I got back from Oshkosh a few days ago. I flew with the Bonanzas to Oshkosh group in a buddy’s A36. The show was great and the flight out there and back was a hell of a lot faster than our flight in the Cardinal a few years ago. I thought I was done with the major purchases, but Dynon announced a new ADS-B receiver that will ship this fall, so I need to find a spot for that in the plane.
I’m waiting on some hardware to wrap up the propeller governor control cable, so I decided to try wrapping up the snorkel to baffle intersection. The aft and outer snorkel flanges each have three screws, but the inner only had two. At the forward end of the inner side, the bracket that ties the baffle floor to the wall surrounding the flywheel was right where the third screw would go. After taking some measurements, it looked like the forward rivet hole would be fine for an additional screw. I dimpled the aft hole for a flush rivet (flush on the bottom) and then dimpled the forward hole the other way for a #8 screw.
I had to grind away most of the edge of a K1100-08 nutplate to clear the bend in the flange, but this screw tightened up the forward end of the snorkel to baffle connection noticeably. I now just need to trim the cowl to clear the front edge of the snorkel.
