Test fitting cowling

Posted on by Neal

Today we test fit the cowling, just a couple of hours before my parents headed off. The fit was much better and easier than I anticipated, but there was still something not quite sitting right. Later in the day I came back to troubleshoot and found one baffle seal that had flipped and was holding the two halves of the cowling apart. With that fixed, I was able to safely install all 4 of the screws around the air inlets.

Final test fit of the cowling, with everything sitting nicely in place
Final cowling test for
Baffle seals are looking good. The engine will sag as it’s broken in, which will change the geometry of these forward baffle seals. This is about where the plans say they should be. The seal circled in red was flipped and had been interfering during the initial test fit.