So it sounds like making a jig to match the actual fuselage curves is not necessary. It sounds like the important thing is to have something between which to bend the bows in a flat manner.
My windscreen is in, but I'll soon be starting on the canopy. I bought the pre-bent canopy bows. Any hints on working with the pre-bent bows, since they don't match up with the fuselage contours? Like how to tweak and bend them and get a good match? I'm hoping I don't need to make a full bending pat...
In case that I discover it can, I am having the plug to the main oil galley of my case drilled and tapped for a pipe plug. This will allow me to return oil there, instead of at the pump, and change my pump cover to one with a built-in pressure relief (example http://www.geneberg.com/product_info.ph...
Sonex tech support says: The pipes can be cut off as short as will still assure the gas are exhausted out of the cowl. Ours tend to be up inside a bit more than the lips, but slightly longer is probably better.
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Interestingly, the Sonex instruction sheet shows their exhausts cut ABOVE the level of the lower cowl, such that the ends of the pipes are within the cowl. I've emailed Sonex to ask their current recommendation.
The AeroVee instructions don't say much about where the cut the lower exhaust pipes. They say 'not too much' and 'not too little." Any helpful insight into where to cut them, relative to where they exit the lower cowling of my Sonex tail dragger?