REFLECTOR: TEST FLIGHT WITHOUT TOP COWL

[Lawrence Epstein via Reflector]

My first flights were made with a large section of the lower cowl cut away
(We had not yet fabricated the bumps for the intake maniflold).

No issues.

LJE

On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 6:54 PM, David Smith via Reflector <
reflector at tvbf.org> wrote:

> If all goes well with flight, you will probably destroy the lower cowl I
> think.
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>  I'll emphatically second that.
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> On Jan 18, 2015, at 2:04 PM, Mike Dawson via Reflector <reflector at tvbf.org>
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>   Flying without any piece of cowling or panel removed is ill advised.
> Changes in aerodynamic flow could be disastrous. If someone else has done
> it, I haven't heard about it.
> My 2 cents.
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> Michael E Dawson
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> On Jan 18, 2015, at 6:41 AM, Larry Parham via Reflector <
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>  Would it be ok to test fly around the pattern only *without the top cowl
> installed*.   With the armpit scoops feeding into a tops-down plenum
> arrangement.
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