Gear cowl filler plate & breather
I got some new tools! One of which is a new Sioux 90 degree drill. What could be more fun.
I constructed the little contraption that fills the opening in the lower aft cowl behind the nose gear leg. Not really a very fun part to make because it is a pain to fit and mark under the fuselage with the cowl on.
I finally worked out the engine breather line. I gave full consideration to ditching the tube as designed for a air/oil separator for the breather and decided against it. I’m going to install the standard Van’s designed breather tube and see how it works. I had looked at this setup a number of times before and was lost as to how I was going to make it work. Now was the time to finally figure it out. I used a spring tubing bender to put some very slight bends in the tube (very stiff stuff). I did end up getting it to work out quite nicely using all of the Vans parts including the the elbow hose, aluminum tubing, and the firewall clamp location. I’m super excited that I got all this worked out, and it “just looks right”.
Time to dive into the engine baffles.
