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Mar 12, 2023 15 Cowling, Pitot System and a little Avionics Category: Fuselage
Started working on fitting the upper and lower cowling. Worked very slowly and got some good advice/suggestions from Brandon on how to proceed. I have read on the forum about how unhappy some were about the initial fit of their fiberglass cowlings they received from Kitfox. I had also heard that Kitfox had undertaken an effort to improve those molds and think my cowling, while still having some issues, was better than some of the pics I had seen. I got the cowling fitted to the nose and then drilled and cleco'd together. Will start on some basic body work on the leading edge of the cowling and once that is roughed in, will install the Dzus fittings. I also installed the pitot tubing from the wing root area to the avionics so now both the G3x and the G5 are plumbed. The 'little avionics' comes from an issue I had with the VHF radio not powering up when installed. Did the requisite troubleshooting and found that the radio was bad. Contacted Garmin who was great in getting me a replacement. Installed the replacement radio and it all checks out.


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