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Engine Update July 2009 Updates July 03, 2009 More Baffle Work.... - 5.0 hrs Today I got to the airport early and started working on the baffles again. I needed to trim a bit more just to be able to get both cowls on to see how close I am on fit around the baffles. So far it still will not fit. While I was working here comes Wiley in the Decathlon giving a lesson and when they turned in front of my hangar I notice Phil is flying for his BFR. So I had to go down and suck up some A/C and see what they were up to. Once he was signed up Wiley had another student so Phil came by and helped me out for a while. We finally got the bottom cowl on and I still had to trim a bunch more along the top and back edges to get the top to fit. Even then it still takes more. I can't tell you how many times I have installed and removed these baffle pieces. It got so hot that I had to call it a day. Even though I got it to fit there are still some more areas that need to be cut down. This website was built to document my work in compliance with the FAA requirements needed to certify my aircraft. My experiences and comments are by no means to be considered as instructions on how to build any aircraft.