If anybody did not get a cowl with their kit or you want a custom cowl
let me know. I am getting better at lofting cowls.

I need a 2D drawing of the firewall, the distance from the firewall to
the prop flange, the position of the thrust line and all the stuff
that will be in the cowl. I can then do a custom cowl to fit everything
inside which will save you a year. You will have template patterns
you can cut out, mount and then fill the spaces with foam to make a male
buck. Which can then be used to make a female mold.

It is much less work if you have a stock AC cowl and just need to fit the
engine
and rads inside. Usually less than an optimum solution for the rotary but it
saves
a lot of work.

Paul Lamar

-DaveLeonard wrote:

Paul, This is great news.  Alas, one more "off the shelf" item that came
along too late for me, but I may be re-doing everything in a couple of years
to put in the RD-1C.

Dave Leonard

What PSRU do you have in there now? BTW have you seen Mike Wills lately?
Is he still working on his fine rotary powered RV4?

Here are some pictures of his cowl for the new guys.

Also my hangar neighbor John Lynch can 3D machine a high density foam cowling buck 
directly from a Rhino 3D drawing  for you if you have more money than time.

John did the Nemesis Nxt buck.

Paul Lamar
 
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