You should consider making the cowl such that the lower portion can be split longitudinally; I did this on my Showplanes cowl and it is the best mod EVER.
Intriguing idea. Any chance you could show us a picture of your mod ?
Reigniting and older thread….
RocketMan: What does FAB and CAI stand for?
Thanks for that.Filtered Air Box
Cold Air Induction
Phil
KBTF
Salt Lake City
RV10, built, flying
Murphy Moose, building. and building. and building
Don’t think you can make any deletions from kits anymore.If you go with the Showplanes cowl make sure you delete the spinner, back and mid plate for spinner as well from your finish kit order. The Showplanes Cowl uses a 15 inch spinner which you can get from your propeller supplier
I just visited the factory last month and I was under that same assumption. Definitely want to check with VANS before going much further.Don’t think you can make any deletions from kits anymore.
One of the YouTube builders just received (I believe) his finish kit and mentioned being able to delete the cowling to go with an alternate cowl.I just visited the factory last month and I was under that same assumption. Definitely want to check with VANS before going much further.
So maybe they will allow a change of cowling from the finish kit?ORDER CHANGES
Due to production and crating constraints, components cannot be added to or deleted from empennage, wing, and fuselage kits. This policy applies to both standard and quick-build kits. Firewall forward and finish kits may be customized for different aircraft configurations (slider/tip-up canopy, engine model, taildragger/conventional). However, no further additions or deletions can be accommodated. Any additional components must be ordered separately by calling Van’s Aircraft Sales Department or through the webstore at store.vansaircraft.com. Additional parts and components cannot be added to kit crates and will ship separately.
hing like that.
iction engine and one for the cold air sump horizontal induction. Here is a photo of my first RV-10 with the James Cowl.
I spoke to Van's today. They are still allowing deletions from the Finish Kits.This is on the website still:
So maybe they will allow a change of cowling from the finish kit?