Hi All,
Working on my cowling and fabricating the various hinges and hinge pins. I discovered an issue with the Vans preinstalled cowling hinges on my QB fuselage. Reference p. 29-07 in the KAI. Both my FF-00006B-L and-R hinges mounted vertically on the firewall sides to secure the lower cowling don't match the plans. In a nutshell they're too long, have 2 extra eyelets and are mounted 1/4" too low. The two top extra eyelets are easily removed. Mine have 18 eyelets and the plans depict 16. More concerning is the entire hinge is mounted 1/4" too low. I've reviewed Section 45, Cowling and I'm reasonably sure this won't cause an issue when I rivet the corresponding hinge halves to the lower cowling. But it's hard to be sure.
Has anyone else run into this issue from the factory with the cowling hinges on their QB fuselage? If so, did it cause you any problems and how did you deal with it?
Thanks for your time and feedback.
Working on my cowling and fabricating the various hinges and hinge pins. I discovered an issue with the Vans preinstalled cowling hinges on my QB fuselage. Reference p. 29-07 in the KAI. Both my FF-00006B-L and-R hinges mounted vertically on the firewall sides to secure the lower cowling don't match the plans. In a nutshell they're too long, have 2 extra eyelets and are mounted 1/4" too low. The two top extra eyelets are easily removed. Mine have 18 eyelets and the plans depict 16. More concerning is the entire hinge is mounted 1/4" too low. I've reviewed Section 45, Cowling and I'm reasonably sure this won't cause an issue when I rivet the corresponding hinge halves to the lower cowling. But it's hard to be sure.
Has anyone else run into this issue from the factory with the cowling hinges on their QB fuselage? If so, did it cause you any problems and how did you deal with it?
Thanks for your time and feedback.