On a related note we had our annual Young Eagles event last Saturday. That's when we volunteer our time, airplanes, and fuel to fly young kids from 8 to 16 years old. I flew 14 kids on Saturday and had a blast doing it. Those kids are so much fun!
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Ok, so in this picture you can see the restriction in the right side. Its hard to see the top part but believe me its restricted. |
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Here I put a few lumps of clay on top of the plenum and then put the top cowling back on to measure how much room I have between the two. |
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Then I mix up some pourable foam and make a mess... |
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Another view of the mess |
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Starting to trim down the mess to a shape I can work with. |
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This is the foam product that I used. |
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Ok, foam is now sanded to the shape I want. |
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Now I lay up 4 layers of fiberglass over the foam. You will notice I used a lot of packing tape as a sort of mold release for both the foam and the fiberglass. |
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Another view of the two pieces but this is after they had set up and I had done a little sanding on the final assembly. |
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This is the section of the old plenum top that I cut out. You can see the circles where I marked the clay locations and heights. |
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In this picture you can see where I cut the old top out and glued in the new. All that's left now is a little sanding and maybe a layer of micro or two to clean it all up. |