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Matt Dralle
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 Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 3:32 pm Post subject: Front & Back Wheel Pant Fit... |
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Dear Listers,
I'm adding the little fairings between the main wheel pants and the gear leg today. I'm using the premade fairing from Farings Etc and installation looks pretty straightforward.
But I'm really on the fence about the main wheel pants and specifically the front-to-back fit. I have the gap all the way around between the two perfect. No problems there.
The issue is with the unevenness of the thickness of the front to back. The rear part has the flange that holds the plate nuts. The shoulder is a little bit higher in some spots than the front part and a little be lower in other spots. If it was higher all the way around, it would be a no-brainer to just sand it down. But the high/low is problematic. The low spots are generally caused by the screws and the high spots between the screws.
Yeah, I could fill and sand and fill and sand so that *maybe* I would have a "perfect" transition front to back. But maybe not. I'm thinking its going to be a huge amount of work that, in the end, isn't really going to look any different once its painted.
Should I just embrace the transition as-is and move on? Or spend a couple of weeks trying to fill and sand in hopes of a better look?
Attached are a couple of pics of what it looks like currently.
Thanks!
Matt Dralle
RV-8 #82880 N998RV
http://www.mattsrv8.com - Matt's RV-8 Construction Blog
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rv8iator
Joined: 11 Apr 2006
Posts: 145
Location: Newberg, OR
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| Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 1:00 pm Post subject: Front & Back Wheel Pant Fit... |
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Matt...
Did the fill and sand using micro-ballons and epoxy. Went very fast. Actually more time in waiting for epoxy to fully cure... winter in Oregon and 50° shop temp. Bonded the fairings to the pants, fore and aft. Added a couple of layers of 6 oz cloth and epoxy. Filled and coarse sanded with 60 grit closed coat 3M paper. Successively filled and sanded... (Similar to the windscreen fairing). Probably three hours sanding total time before prime.
Chris Stone
RV-8 newberg, OR
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