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Date:  7-4-2016
Number of Hours:  4.00
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Brief Description:  Top Cowl Fitting with Air Seal

Finally installed the top cowl to ensure the air seal material riveted in place along the perimeter of the engine baffle is going to sufficiently 'seal' the gap. I am glad to learn the top cowl actually still fits. I still have to locate the two holes for the AN8 screws and jut plates for the forward attachment of the top and bottom cowl behind the spinner bulkhead, for some reason waiting until I can't wait any longer to do this.

In the meantime, decided it was time to figure out where the fuel flow sensor is going to be located. On the surface this seems relatively easy, but will learn it is not so easy.

My initial plan is to fab a bracket which I would attach to the engine mount using wedge clamps, and then bolt the sensor to the bracket using AN4 bolts.

My biggest concern is rotation of the bracket relative to the fuel lines, which might eventually work the fuel line connections loose, which would be a bad day.
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Left Side Cowl Air Inlet

Left Side Cowl Air Inlet

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Right Side Cowl Air Inlet

Right Side Cowl Air Inlet

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Fuel Flow Sensor (Red Cube) Planning

Fuel Flow Sensor (Red Cube) Planning

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