Vision prototype photo

Vision prototype photo
This is the Vision prototype designed/built by Steve Rahm in USA. and still being supported by Pro Composites Ltd. in USA. The aircraft is a 2 seat side by side, scratch built from a series of manuals. Built entirely of fiberglass and carbon cloth material the builder needs to know or learn some of the easy basics of composite construction. Building began Feb. 1998 in my spare time with 7 years where no building was possible. Building Hours at February 28, 2022: 4248.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Some short videos of flights are at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfxJXIwvmfNlNF3gwplFw7Q

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Air Intake Scoop

Nov. 8 2017
Today I completed the fabrication of the air scoop onto the lower cowling.  I purchased an air scoop from a third party vendor and am modifying it to fit my cowling.  Reshaping the air scoop was required and quite a bit of the flange and mating edges cut off.  I needed to measure distance clearances of the air filter box to make sure it fit within the scoop.  Once the scoop was modified it was bonded on to the lower fairing with flox.  A layer of bid cloth on the bonded edge will also be required.

I have anchored the lower cowling to the firewall flange using 8/32 machine screws with anchor nuts riveted onto the back side of the flange.  I am using 18 screws to hold the lower cowling in place.


The upper cowling has been trimmed to fit in place but is just resting in place at this time.  I will be installing Camlock 1/4 turn fasteners to hold the upper cowling in place.  I prefer the quarter turn fasteners on the upper cowling for ease of removal which allows quick removal for visual inspection of the engine compartment.  
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1 comment:

  1. Pedro VanMarch 25, 2019 at 9:36 PM

    It's great to see your progress on the Vision. I also have the plans to build one and will be starting on it this summer. I've already bought most of the materials. I would love to talk to you about it and maybe give me some advice on the build.

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