[IowaRV9Dreamer]

I'm trying to restart my project that has been dormant for 6+ years. I need to start fitting the cowl. I'm pretty bad with fiberglass and would really benefit from seeing how this is done. All the build sites that I used to reference seem to be gone, and I'm not having much luck finding new ones.

I'd love to find a site that show someone fitting a 7/9 cowl using quarter turn fasteners. What is the best way to find stuff like this nowadays?

Thanks for any help

 

[airguy]

Not terribly detailed, but I put a James cowl on my 9A with quarter-turn fasteners.

http://websites.expercraft.com/airguy/index.php?q=log_list&c=61

 

[Zuldarin]

James cowl with quarter turns

Similar to Airguy I have a James cowl with quarter turns. What documenting I did starts at the following blog entry.

http://www.darinanderson.com/2014/09/cowl-work-beginsplus-few-other-items.html

 

[John Tierney]

I used the Skybolt installation manual, and varied as needed. (I have a paper build log.)
https://skybolt.com/wp-content/uplo...owling-Installation-2017-Rev-21-7-12-2017.pdf

 

[sahrens]

Here is my build log, not sure it is detailed enough.

http://www.mykitlog.com/users/category.php?user=sdahrens&project=248&category=11167

For Skybolt spacing I followed Don Jones' method discussed here.

http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?t=74619&highlight=skybolt

There is another thread that had information by Don Horton on fitting the cowling but the images are no longer available.

 

[RV-14E]

Skybolt quarter turns on upper cowl of an RV-14A.

Here's the page: http://rv-14a.blogspot.com/2016/12/finish-cowling-upper-cowl-mounting.html

I detail how I curved, positioned then match-drilled the scallops...

How I located the holes with a flashlight...

Then drilled the holes...

And inserted the grommet and fasteners...

 

[IowaRV9Dreamer]

Thank you so much! I was planning on doing the fasteners on both the firewall and cowl split. I got distracted from my project for way too long and sometimes get stuck on the simplest things.

Thanks again,

dave