{"id":1808,"date":"2017-05-02T05:28:47","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T13:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/?p=1808"},"modified":"2017-05-02T05:28:47","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T13:28:47","slug":"hinge-pin-covers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/?p=1808","title":{"rendered":"Hinge Pin Covers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m doing something a little different than what I did on the RV-7A with regards to the hinge pin covers. \u00a0On the last plane I cut a full circle out, half on the top cowl and half on the top cowl. \u00a0This time I&#8217;m only doing one half, the top cowl. \u00a0Here you can see I started cutting the left and right sides of the top cowl.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5064.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1784\" src=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5064-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5064-700x525.jpg 700w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5064-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5064-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5065.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1785\" src=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5065-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5065-700x525.jpg 700w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5065-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5065-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Previously I had laid up 4-5 layers of glass onto the cowl halves to get the contour of the cowls. \u00a0Here I&#8217;ve trimmed both the hole and cover to make a snug fit on both sides.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5067.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1787\" src=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5067-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5067-700x525.jpg 700w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5067-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5067-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5068.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1788\" src=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5068-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5068-700x525.jpg 700w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5068-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5068-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I put the cowl halves back together and covered the inside of the top cowl with clear packing tape the joined the two halves and bonded a backer onto the lower cowl. \u00a0I will cut some of this away so I can reach the hinge pin and the cover will be connected to this backer with a single screw and nutplate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5069.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1789\" src=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5069-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5069-700x525.jpg 700w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5069-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5069-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5070.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1790\" src=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5070-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5070-700x525.jpg 700w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5070-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_5070-768x576.jpg 768w\" 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