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Oil Cooler Support

Posted on October 20, 2011August 2, 2012 by Jared Yates

This morning I started by finishing the rest of the lightening holes for the headrest parts.

Head Rest Parts
Here’s a stack of parts for the headrests

Next I made a few doublers for the oil cooler area on the back left baffle. I’m really guessing here with how much support I’ll need. I’ve studied a few other airplanes and copied what I have seen.
One doubler plate ready to cut
One doubler plate ready to cut

Match Drilling
Match Drilling

Sandwich Parts
Sandwich Parts

I’ll have to add one little filler strip to take up the gap where the top doubler doesn’t continue down to the bottom.
Filler Strip
Filler Strip

Riveted
Riveted

You can see that I’ve left several holes open. These get rivets from other sources, including the pop rivets that hold the rubber to the top of the baffles, and the rivets that hold the side baffle to the aft baffle.
The other side
The other side

Here's the whole sandwich from the side view.
Here’s the whole sandwich from the side view.

Side riveted to back
Side riveted to back

Same again
Same again

I added lightening holes to each of the headrest lower brackets
Headrest parts
Headrest parts

Then I deburred all of those holes and started to prepare the boot cowl and windshield for the fiberglass fairing that will go there.

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