Desert Rat
Well Known Member
Hey guys-
When you all riveted up the fuselage just prior to flipping the canoe, when did you seal the firewall?
I'm planning to use piano hinge on the vertical sides of the lower cowl, and I'd like to have it set up so that I could shoot the rivets wet, but the plans are pretty sparse on how far up they should go and I don't have the finish kit yet to eyeball where the cowl seam actually falls.
I see a lot of builder logs where people have evidently fire sealed the firewall and just clecoed it until later when they are fitting the cowl. any problems with clecos pulling that seam tight enough if you go that route?
When you all riveted up the fuselage just prior to flipping the canoe, when did you seal the firewall?
I'm planning to use piano hinge on the vertical sides of the lower cowl, and I'd like to have it set up so that I could shoot the rivets wet, but the plans are pretty sparse on how far up they should go and I don't have the finish kit yet to eyeball where the cowl seam actually falls.
I see a lot of builder logs where people have evidently fire sealed the firewall and just clecoed it until later when they are fitting the cowl. any problems with clecos pulling that seam tight enough if you go that route?