Wheel Pants Alignment

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hilltop170
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Re: Wheel Pants Alignment

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That looks like a shorter version of the removable flow restrictor lip some guys in Alaska use in the winter, especially on 180 Lyc conversions. The Alaska flow restrictors I have seen have all been attached with Dzus fasteners or Camlocs instead of permanent rivits.
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Ryan Smith
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hilltop170 wrote:That looks like a shorter version of the removable flow restrictor lip some guys in Alaska use in the winter, especially on 180 Lyc conversions. The Alaska flow restrictors I have seen have all been attached with Dzus fasteners or Camlocs instead of permanent rivits.
That's on a 170A with an XP Mods conversion from Colorado. I think the intent was to reduce cooling drag. I've seen one on a 1948 170 as well.
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James Yates plane. He's won best custom 170A last few conventions.
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