I have to admit that making your cowl is not for the timid...!
here’s a few pics of my progress. Fasteners are in and getting close to paint. Needs the final edge treatment and glaze coat of filler then prime n paint 😬
I have to admit that making your cowl is not for the timid...!
here’s a few pics of my progress. Fasteners are in and getting close to paint. Needs the final edge treatment and glaze coat of filler then prime n paint 😬
Jeff
KF 5
340KF
Wow! I am sure I have no idea how much work those where.
Dustin Dickerson
Building 7ss STI x 2
Oratex
29" shock monster
EP912STI 155hp
Garmin
N33TF......FLYING!
N53TF......FLYING!
Great progress Jeff. Hundreds of hours of labor and talent surrounding that beautiful engine.
Not for the timid is correct.
I’m estimating 250 plus hours in my carbon cowls, intake naca and side naca vents and I had very nice molds to start with.😲
DesertFox4
Admin.
7 Super Sport912 ULS Tri-gear
So is that lower stb'd side intake cooling for the oil cooler ?. Like Ben from Aus, you're building a class aeroplane. Congratulations on taking risks, putting in heaps of hours .. and probably $'s ... to achieve what you want. This will be a real eye-catcher.
David
SS7 Builder
David,
Yes the lower stbd intake is for the oil cooler. Did a lot of research designing this cowl. NACA ducts don’t work well for oil coolers so I went with this option. It’s a 4” tubes I should get plenty air!
Thanks DF4. I have no idea how many hours I have in this cowl... a $#i+ ton or there about.
Shadow,
I think with all my changes I added 12 - 18 months of excitement, frustration, cussing, discovery and a wee bit o’ learning...!
Jeff
KF 5
340KF
Final assembly...
Jeff
KF 5
340KF
That cowl is serious eye candy... beautiful work!
"Somebody said that carrier pilots were the best in the world, and they must be or there wouldn't be any of them left alive." Ernie Pyle
Brett Butler
Flying: N46KF, 1998 Model 5 Outback, 912ul 110hp, G3x with 2 axis a/p, Beringer wheels & brakes, SS7 firewall forward, NR prop, Custom paint
Jeff, that’s just amazing workmanship.
DesertFox4
Admin.
7 Super Sport912 ULS Tri-gear
Thank you kind sirs! It will be unique 😀
Jeff
KF 5
340KF
The visuals of that cowl just brings the adjective "Ornery" back to mind. Damn Nice Job man.
Eddie Forward
Flying
SS7, 912iS, Garmin G3X