[pvalovich]

The answer's probably in the plans somewhere, but I haven't been able to find it.

The -8A QB fuselage has a hinge pin running laterally near the front of the bottom fuselage, holding a panel against the fuselage bottom. What is the purpose - and when does one remove it?

Thanks in advance for aiding my laziness.

 

[Mike S]

IIRC, this was part of a planned cowl flap arrangement, that never got into production.

Seems to me that Dan Horton, Dan H in the forum, posted info about this.

Been a while back, try searching for it and reset the search time line to any time, default is 1 year ago.

Did a quick bit of searching, found this http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showpost.php?p=319660&postcount=14

Good luck.

 

[chaskuss]

IIRC, this was part of a planned cowl flap arrangement, that never got into production.

Seems to me that Dan Horton, Dan H in the forum, posted info about this.

Been a while back, try searching for it and reset the search time line to any time, default is 1 year ago.

Did a quick bit of searching, found this http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showpost.php?p=319660&postcount=14

Good luck.

Mike,
Actually, I found a post 2 months prior to the one you link to, where I mentioned this. It's the last post on the thread below. See

http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?t=39456&highlight=cooling+ramp

Dan might have mentioned it earlier, I don't know. He sure has a lot of great ideas!

Charlie Kuss