Dan, Yes, mine is a 1946 415-C.
Linda On May 17, 2009, at 9:12 AM, Caliendo Dan wrote: > That's interesting. I don't have any vertical fasteners on my 415C ?? > I was thinking that was the model that Linda has. Why and where are > there > vertical fasteners? > BTW: I also have a sequence that works best....thought it was just me. > > Dan Caliendo > Ercoupe Mach 0.14 > 3658H > > On May 17, 2009, at 12:25 AM, Linda Abrams wrote: > >> >> >> Darick, >> >> Everyone seems to have their own method/sequence of Dzus fasters. I >> can always tell when my A&P has been into my plane, because when he >> has re-fastened the Dzus, the corner one always gives me trouble! >> When I open & close the cowl myself, they don't get stuck. FWIW, the >> opening sequence that works on my plane (pilot side) is to start with >> the 2nd from right, on the bottom row. Then the right hand one, then >> move toward the left. In closing it, I also have to start with the >> 2nd from the right, or the rest get hopeless! Then the right hand >> one. When 3 bottom ones are done, only then do I start closing the >> vertical row, starting with the top first. If the bottom left corner >> isn't the very last one, it doesn't behave. >> >> HTH, >> >> Linda >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> 1. cowl >> Posted by: "[email protected]" [email protected] dgundy170 >> Date: Fri May 15, 2009 4:41 am ((PDT)) >> <snip> >> >> Are we missing anything? Does everyone else have this same >> experience? Do we just have to keep loosening and tightening bolts >> in a different order to get things to fit? Is there someone in >> the group who has a magic sequence to make this easy? >> >> Frustrated-after-7-months-of-not-flying, >> >> Darick >> >> >> >
