Cowling Chafe Seal
- Tralika
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Cowling Chafe Seal
I know that amateur built aircraft are supposed to be for education and research but I'm really getting tired of so much education. I finished installing my cowling and now that it's painted I was going to install the chafe seal. It turns out that I should have attached the chafe seal before fitting and installing the cowling. Now that the cowling is done, the chafe seal prevents the cowling from fitting. I don't want to learn anything else, I just want this project to be done! Here's a photo with the cowling and no chafe seal.
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John Nealon
Wasilla, Alaska
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Wasilla, Alaska
Highlander Extreme #191
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- danerazz
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Re: Cowling Chafe Seal
You might be able to get by with just anti-chafe tape, not the fibrous cowl chafe seal they use on Cessnas. You may have to replace it every year or so, but beats the hell out of refitting/painting the cowl again.
I am referring to something like
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/c ... kkey=12959
Or
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/c ... kkey=12959
I am referring to something like
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/c ... kkey=12959
Or
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/c ... kkey=12959
Dane
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- gkremers
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Re: Cowling Chafe Seal
John,
Were are you putting the tape?
Gary
Were are you putting the tape?
Gary
- Tralika
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Re: Cowling Chafe Seal
I have some black tape made by 3M that I'm going to try. Thanks for the Teflon tape suggestion, I wasn't aware of that product. I'll use that if the black tape doesn't work or when it wears out. I'm going to use the chafe seal/tape where the trailing edge of the engine cowl overlaps the boot cowls and also where the boot cowls overlap the fabric covered airframe.
John Nealon
Wasilla, Alaska
Highlander Extreme #191
mykitlog.com/jnealon
Wasilla, Alaska
Highlander Extreme #191
mykitlog.com/jnealon
- gkremers
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Re: Cowling Chafe Seal
Mc Master-Carr sells all kinds of surface protection tape. I have a few different widths and thicknesses. Worked well for the areas you are trying to protect.
https://www.mcmaster.com/#surface-prote ... e/=18t5vfb
Gary
https://www.mcmaster.com/#surface-prote ... e/=18t5vfb
Gary