RVG8tor
Well Known Member
I am at the stage of setting the top cowl to the spinner, I already made sure the top and bottom form a nice 13" circle centered on the inlets.
I measured the center of the aft part of the cowl but when I try to set that at the center of the fuselage it makes the gap on the left side between the spinner and cowl larger than on the right. If I just let the cowl move to match the spinner on the left and right the center line of the aft part of the cowl is off from the center of the fuselage. It looks like I have plenty to trim, so no issue there.
So what is more important having the aft part of the cowl centered on the plane of making the gap around the spinner even? The spinner face is canted slightly due to the engine mounting so I am inclined to mate the spinner face and just take what I get on the aft fit.
Thanks for any help!
I measured the center of the aft part of the cowl but when I try to set that at the center of the fuselage it makes the gap on the left side between the spinner and cowl larger than on the right. If I just let the cowl move to match the spinner on the left and right the center line of the aft part of the cowl is off from the center of the fuselage. It looks like I have plenty to trim, so no issue there.
So what is more important having the aft part of the cowl centered on the plane of making the gap around the spinner even? The spinner face is canted slightly due to the engine mounting so I am inclined to mate the spinner face and just take what I get on the aft fit.
Thanks for any help!