Thursday, June 10, 2021

Initial fit of the Bottom Cowl

Here is the initial fit of the bottom cowl. Lots of things not quite right. 

I began fitting the bottom cowl first, I trimmed off some at the back edge. Then decided I needed to fit the top cowl first. Unfortunately, I had already trimmed too much off the left side, I'll have to splice a piece back on. I got lucky on the right side and have a little extra as it is now.

The front of the cowl pieces will need a lot of work to make them mesh the way they should.

Last, the cowl seam line is not level, it slopes up. Not a huge deal but, not aesthetically pleasing. I would prefer it to be level. This will require a huge amount of work to correct. Not sure I'm up to the task. I'll have to think about it.

Overall, it looks pretty good, not great. I expected it to not be a good fit as the pieces did not fit well off the plane. Back to work...