[trib]

Well I have almost 9 hrs on N621TR and it's flying beautifully (since 12/12). Plan to remove the cowling after the next flight and change oil. Also plan on RTVing any baffle gaps I can find. At 2300 rpm cruise my CHT's are 346-350F and I'd like to see that a little lower, particularly with the winter OAT's.

The insulation on the lower cowling has come loose in one area. It was self-stick adhesive. Can anyone recommend a good high temperature adhesive to glue the insulation to the cowling?

 

[Bavafa]

Congratulations!

I used fiberfrax coating cenment, of course the insulation is also firberfrax. Its been about 9 months and 145 hours and so far holding pretty good. You can not feel the temp on my lower cowl at all, excellent for what it does.

 

[flion]

If you're using the aluminized material that self-adheres, I went around the edges of mine with a little epoxy at the same time I sealed the rest of the inner surface. With the edges sealed down it has shown no tendency to peel up.

 

[vfrazier]

Regular 3M spray adhesive should do it. Or whatever is on hand... contact cement, or other, but not Elmer's school glue or paste. ;-)

Then a little ProSeal in a baggie does the edges nicely. Or Red RTV looks nice too.

The hardest part is getting the oily dirt off first.