Manchu16
Active Member
I am looking for help on the right way to remove the lower cowl of the 9A with the legacy gear leg. Carb’ed motor with lower intake to the FAB and 2 blade prop. I feel like I am fighting it way too much to be the right way.
I remove all of the lower hinge pins, remove the gear leg intersection fairing and the plate to the aft of the gear leg. Then I work the baffling lose from the nose to drop it ever so slightly. It is here where the fight begins. I have to flex the fiberglass nose significantly to get it around the spinner. It is so tight I scratch through a layer or two of painters tape to protect the paint. The gear leg opening is cut as far forward as the intersection fairing will allow.
Please help educate me on the correct way.
I remove all of the lower hinge pins, remove the gear leg intersection fairing and the plate to the aft of the gear leg. Then I work the baffling lose from the nose to drop it ever so slightly. It is here where the fight begins. I have to flex the fiberglass nose significantly to get it around the spinner. It is so tight I scratch through a layer or two of painters tape to protect the paint. The gear leg opening is cut as far forward as the intersection fairing will allow.
Please help educate me on the correct way.
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