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bwestfall
Joined: 22 Oct 2008
Posts: 131
Location: Portland, OR
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 Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:11 am Post subject: Cowl knuckles - are fabrication directions missing from pla |
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Lew how did you get that eyelet end on the hinge pin?
-Ben Westfall
Hey Bill,
There are several creative and beautiful mods out there for this. Here's a
couple of pictures of what I did that was simple, cheap, time consuming!
With a white painted screw that is countersunk, it almost disappears.
Later, - Lew
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non-pilot
crazy about building
NOW OFICIALLY BUILDER #40549
Painting when it's 60+ degrees!
Piddling with wiring and avionics.
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Lew Gallagher
Joined: 04 Jan 2008
Posts: 402
Location: Greenville , SC
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| Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:35 am Post subject: Cowl knuckles - are fabrication directions missing from pla |
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Hey Ben,
I just bent the pin around and welded the loop closed, then countersunk it.
I riveted the nutplate (the ones with the two rivets on one end and the
threads on the other -- I don't have the number in front of me) to the
fiberglass, then glassed in around it for extra strength. A bit of carving
out of the fiberglass for the recess, and making a small guide hole for the
pin (coated the pin with vaseline and glassed around it) and it fits very
well. To remove it, take the screw out, rotate the "ear" of the pin out so
you can get a grip on it, and just pull it out. To make the pin slide in
and out easier, I flatted a space on the pin with a hammer before I cut it
to length, stuck it in a drill and used it to ream out the hing ears
slightly until it ran in and out smoothly. I know, I know, but it works
really well!
Later, - Lew
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