Your mention of screw locations reminded me that there is another concern
with locating the cowl attachment screw holes - the location of the panel
attachment screw holes. As I learned from a post on this forum several
years ago, it is easy enough to have the two sets of fasteners interfere
with each other. It would be a good idea to plan both sets of attachment
points at the same time (for obvious reasons).
Best regards,
Rob Housman
Europa XS Tri-Gear A070
Airframe complete
Irvine, CA
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Fred Fillinger
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Filling around the cowl area
> We removed about an inch of the joggle on the lower cowl at the top aft
> corners, so the screws hold only the upper cowl at those points. This has
> worked out just fine for us. The lower cowl is held precisely in place,
> between the upper cowl and fuselage joggle, and there are plenty of screws
> remaining around the lower cowl to keep it firmly attached.
>
> Dave DeFord
> M135TD
Did the same thing, and altered screw spacing so the top screw on the
lower cowl is more nearish to the top of the lower cowl half. I agree,
it's still affixed solid.
Fred F.
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