Greg Fisher wrote:
> What are my Corvair engine cowling options? Is there a mold available I
could borrow? Is there one developed that would work for my applications
that I could purchase? Are there drawings or diminsions available so I can
insure my fuselage shape fairs smoothly into the cowl's line?
Or should I purchase a nose bowl and plan on designing and fabricating a
cowl myself. I can imagine this would be a pretty good project all by
itself. <<
There's a drawing of the Corvair/KR cowling relationship shown near the
bottom of http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/corvair/ , with some details on
the cowling at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/cowling.html (yes, a good
project in itself) and engine mount at
http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/corvair/mount_fit.html . My molds are
basically up for grabs, except that I need to pull another cowling out of
the molds before I send them to anybody, and Jeff Wilder gets them first
(since he was due to get them when I re-po'd them so I could make another
set).
But even better might be William Wynne's "holey cowl" shown at
http://www.flycorvair.com/clapp.html on Bill Clapp's airplane. Although it
was derived from the pretty "fair" shape of mine, the finish is smoother
than mine, as they were gone over by Bill Clapp (it helps to be a
professional body man) before the molds were pulled. WW even sells baffle
kits for the KR/Vair [of course I'm partial to the plenums], as well as a KR
engine mount, etc...
Well, there are your two options...
Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama
see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net
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