Anyone interested in a carbon fiber cowl ?

[Chopndrag]

I know a company that can make carbon fiber cowl for anything and was talking to them today. They would need a new non cut cowl for a mold and 5 buyers to produce them. I would be interested in buying one so that would leave 4 people wanting one to start producing. Let me know I'm already getting carbon fiber wheel pants they just started producing.

 

[Aviacs]

S1? S2?
What kind of weight saving is anticipated, compared to an original ?
Projected cost?

thanks!
smt

 

[Chopndrag]

S1? S2?
What kind of weight saving is anticipated, compared to an original ?
Projected cost?

thanks!
smt

I have a s2 so going off that . We are figuring cost out now. Weight should be q significant loss. The wheel pants he did for 5×5 wheels with hardware are only 1.3 lbs a side. Cowl should be pretty lite compared to fiberglass.

 

[Elviar]

For reference, my complete reinforced, modified Super V fiberglass cowl weighs 18 lbs. I don't know how much it weighed originally.

 

[Chopndrag]

For reference, my complete reinforced, modified Super V fiberglass cowl weighs 18 lbs. I don't know how much it weighed originally.

Should be lighter I'm guessing. I tig weld and fabricate and leave the composite stuff for my buddy. That's his deal it's Richard at Aviation Composites. Main thing is finding a unused cowl to make a mold from

 

[Bil4381]

I built a lighter glass cowl when I switched to the J3300 engine, Flat out the cowl compressed and bulged enough that I used the new on as a Mold and installed 1/8 wood strips as stiffeners longitudinally.
Vne =200 mph, 3300 rpm & 127 hp.
BillE

I have a s2 so going off that . We are figuring cost out now. Weight should be q significant loss. The wheel pants he did for 5×5 wheels with hardware are only 1.3 lbs a side. Cowl should be pretty lite compared to fiberglass.

 

[6774640]

Should be lighter I'm guessing. I tig weld and fabricate and leave the composite stuff for my buddy. That's his deal it's Richard at Aviation Composites. Main thing is finding a unused cowl to make a mold from

I have an uncut new cowl and I would be interested in a carbon fiber cowl, depending on cost?

 

[Chopndrag]

I have an uncut new cowl and I would be interested in a carbon fiber cowl, depending on cost?

Working on the cost. I know making a mold is very expensive. The cowl shouldn't be too bad I wouldn't think. Which cowl do you have? I have seen several different versions for our planes.

 

[Chopndrag]

I built a lighter glass cowl when I switched to the J3300 engine, Flat out the cowl compressed and bulged enough that I used the new on as a Mold and installed 1/8 wood strips as stiffeners longitudinally.
Vne =200 mph, 3300 rpm & 127 hp.
BillE

Do you have the mold ? How much different is it then the regular sonerai cowls ?

 

[6774640]

Do you have the mold ? How much different is it then the regular sonerai cowls ?

I actually have 2 versions of the S2 cowl, one is an earlier version, the front air intakes are slanted more to the rear and the exhaust on one side drops down in front of the cowl, I see why they changed . I also have the New untouched cowl , which is a later version, not sure if there is anymore. No mold but I was considering making one and vacuum forming my own carbon fiber cowl. But time is money.

 

[Bil4381]

Do you have the mold ? How much different is it then the regular sonerai cowls ?

i HAVE THE MOLD. The cowl is very different from Sonerai's with VW engines.

 

[Chopndrag]

i HAVE THE MOLD. The cowl is very different from Sonerai's with VW engines.

Gotcha alright just start from scratch

 

[Chopndrag]

I actually have 2 versions of the S2 cowl, one is an earlier version, the front air intakes are slanted more to the rear and the exhaust on one side drops down in front of the cowl, I see why they changed . I also have the New untouched cowl , which is a later version, not sure if there is anymore. No mold but I was considering making one and vacuum forming my own carbon fiber cowl. But time is money.

Can definitely have a mold made from the untouched cowl. Let me get with him about projected cost. Mold price is the real killer.

 

[Chopndrag]

Looking like it should weigh about 12 lbs and 1000-2200 from a cowl. Estimates only

 

[JondorB1]

I'd be interested depending on price.

 

[Chopndrag]

Should say 1000-1200 for a cowl. Little pricey hopefully when it's looked into more prices will come down