RE: Christen Eagle - Building, Alterations and Modifications
Mike,
I haven't got mine completely done yet but one of the first things I did was construct the cowl ring. It looks like a great way to attach the cowl. There's a gap between the fuse and the cowl all the way around if placed on the cowl ring and I don't know what kind of gap affect you would get using blocks. I've never used a cowl ring before but if they all turn out like the one on the Eagle, that's the only way I'm ever going to attach a cowl again. Blocks seem to just waller out the mounting holes in the cowls. This seem like more of an even distribution of any vibration through the entire cowl plate and the cowl itself. Like I said, I haven't flown mine yet but the concept of the ring is something to take a look at.