Hi! Mike
>From one who has =93been and done!=94
It is a mandatory requirement in the UK that the top cowl has a pair of
permanent clips either side of the spinner(almost under the spinner).
The clips are bent in the shape of a letter =93L=94 inverted and pop
riveted
to the lower cowl so that by depressing the top cowl the short leg of
the =93L=94 will engage into a slot on the top cowl. I believe it was as
a
Jabiru Mod. that mandated it. (all as a result of someone=92s cowl
departing in flight.) This supplements the standard Jabiru clips with
=93R=94 safety clips.
My Top Cowl installation at the rear was (and still is with the new
Rotax) engaged into four tapered pins set into the firewall. (This
eliminates any possibility of rain water accessing the cabin/panel
through screw holes) I used four of the Europa tapered door pins with
the mating sockets glassed into the underside of the rear of the top
cowl.
I needed =BC=94 gap between the front of the cowl and the spinner to
first
engage the tapered pins and drop the front to receive the clips and
Jabiru clips.
This makes for a very quick and convenient cowl removal.
Hopefully your cowl is ex-Jabiru and has flanges round top and lower
horizontal mating edges?
Regards
Bob Harrison G-PTAG (Was Jab 3300 now 914 Rotax.)
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Sent: 25 September 2008 04:49
Subject: Europa-List: Jab3300 Cowlings
Good day....or night....to All,
It's late here so I figure to post this and call it a night. For those
that have the Jab3300 fitted to their aircraft I have a question. I have
mounted the lower cowl...and have placed the upper cowl in place.....but
then I started wondering....I can screw into the fuselage with the rear
of the top cowl but what have people done to secure the front of the top
cowl?....I would imagine the top bolts to the bottom....but what have
"those that have gone before" done? Brackets? Plates?
Mike Duane A207A
Redding, California
XS Conventional Gear
Jabiru 3300
Sensenich R64Z N
Ground Adjustable Prop
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