fabricating, installing new 7ac boot cowl

davebplanes · Post by **davebplanes** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 14:56

anyone have any pics of doing this? also installing new windshield with new boot cowl. Dave Baudendistel

k2bords · Post by **k2bords** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 14:10

I'd like to second this request. After my wings are rebuilt this will be my next project. Any advice is always appreciated!

Matt Machen

Nathan K. Hammond · Post by **Nathan K. Hammond** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 00:39

I haven't done a Champ yet, but here are a couple pics that may help.

First thing to do is center the nose bowl. Make a block that bolts to the crank and hold the bowl in the proper location. After that, I make a cardboard template because it's cheap and fast to work with instead of ruining an $80 piece of aluminum. Once the template is made, transfer to the aluminum with plenty of extra incase you have to adjust it a little.

(p/c: Steve Pierce)

nkh