Thinking about painting the spinner a spiral black and white. You can change the pitch of the prop manually but it takes a lot of effort. Note the optical illusion of the screws towards the center of the spinner. They are aligned perfectly but appear out of line in this picture.

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avee8tor > The air filter is a lot of work.Had to install and remove the lower cowling several times. Still need to install the flap assembly.

avee8tor > I slightly modified the second cable mount point using a tube.

avee8tor > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKV3h64umHE

avee8tor > More fiberglass work. The prop spinner installation.

avee8tor > Marking out the cutout in the spinner.

avee8tor > The gap between prop and spinner had to be increased. Spinner was put on, taken off and trimmed a little, put on, taken off and trimmed a little, taken off....

avee8tor > The spinner filler fabrication came out nicely.

avee8tor > I am so pleased with the spinner outcome. It is my opinion, building 90% of the plane first is in preparation for the prop spinner.

avee8tor > Thinking about painting the spinner a spiral black and white. You can change the pitch of the prop manually but it takes a lot of effort. Note the optical illusion of the screws towards the center of the spinner. They are aligned perfectly but appear out of line in this picture.

Thinking about painting the spinner a spiral black and white. You can change the pitch of the prop manually but it takes a lot of effort. Note the optical illusion of the screws towards the center of the spinner. They are aligned perfectly but appear out of line in this picture.