Return-Path: Received: from [65.41.159.39] (account marv@lancaironline.net) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro WebUser 4.2b3) with HTTP id 95751 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 29 May 2004 09:33:27 -0400 From: "Marvin Kaye" Subject: Re: [LML] LNC2 Cowling To: lml X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro WebUser Interface v.4.2b3 Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 09:33:27 -0400 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Posted for "John Barrett" <2thman@cablespeed.com>: I agree with Dan with one important difference. Why use Al material? Graphite hinges (Carbinge hinges) are much better. You don't have to rivet them in because you can bond them to your composite cowling, they are lighter, they last longer. They install easier, they don't leave aluminum oxide black streaks on your cowling when the aluminum begins to corrode, they don't show the little divots in the paint job where the rivets were placed. Understand I'm biased because I manufacture and sell Carbinge, but ask some of the many Lancair builders/fliers who have used them and flown with them for several years. Regards, John Barrett Barrett/Garrett Enterprises, Inc. PO Box 428 Pt. Hadlock, WA 98339 www.carbinge.com > > >Don't use screws, use Al hinge material with a piece of stainless wire inserted from the front of the cowling. Much neater and you'll never have the "bulging" between the fasteners. Quite a bit more work to accomplish but with a big pay-off in the end. < < <