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Cracked lower cowl attach bracket
Anyone seen a problem like this before?
I found the problem during maintenance for an unrelated issue. I guess I got lucky. Russ |
Cant see the picture
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crack
Yes! I had to double mine up with a piece of angle!
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I found the same thing at about 450 hours - TJ
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Yep common problem. Mine lasted 1 year. Cut it flat and rivet on some angle.
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Thanks for the information and proposed improvement! Russ |
Mine too. Consider building a bracket that has the vertical support aligned with the nose gear fairing, instead of offset by 3/4". I would post photos, but well, that just isn't working out for me anymore.
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I've seen this in a friend's RV10. I reinforced mine from the get go because of that.
I'm theorizing that the hinges at the bottom allows for more movement and might be contributing to the problem. I know many builders, myself included, installed screws to attach the bottom of the cowl to the fuselage. Any of the broken one's from bottom cowls attached with screws? Johan |
Whilst I was doing the build, I realized that his part was simply not going to be up to the job. I made a simple mod by doubling up with a mirror image - turning it from a "C" to an "H".
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