Hi Doug,

DId you get (to make?) your new windshield alright?

Too bad I live too far away or you can have my new and already trimmed bubble windshield that I will not be using. Sorry for late info.on forming acrylic. I took a long while searching.

Champ

Hi Doug...

Happy to discuss the oil cooler shroud.  About 90% of my operations are off airport and I became worried about sending something through the exposed cooler.  (I have already cleaned off one transponder antenna with flying rocks.)  I sculpted a plug and laid it up in fiberglass then bonded it to the cowling.  Easy to do.  Later models move the cooler into a more protected area and vent the air into it.  It hasn't hampered cooling as I still have to occasionally tape off some of the watercooler to keep the operating temps in the normal range about 3 months per year.  I have found a half dozen marks on the shroud over the last 6 years. I left plenty of wiggle room around the cooler so the motor can vibrate without chaffing anything.  I'll add another pic so you can see the front.

Happy flying!  

I graduated from class 76-01 at Del Rio, Tx.  Fly B52's in North Dakota for 5yrs.  Also flew in the ACE program.  Went to Sheppard AFB as an instructor, check pilot, instructor evaluator.  Went to ATC Air Staff at Randolph.  Got out of active duty and joined reserves when I moved to Longview Tx, working for Eastman Chemical Company as an electrical engineer.  Retired from reserves as a LtCol.  Still working for Eastman at least for another year or maybe two.  Have about 50% of my 650 completed.