Tuned Pipes in a 35% Dalton 260
I'm building a Dalton Aviation 35% Extra 260. My planned power set up is a BME 115 on ES Composites tuned pipes. There's a thread on putting the pipes in the 42% 260 here on FG, but I haven't heard any real talk about doing this in the 35% version.
The first picture shows the picture of the crossbracing from the manual and I've installed that. However, my pipes aren't going to fit under the cross brascing I've installed. In the 42% version that has pipes, you can see in the picture that the bottom cross brascing has been omitted.
So my question is if I should go ahead and remove the crossbracing on the bottom where the pipes will run so I can install them or just run them on top of it?
I figure this is useful information in case someone decides to put their DA 100 or whatever engine they decide to run on pipes.
I'd also like to thank Steve Hannah for sending me the pictures of the inside of his plane.
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