bob turner
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Over on Supercubdotorg there is a thread about (among other things) making the boot cowl removable using parts from Clyde. I am apparently no longer a favored son over there, and cannot even access photos, let alone post - so thought maybe someone here has done it.
I did my own on the J4, and can tell you I simply could not live without it. And I just stuck a radio in a PA-18 in only 26 1/2 hours’ effort! Same radio in my Decathlon took me six hours, and a removable segment of boot cowl on that Super Cub would have cut my time in half.
I don’t think it would help a J3 a lot - my gas tank drops out with about 45 minutes of effort and there is just nothing else back in there worth worrying about. Nevertheless, I am intrigued - anybody here done a removable boot cowl on a J3 or PA-18?
I did my own on the J4, and can tell you I simply could not live without it. And I just stuck a radio in a PA-18 in only 26 1/2 hours’ effort! Same radio in my Decathlon took me six hours, and a removable segment of boot cowl on that Super Cub would have cut my time in half.
I don’t think it would help a J3 a lot - my gas tank drops out with about 45 minutes of effort and there is just nothing else back in there worth worrying about. Nevertheless, I am intrigued - anybody here done a removable boot cowl on a J3 or PA-18?
