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Cowl flaps: aluminum or steel? August 11 2012 at 3:22 PM		John Meyer (Login Don_Kiyoti) HyperScale Forums from IP address 70.190.4.141

Specifically thinking about the one on the Spruce Goose which appear to have been unpainted.

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Mark
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Spruce Goose Cowl Flaps

August 11 2012, 5:45 PM

John,
For the "Goose's" cowl flaps, go with appears to be Aluminum NMF. I've got pics if you want?

Have a good one.
Mark

This message has been edited by Steelhead65 from IP address 50.135.32.176 on Aug 11, 2012 5:47 PM
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John Meyer
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Hi Mark,

August 11 2012, 7:49 PM

I have a bunch of photos from airliners.net etc. But if you have any close-ups let me know.

I'm making all the cowl flaps out of sheet styrene, and I'm making exhaust stacks (14 x 8) out of rectangular styrene stock. Tedious but the ones in the kit are no good.

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(Login Steelhead65)
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Hey John..

August 12 2012, 8:03 PM

Contact me direct and I can get the pictures to you.
Have a great day.
Mark

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(Select Login greygoose12)
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Judging from what I saw when I was there two years ago...

August 11 2012, 5:51 PM

the cowl flaps would be steel. The exhaust stubs for the 27 cylinder engines are right them, and they would have to deal with a tremendous amount of heat.

They look like this:
[linked image]

Hope this helps.

Ciao fer now.

George Tufnail
IPMS Vancouver, BC, Canada

Try everything. Only insects should specialize.

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John Meyer
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George,

August 11 2012, 7:50 PM

In this photo they look like stainless?

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