{"id":1306,"date":"2016-02-06T15:54:05","date_gmt":"2016-02-06T23:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/?p=1306"},"modified":"2016-02-06T15:54:05","modified_gmt":"2016-02-06T23:54:05","slug":"cowl-side-hinges-baggage-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/?p=1306","title":{"rendered":"Cowl Side Hinges, Baggage Door"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pulled out the Todd&#8217;s canopy because, it&#8217;s next!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-24.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1300\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1300\" src=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-24-700x525.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-24-700x525.jpeg 700w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-24-150x113.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-24-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Drilled the hinge on the door. \u00a0Deburred everything and removed the plastic. \u00a0Bent the lower portion slightly. \u00a0She&#8217;s a beaut.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-25.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1301\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1301\" src=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-25-700x525.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-25-700x525.jpeg 700w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-25-150x113.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-25-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-26.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1302\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1302\" src=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-26-700x525.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-26-700x525.jpeg 700w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-26-150x113.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-26-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll have to do a little more refinement on the lower portion. \u00a0I did fit it with the upper cowl in place but since I don&#8217;t have the oil door cut out yet I was unable to get the hinges in, which will stiffen up the top of the firewall. \u00a0Speaking of oil door. \u00a0I did not receive one. \u00a0Maybe make one instead.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-27.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1303\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1303\" src=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-27-700x525.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-27-700x525.jpeg 700w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-27-150x113.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-27-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Drilled the cowl side hinges to the lower cowl. \u00a0The top part of the hing is -3 which is what is called for. \u00a0The lower hinge is -4 which is wider. \u00a0This allows the hinge to sit higher which does two things; 1) allows for easier installation of the top cowl 2) covers the gap between the upper and lower cowl. \u00a0I don&#8217;t know if this actually will prevent some air from spilling out between the cowls but if it does it should make the plane at least 10 kts faster. \u00a0yep.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-28.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1304\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1304\" src=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-28-700x525.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-28-700x525.jpeg 700w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-28-150x113.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-28-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-29.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1305\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1305\" src=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-29-700x525.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-29-700x525.jpeg 700w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-29-150x113.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-29-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pulled out the Todd&#8217;s canopy because, it&#8217;s next! Drilled the hinge on the door. \u00a0Deburred everything and removed the plastic. \u00a0Bent the lower portion slightly. \u00a0She&#8217;s a beaut. I&#8217;ll have to do a little more refinement on the lower portion. \u00a0I did fit it with the upper cowl in place but since I don&#8217;t have <a href='http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/?p=1306' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[31,33,30,8],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1307,"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306\/revisions\/1307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}