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Gentlemen:

The accident recounted by the NTSB page had me thinking.   The report seems to suggest that a papertowel was left in the engine compartment and that clogged the turbo.   I had often wondered if it were possible to design a cowling which would be easily opened for pre-flight inspections.

I always wondered why this wasn't in the original design (probably to reduce drag) but I would think that somewhere on the LML is someone who has an answer?

Regards,

Dave

LML website:   http://www.olsusa.com/mkaye/maillist.html
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Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com.