miyu1975
Well Known Member
OK..so I finally was able to get my prop/spinner attached and my cowling on to see how I did on the set up. When fitting my cowl I did not have the prop so I used vans method of the prop spacers with spinner bulkhead... I intentionally left the engine a little high figuring I may get some engine sag over time and possibly it may drop a tad when the 80lb prop was installed. Well, the 80lb prop didn't make it sag any...at least not immediately...so I am left with the spinner about 3/16 higher than I would want it.
Was not to happy to see this.
Thoughts on this?.. Is this just a cosmetic issue? guess I won't win any awards this time... Any ways to fix this at this point? Initially, I thought I could add some epoxy/glass on top of the cowl and smooth it out. But then that adds more weight to an already heavy engine/prop. Or, do I just leave it as is and reevaluate later....still looking for the engine to sag a little???
Thoughts on this?.. Is this just a cosmetic issue? guess I won't win any awards this time... Any ways to fix this at this point? Initially, I thought I could add some epoxy/glass on top of the cowl and smooth it out. But then that adds more weight to an already heavy engine/prop. Or, do I just leave it as is and reevaluate later....still looking for the engine to sag a little???
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