Title: MLG Leg fairings
Trimmed & fabricated the gear leg fairings. I read through Vans instructions then watched Karetakers video tutorials and the takeaway from both is that the biggest thing is to make sure you don't build them with a twist. I eyeballed a centerline on the leading edge, taped the template using that line as a reference, then confirmed that it was close by measuring the long trailing edge of the template to the mold lines already on the part. It's definitely possible to induce twist in these if you wiggle the trailing edge the wrong way. I brought them into the kitchen and taped the trailing edges with them laying flat on a granite countertop. Doesn't get much flatter than that. I insured that there was no twist by simply rifle-sighting through them with the chord line aligned vertically with a window frame then moving my head up enough that I could reference the trailing edge from the outside. I've tried to capture that with a picture below. I didn't get a picture of it, but when I laid out the piano hinges on these, I just nested them in the apex of the trailing edge, marked them, then brought them away from the trailing edge 1/8" so that I would have to squeeze the trailing edges together slightly to get the pin in. I think that 1/16" would have worked as well and would probably have been plenty. I still have some housekeeping to do with these; I have the finish the fingers that the hose clamp attached to at the top, finish sand the trailing edges, and make some adjustments to the brake lines/lower opening of the fairing due to a little interference between the two. Oh, before I forget. I needed to make these about 1" shorter than the template due to interference on the lower end. Other than that, these are basically done.


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