Title: Final Assembly items
I conquered the MG fairing this past few weeks and found the process to be pretty fun…aside from the stinky resin! We had a cold snap hit us this past week so I felt pressure to get the majority of the fiberglass work done prior to winter setting in. Here is a list of items completed: 1. Left and Right Main Gear fairing fabricated and installed. I still need to do some more body work on them but they are structurally all done. I experimented with using a tick Q-Cell coating for the body work and it seemed to work fine. I got it too think one batch and it was a pain to sand off. I'm learning the balance between too thick and too thin. 2. Installed 4-point seatbelt from Wicks….its too short so I'll return it and order the Glasair ones. I really like the 4-point set-up. 3. Installed Tundra Trike nose gear and everything went well. The original nose fork was not made correctly so NGA sent a replacement under warranty. Then I had an issue with the Grove wheel because I ordered the magnesium one instead of the aluminum one. The one ordered is heavier duty and lighter but the seals are a little different. Grove helped solve the problem and it worked out great. I increased the height to 14” prop clearance and a much wider tire that will provide more floatation on the dirt strips. 4. Installed the cooling enhancer modification from NGA. All went well and the part fit nicely. 5. Installed sniffer valve 6. Installed quick oil drain P5000 (ACS #07-00879) 7. Prior to installing these, I drained the remainder of the preservation oil and installed 8 quarts of 80w mineral oil. 8. Built front gear fairing. All went well so far!


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