OK, I’m back. 10 consecutive nights in the ER left me with a severe case of RV-12 withdrawal. I got back to work by tackling the cowling. As you recall, I had finished up with the oil radiator, but it is mounted on the air duct that is mounted inside the cowl. I had deferred the cowling from its schedule slot (chap 38) due to the advice of hanging the engine and letting its weight “settle” for a few weeks before fitting the cowl. Made sense to me, so that’s what I did. First picture: me, getting ready to attack the fiberglass. I elected to use a reinforced cutting wheel on a dremel to do the major cuts and a 1 cm sanding drum for medium abrasions/shaping and the traditional 80 grit sandpaper on a block for detailed finish sanding (shaping work only—not surface sanding!)
protective gear!
Lower Cowl with scribe marks
Upper Cowl with tape on scribe lines
trimmed cowls mated together
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