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Old 03-03-2011, 05:24 AM
iain donnelly iain donnelly is offline
 
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Default RV-12 exhaust tailpipe

how much have people trimmed of tailpipe to get bottom cowl off and on , no problem until you fit the cooling duct
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Old 03-03-2011, 05:59 AM
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I cut it to a length of 4" sticking out. See photos at: http://www.mykitlog.com/users/displa...=107782&row=11
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Old 03-03-2011, 06:29 AM
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Basically, trim so you can get the lower cowel off easy.
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:56 AM
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Yep, we cut ours as well. We talked to Dick VanGrunsven who did the same on his plane, and actually took off a bunch more than we did. We took just enough to get hte cowl on fairly easily.
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