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John,
I have a friend who built his cowling hinge area as shown in the attached
drawing. Over the first few hours of flying, the heat and sun caused the
overlap area to bulge out(very similar to that shown in your attached
pictures). It wasn't the hinge. He ended up putting more bid under the
overlap area and sanding things flush. Steve Richard
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From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of John
Barrett
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 9:15 AM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Bulging cowlings
Recently there was a flurry of conversation on the LML about the advantages
of cowling with hinges vs. other means. Just when it got interesting the
data stream dried up and we're still wondering if anyone can provide some
useful information that might help us all improve our airplanes and, in my
case, use of our product (Carbinge).
Can anyone please identify the two aircraft depicted and hook me up with the
owners or with someone who can provide information about the aircraft and
the conditions depicted in the photos?
Thanks.
Regards,
John Barrett, CEO
Leading Edge Composites
PO Box 428
Port Hadlock, WA 98339
www.carbinge.com
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