SECTION 47: SPINNER & COWLING
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Before You Start
Modifications to Consider
- Hub and Blade Proxies
- For Hartzell see VAF thread 3/2024
- For Whirlwind (1.6" spacing), see 3D-printed parts.
- Split Lower Cowling
- FB thread 8/2024 with a photo in the comments from Van's RV-10 with split lower cowling
- See also information about potential interference of particular skybolts with the exhaust system in this FB thread.
- FB thread 8/2024 with a photo in the comments from Van's RV-10 with split lower cowling
Notes
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- Step 3: Don't assume your floor is level, better to take a tube level (any transparent hose filled with water and at least 3/8" in diameter). Can be used to level the plane spar end to spar end on the outside, and cowl corner to cowl corner.
- Step 9: For a picture of the inlet ramps, see this FB thread