I am in the process of installing the full Skybolt fastener kit on my RV-10 and I am ending up with about 10 fasteners left over. I have them all around the cowl to firewall joint and down the "seam" between the top and bottom cowl and don't see how I could use any more of them. I fell like I must be missing something but they are spaced at the recommend spacing. For anyone who has installed Skybolts on your 10 did you end up with extras?
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Skybolt Fastener Kit
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Either of you two want to sell some. I used every one I got and just would like the screw inserts as spares in case 1 pops out. I’d gladly pay for 2-3 of your spares.
That is my plan as well. The lower cowl on my 6A is a super pain to get on and off and I had decided that I was going to do some sort of split cowl on the 10 even before I decided to use the Skybolts.
Unfortunately I am not going to have any extra and actually will probably need a few more to use on my split cowl.
Do you have a pic or two showing how/where you split the lower cowl?
Thanks, Kevin
Here is a few wo Skybolts, just #8 nut plates and cs screws.
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Indycanard
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What was the breakdown on the number of Skybolts for each area (upper cowl, upper/lower cowl joint, etc)? Not sure if I’ll go full Skybolt, but would like to better understand the possible numbers needed. I have the standard cowls.
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On mine I used the following:
16 - Upper Cowl to Firewall
16 - Lower Cowl to Firewall (8 per side)
20 - Upper/Lower Cowl Joint (10 each side)
