Finished with the repair to the aft edge of the upper cowl half. Just a lot of careful sanding and fitting, but this time it looks MUCH better! I was a bit worried to whether the flox would adhere to the narrow fiberglass edge, but it seems to have done the trick. The fittment on this whole cowl has been a source of angst ever since finding the right horizontal seam with barely enough material, and then the aforementioned upper aft edge. So I approached the hinge that joines the upper and lower together with some fear/worry about things moving and it not fitting. Since the sides "bow' out naturally by their own weight, it changes the mating line between the two halves. Anyway I clamped the -5 hinge to the bottom cowl, (everything is still clecoed at this time) off set the hinge pin 1/4" to mask the hinge and proceeded to drill and cleco the hinge to both bottom halves. Afterward I mounted the upper cowl halve and clecoed it to see if my worries played out and. GOOD NEWS, Things still fit just as before ! IF I use some duct tape to bring the lower halve up to and flush with the upper, the seam is still even and tight!!!!! Monday, I'll move on to drilling these to the top halve and then countersinking, prosealing and riveting.
Upper aft cowl edge repaired
-5 hinge drilled and clecoed to bottom cowl half
Uppper cowl clecoed in place for drilling of the hinge.
