ArVeeNiner
Well Known Member
I'm trying to decide how to secure my upper and lower cowls. I've looked at a lot of posts and discussions about this but I still have some questions.
For those of you that have used a pair of cover plates on either side, what is going on under these plates? Is the pin coming through a slightly enlarged slot between halves? I would think that to do this, you would have to line up the eyelets with the slot which would be visible from the sides of the aircraft. Not preferable.
So, to correct this, you would shift the hinge up or down slightly but that would mean a larger hole would need to be carved out under the plates to allow for the offset of the pin. Is this what all are doing?
Are the pins secured to the plates at all or just floating around on their own? I suppose this can work since the plates are blocking their exit from the hinges.
I'm also kicking around a homemade Carbinge type system using an Allen screw.
Thanks
For those of you that have used a pair of cover plates on either side, what is going on under these plates? Is the pin coming through a slightly enlarged slot between halves? I would think that to do this, you would have to line up the eyelets with the slot which would be visible from the sides of the aircraft. Not preferable.
So, to correct this, you would shift the hinge up or down slightly but that would mean a larger hole would need to be carved out under the plates to allow for the offset of the pin. Is this what all are doing?
Are the pins secured to the plates at all or just floating around on their own? I suppose this can work since the plates are blocking their exit from the hinges.
I'm also kicking around a homemade Carbinge type system using an Allen screw.
Thanks