nightflyer
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Colleyville, TX
Looks great!
Why is the nose bowl slanted back at the bottom and the trailing edge not parallel to the firewall?
Why is the nose bowl slanted back at the bottom and the trailing edge not parallel to the firewall?
Looks great, I'm at about the same place. What do you do for the removable exhaust pipe, expand and slip over?
OK thanks, even taking that into consideration it doesn't look straight. I'm looking at the front push rod tube and the rocker box cover relationship to the nose bowl.It is an optical illusion in the picture.
This is plenty to both attach the tailpipe to and get the lower cowl on and off easily.Steve, how much of that tailpipe do you have to cut off to get the lower cowl off. Have you figured out how little you can get away with cutting?
After looking at it again I noticed I did have the bottom of nose bowl too far aft. Good eye Pete. Got it adjusted and my cowl doors built with more material on the lower trailing edge to compensate for the Thrustline modification.OK thanks, even taking that into consideration it doesn't look straight. I'm looking at the front push rod tube and the rocker box cover relationship to the nose bowl.
I have flying proof that when finished this aircraft will be the second best Super Cub ever produced :lol: and without a doubt it will be well thought out with a fit and finish will be as good as is humanly possible and worth every day it took.
Kirby
......If it just had bigger tires;-)According to Joe Wood, his is the best Super Cub Steve ever built.
I made a quick trip out to Graham yesterday to check on the cub. The carbon fiber under seat storage is trimmed up and fitted. The large baggage door is almost finished and turned out great. It’s very light and rigid and will be painted black to match the cockpit door.
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View attachment 42178View attachment 42177View attachment 42176We’re on the downhill slope now. The fuselage is painted and other bits are rotating through the paint booth while Steve is putting everything back into the fuselage. I decided to keep the 1982 paint scheme but change the color to blue. This particular blue is Miami blue. The only change to the engine is new baffling, new alternator, new starter, and new wiring harness. I did paint the crankcase just to give it a fresh new look.
Half way between Miami blue and Key West blue would be Islamorada blue.Are you sure that’s Miami blue? Looks closer to Key West blue. Key West blue has a softer and gentler tone. Not judging. Whatever floats your boat is cool with me;-)
Jason definitely wanted to seperate himself from all those outlaw yellow and Montana camo Super Cubs. 8)Are you sure that’s Miami blue? Looks closer to Key West blue. Key West blue has a softer and gentler tone. Not judging. Whatever floats your boat is cool with me;-)
Well it took a while but 91246 if finally finished. Pierce did a great job, as usual, and it flys perfectly straight. Here are a few pics of the airplane. The inflight pic was taken during my ADSB verification flight, hence the high altitude. :smile: