Some one I forget whom .... maybe graham or perhaps david had a system
whereby the top of the top cowl had no holes at all. The top cowling had
fixed pins on the inside of the upper cowling which engage with receivers
on the firewall about one inch below the cowling lower surface. This was
done precisely to avoid water ingress to the panel area. So you can
imagine fitting the upper cowling by sliding it backwards to engage the
male pins with the female receptacle on the firewall.
The rest of the cowling (the join with the lower cowling) was fastened with
camlocs if Im not wrong.
its hard to describe and Im damned if I can find the picture but this was a
discussion on the list around 2014. I thought it was rather an elegant
solution which I didnt follow because I want to get flying but I might well
retrofit
Will
William Daniell
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On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 10:50 AM, Raimo Toivio <raimo.toivio@rwm.fi> wrote:
> Greg,
>
> that=C2=B4s true. But only when Europa is standing in the rain, never whe
n
> flying during the rain!
> Wet panel inside and water around the pedals made me a bit nervous!
>
> My solution:
> - keep always in the hangar during the rain and when this is not possible
> for example in Fly-Ins, I put nice RWM packing tape one meter
> over the "camlocks" (in my case only three [3] of them front of the
> windshield) when rain is expected . Simple, fast, easy, low-cost and
> effective.
> Of course this is not a professional solution, but it works very well.
> You could made a mod preventing water to come, but why in the hell again
> add some dead weight?
>
> Rubber is good, but let=C2=B4s use it in the bed if really necessary. Hop
e not!
>
> If I have not cockpit covers omboard, I tape always also a refueling cap.
> Just in case!
> There is a rubber sealing ring but I do not trust it.
>
> "Number of pitfalls" ? Please please report them all!
> There are number of pitfalls when *not* using camlocks or other
> "fast-remove-cowling-system"!
>
> Please loosen your hat...
>
> Those of you who are building, I highly recommend to make a quick release
> system at least for the upper cowling.
> Those who are flying, just consider to do it.
>
>
> *Just for your safety. *
>
> Cheers,
> Raimo
> OH-XRT #417
> Finland
> <info@rwm.fi>
>
> 6.1.2017, 11:53, Greg Fuchs kirjoitti:
>
.net> <gregoryf.flyboy@comcast.net>
>
> ----------
> There are a number of pitfalls using any camlock style system. The
> firewall area at the top is not square. This causes head of the camlock
to
> appear cocked. Because of this, they will leak in the rain.
> ----------
>
> Interesting problem indeed. Just trying to 'brainstorm' a fix for rain
> invasion. Possibly thin rubber washers slid up the body of the camlock to
> the back side of the head? Possibly that might provide a seal? Probably
> better answers out there than this..
>
> Greg
>
>
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