Mounting the
cowl takes patience. The plans call for piano hinges at the intersection
between the cowl halves and the cowl to firewall. To make removal easier,
we opted for camlocs from Skybolt.
We didn't purchase the kits as we thought hinges would be fine for cowl-cowl
connection along the sides. We used camlocs on the bottom and the curve
along the top.
To
get the proper spacing from cowl to spinner, we drilled two spacers to the
top of the cowl and aligned it with the spinner backplate. After getting
it aligned, we drilled (#40) the cowl to the support strip at the firewall.
To
match the two pieces, we drilled temporary holes in the front inside the air
intake.
To
match the bottom to the top, we fabricated a 4 foot long sanding block from a
piece of very straight cherry. Two temporary tabs were attached to the
firewall and we drilled them to the bottom cowl.
Final
placement complete.
The
next step is to mark and drill the hinges along the remaining seams.
