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Thursday, August 18, 2016

Wingroot Heat Shields

Cut up and bent some aluminum for the wing root heat shields





Saturday, August 13, 2016

Plenum Modification

Shrunk the rear portion of the plenum to get a lower cowl profile while re-working the cowl due to clearance issues.  Should have waited until the plenum was finished before making the upper cowl to begin with -Capt. Hindsight







Upper Cowl

Went to do the final fitting of the upper cowl and it was hitting the cooling plenum in multiple places. Had to do a lot of re-work to the cowl, and to the plenum to get acceptable clearances and profile.














Friday, August 12, 2016

Gear Leg Fairings

Laid out some duct tape around the gear legs and fuselage, molded up some clay, and used 3 plies of BID to make some gear leg fairings.