
Hand shaping the odd shaped aluminium reinforcing strip to hold it in place was more work than drilling and riveting it into position. The P-seal strip Is silicone and quite pricey. I used about 14" of it I cut out the white flat piece from scrap left over from cutting the opening for the inlet snorkel housing.
After trimming it to approximately fit I used a hot glue gun to temporarily hold it in place for fitting purposes. It took about four re and re's of the lower cowling to get the right fit. I thickened some epoxy to a stable paste consistency for cluing it in place. I have sanded to 1500 grit and polished the face that the seal will meet up against.
I fitted the two parts such that a thin strip of .016 alclad slides in snug and is held in place by the P-seal
The RV is not yet airborne so we'll see how it works out.
The attached photos should be self explanatory.
DSCF3445.jpg Photo 1 DSCF3446.jpg Photo 2 DSCF3451.jpg Photo 3 DSCF3452.jpg Photo 4 DSCF3453.jpg Photo 5 DSCF3459.jpg Photo 6 DSCF3460.jpg Photo 7 DSCF3461.jpg Photo 8 DSCF3463.jpg Photo 9
|