I will hold the cowl spacing closer to the engine, but that is exactly what I am talking about. I am not going to cut the exhaust pipes any as I want all the length to keep the plane clean and also the shorter you get them the louder the engine is going to get. Noise is not an issue at my field, but I still do not like a loud engine. A guy at my field has a G62 with a Bennet exhaust on it and it is freight train loud. He has it on a Double Vision (looks like a piece of garbage on it. Waste of a good plane as far as I am concerned).

Hovering one is a world difference than just flying around as there is no where near the airflow and the cowl cheeks do virtually no good with a single as the head hangs down and recieves virtually no air from the cheeks.

I have yet to cut my cowl and I hope to tomorrow. I got tied up tonight.

Norman Ross