I secured the crossover fuel line to the engine case:
Crossover fuel line secured to the oil sump
We then started working on the Showplanes intake installation. Because of the small "lip" on the tip of the throttle body, the servo plenum didn't fit immediately. I tried opening some slots on it and that made it go in a bit, but ultimately we just had to lay fiber around it and sand the inside - which also allowed us to set a better angle for it (turning slightly up):
Servo plenum with slots, barely fitting over throttle body
Servo plenum clearing the starter and alternator
Adjusting the position and angle of the servo plenum to add fiberglass to it
Cowling clearance below the servo plenum connected to intake plenum
Servo plenum after adding fiberglass, with a slight angle to it
With that in place, we match-drilled the intake plenum gussets, trimmed them to fit the intake plenums in place, and glassed them together:
Intake plenum gussets attached to baffle ramps
Intake plenum held in place, in alignment
Left intake plenum with gusset trimmed to bring it into the right position
Right intake plenum gusset trimmed to bring intake plenum into the right position
Intake plenums epoxied to their gussets
Last but not least, I added a couple layers of fiberglass to each side of the gussets, fully securing them in place:
Intake plenums with fiberglass securing the gussets
Intake plenum gussets reinforced with fiberglass layers
Next is glassing in the intake plenum caps to the servo plenum, and finishing the top side of the intake plenums by making a smooth ramp with homogeneous gaps to the cowl.
No comments:
Post a Comment