Brief Description: Drilled side hinges to bottom cowling
I wasn't going to do any airplane work at the hangar today; I was just going to start cleaning out the camper for its final rental of the season. Besides, I need to remake the left side side hinge and my order from Van's hasn't come yet.
Turns out, though, I found some P3 hinge material that was 24" in length. Whaaat? How??? The side hinge is 23 inches.
Well, OK, can't pass that up.
So I fit both sides and then drilled the holes one inch apart. Funny thing, though. The instructions show 22 holes. I don't see how that's possible on a 23 inch hinge in which the first hole is 1/4" from the edge.
Anyway, I put 23 holes in there, then fit the hinge pin so it would sit flush. I put the top cowling back on and marked the location of the hinge pin. In the next session I'll remove a little material from the upper cowl to compensate for the pin.
