As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, Jess and I went out of town for a good portion of the day today, so I obviously didn’t get much done in the shop.

That being said, I did get the bottom cowling removed and then re-installed the exhaust pipe brackets in prep for my upcoming major project update video.

I also pulled off the taped metal block that I used to weigh down the carbon fiber clip layup inside the top cowling that will secure the wire push-pull handle that opens and secures the oil check door.

Here we have the cured carbon fiber clip on the inside of the top cowling, still yet to have the peel ply pulled or clip trimmed to shape.

After getting the clip layup cleaned up, I figured the easiest way to describe it in action was to simply show it in operation.  Here’s a short clip (pardon the pun) of it in action.

As I noted in the video description, this clip will keep the oil check door securing wire in place during flight to ensure that 1) the door stays closed and 2) the wire doesn’t work its way out of the cowling to interfere with the prop [note: it shouldn’t due to its length being intentionally too short to enter the prop arc].

Tomorrow I plan on getting a few more tasks out of the way, again, in prep for my major update video…. after which I’ll get to micro finishing the top side of the bird.