Pieces................

sosam117 wrote:Bob,
Here is the last "foam" cowl I made (this spring).
Broke the original cowl last fall (Turkey fly 2020 -- week before Thanksgiving at the club field).
That plastic got a little brittle in that cold weather! Learned that a little too late.

The heck with it!
I'll make my own cowl and just use a prop that doesn't pull too many amps.
So, my cowl is made from construction paper and blue foam.
The construction paper is 1/2 the cowl and the foam is the other 1/2.
I glued the construction paper to the outside of the foam then shaped the foam to match the old cowl.
Then removed foam inside to make clearance for the motor.



I used the Foam Armour on the inside and outside of the cowl and then painted it to match the old cowl.
It's not an exact copy but close enough to look good and it is 1/2 oz lighter than the original cowl, so I now use a slightly larger capacity battery to balance it and I now get almost 1/2-hour flights over the old 15 minutes.

The graphics are from Callie Graphics.

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