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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 11 - The Cowl, the Right Way !!

See 241 Locate the "J" brackets to the side of the motor box,

Lay out the location for the black mounting brackets and fit the brackets

See 242 Taking the disks off of the drill mandrel

See 243 Make a couple of 1/8" hard (aircraft ply) disks for the inside of the motor box

See 244 These disks have a clearance hole for the 6-32 screw that holds the brackets to the motor box

See 245 Epoxy the disks to the inside of the motor box here

See 246 The other side

See 247 The "J" blocks screwed onto the motor box and the cowl taped in place

See 248 the cowl is clamped to the front motor ring and taped to the fuse

See 249 Notice the 1/16" spacer at the rear of the cowl to space the cowl forward of the fuse

See the jig under the upper cowl ring to stop it from moving down while fitting the upper cowl half

See 250 Rear view of the cowl and upper cowl ring. The cowl is zapped to the ring

See 251 Another view (sorry for the over exposure)

See 252 The cowl fits well, tape is off now

See 253 The cowl ring has only been zapped on so far, apply an nice Goop fillet on both sides of the cowl ring

See 254 Apply a nice fillet of Goop to both sides of the "J" brackets.
This pic shows the size and location of the cut out in the bottom of the cowl

See 256 another view of the upper cowl ring being gooped

See 257 The lower cowl "J" brackets again