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Old 08-13-2006, 10:52 AM
Bob Axsom Bob Axsom is offline
 
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Default Question from Baffle Observation

I was at the hangar working on a pattern for a new forward baffle in the lower cowl and I always look everything over when I have the cowl off. I noticed that there is a gap between the metal part of the baffle at the top of cylinders #1 and #2. The baffle for the other two cylinders have a lot more material in this area and they appear to be in good contact. The gap over 1 & 2 is obviously a pressure deformation which can easily be sealed with Dow 736 RTV. I have done a lot of modification in the lower cowl that has given me a 4kt speed increase over the previous stock configuration of my airplane and I wonder if the gaps I saw were unique to my current configuration or if others are seeing the same thing with unmodified lower cowls?

Bob Axsom

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