IowaRV9Dreamer
Well Known Member
This is a picture from inside my pepto pink cowl, with a bright LED light outside. It is looking through the bottom of the cowl, where the air scoop merges into flat cowl bottom.
On the left of the photo is the honeycomb in the flat cowl bottom. The right of the photo is (what is left of) the solid fiberglass air scoop. The dark area between them is the subject of this post.
I'm fitting a removable, larger scoop. I'd like to use #8 nutplates. Ideally, I would put them through the dark band. It appears to be quite thick/strong, but I do not know what exactly it is. Is there some sort of flox, etc? inside?
Will this dark area support the rivets for the nutplates?
Thanks for any info!
On the left of the photo is the honeycomb in the flat cowl bottom. The right of the photo is (what is left of) the solid fiberglass air scoop. The dark area between them is the subject of this post.
I'm fitting a removable, larger scoop. I'd like to use #8 nutplates. Ideally, I would put them through the dark band. It appears to be quite thick/strong, but I do not know what exactly it is. Is there some sort of flox, etc? inside?
Will this dark area support the rivets for the nutplates?
Thanks for any info!