Sorry, Ferg, but that's as good as it gets. I've made the @#$%
&* stainless
steel firewall assembly twice and I don't like either one. The holes
required to clear the full range of rudder cable movement are so big that I
wonder why we even bother with a "firewall" at all, and it certainly makes
no sense to seal the overlaps in the sheet metal when there are those gaping
holes.
Best regards,
Rob Housman
A070
Airframe complete
Irvine, CA
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Fergus Kyle
Subject: Europa-List: Stainless steel Firewall
Cheers,
I diligently fabricated the subject sheets according to the diagrams
in the book, bending the edges as per the pictures and accurately siting the
attachment holes. ........and most of it went together pretty well (not too
many scratches and rims neatly filed for safety) - but not on the engine
frame!
I'm having the darnest time trying to fit the starboard side panel,
feeding it through the spaces past the rudder flanges and attempting to
fiddle it past the bottom frame ends. All the others will doubtless fall in
place.
Are there magic incantations to be said, or strange powder to be
strewed in strategic places? If not, I'm in a bad spell here at
Belli Acres.
Happy landings (mine are getting further away all the time),
Ferg
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