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Has anyone had problems with there cowl being mounted with only 3 screws?
I am at the point where I could easily mount more hard plates inside the fuselage and add more cowl screws.
What do you guys think?
I'm using only the three screws and have had no problems whatsoever. I drilled 1/8" holes in the cowl and inserted black rubber grommets in each hole. I use a #6 flat washer on each screw to keep the head from pulling through the grommet. After drilling into the hard points on the fuse, I threaded the screws in and then took them out and hardened each threaded hole with a half dozen drops of thin CA. Works great and haven't had anything come loose in many flights. If you're going to be running a high vibration engine, you might want more fasteners.