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Date:  10-13-2014
Number of Hours:  5.00
Manual Reference:  Section 2
Brief Description:  Trim and Fit, and a sneak peek

The Top Cowling was trimmed and fitted to the point where I'm happy enought to start sanding and filling and sanding. :) However, before that I have to build the lower cowling and make sure they both Fit together properly. I cut a pretty big section off of the trailing edge to expose the pipes and clear the prop. I think it looks Narly! Eventually I will start cutting off the pipe tips 1" at a time until they are inside the cowling or flush with the trailing edge for an even better look. However, Cooling may be fine without the pipes being modified. If the engine runs ANY different after cutting off the first inch, then they will be left alone. The engine was tuned by UL Power for these specific pipe lengths and I'm not sure how picky the ECU will be. The Ideal Pipe length is around 25" and right now they are all about 29" so If I could remove 4" I'd be ecstatic! Not to mention How sick that would look!
Tomorrow I will begin shaping the bottom cowling. I ordered 32 sheets of Balsa Wood from Tower Hobbies and they only cost me $30 shipped. They are 3 feet long, by 3" wide and 3/16" thick. I am STOKED to build the lower cowling using these. It will be a slow, delicate process, BUT will also enable me to potentially layup my carbon OFF of the airplane only 1 time, rather than the back and forth mess I dealt with on the top one. However, this is a new idea that hasn't been done before so I'm crossing my fingers on it.
I then installed my prop for a couple quick pics and MAN THAT THING IS SEXY! And way bigger than I expected.
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Trailing edge Lines to cut

Trailing edge Lines to cut

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Fit and Finish aint bad

Fit and Finish aint bad

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Final shape

Final shape

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