Welcome to http://www.edge540.com

A sub web site of http://www.rcflier.com

This web site is hosted by Bob Hudson.

I am by no means a professional or "master" builder and these procedures may not be the best methods for you.

Carden provides a nice construction guideline and color photos as an aid to building their kits.

I have chosen to build things in a little bit different order than they lay out in their manual

Part 10 - The Cowl, the Wrong Way

See 225 Both halves of the raw cowl ready for trial fit

See 226 Both halves of the raw cowl test fitted together

See 227 Alignment ring sitting on the cowl ring

See 228 Rough cut the glass with the Dremel tool and a carbide cutter

See 229 Finish shaping the cutouts with a drum sander

See 230 The drum sander again

See 231 Both halves of the cowl with the motor ring and cooling holes opened up

See 232 Both halves of the cowls fitted together to see the nice job we did !!

See 233 Trial fit cowl to fuse, left side view

See 234 Trial fit the cowl to the fuse right side view

See 235 Cowl spinner back plate jig with 1/8" rear spacer glued to it

See 236 Jig mounted to the DA-150 motor

See 237 Jig front view

See 238 I "Gooped" the "J" brackets in place in the cowl first.

See 239

When I fitted the cowl to the plane it didn't fit right

Had to remove the "J" brackets and start over

See 240 The "J" brackets glued on (too bad, it was a nice fit and good glue job)