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Fan Belt was RE: Rebel - cowls

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Keith B. Oliver

Fan Belt was RE: Rebel - cowls

Post by Keith B. Oliver » Sat Feb 18, 2012 1:43 pm

This might work
http://automotive.hardwarestore.com/11- ... n-belt-rep
air-kit-130187.aspx

-----Original Message-----
From: mike.davis@dcsol.com [mailto:mike.davis@dcsol.com]On Behalf Of
Wayne G. O'Shea
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 11:19 PM
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Subject: Re: Rebel - cowls


....and that all aluminum cowl used to be on yours when it sported that
Crossflow Sub' that became a dock anchor!

As for changing an alternator belt without removing the
prop/flywheel/etc...I'd like to see that unless you have a spare tied up out
of the way! :O)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Patterson" <beep@sympatico.ca>
To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 11:11 PM
Subject: Rebel - cowls

Hi Ben !

You were right! The standard cowl for the Rebel is a fiberglass
nosebowl, with aluminum sides, usually made in "4 door" style, for
ease of access for daily inspection & maintenance. Ideally, the
nosebowl is split, also, so you can change alternator belts without
removing the prop.

In recent years, many builders have opted for the all-fiberglass
"speed cowl" - a mis-nomer, as it makes no difference to speed, but
looks fast ! ;-) It also makes inspection and maintenance more of
a pain than a 4 door aluminum cowl, and generally requires some
modification to give good cooling .... I replaced mine with a nice
4 door metal cowl last year ! :-)

I only know of one Murphy aircraft that had an all-metal cowl -
the formed aluminum nosebowl was a work of art (actually, Nigel .. ;-) )
It was beautiful, but VERY time consuming to make, so not really a
practical choice.

Not really sure if there's much weight difference, but the
aluminum wins hands down for ease of maintenance, and it's probably
easier to install, and a bit more rugged ....

......bobp

-------------------------------orig.-------------------------
On Saturday 01 October 2005 04:42 pm, bransom@dcsol.com wrote:
I take it then that aluminum isn't the norm for cowls? Surprise to me.
What
is the usual?
-Ben/ 496R
Lightweight starter, nippondenso alternator, and a composite prop are
the
biggies. You can also save weight on your exhaust, electronic ignotion
instead of mags and use an aluminum cowl.
Drew

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