Title: L wheel pants and fairings
1. Drilled out the attachment holes after laying up the shims over them yesterday. 2. Sanded the shims smooth. Reattached the pants and verified the shim thicknesses are sufficient. 3. Marked a split line on the fairing halves with a fine Sharpie. Took each side off and sanded them until the halves met along the line. This took several fittings of the pants and fairings. 4. After noting the straightness of the pant seam line (or lack thereof), I decided to create a visual seam by standing a small file on its edge and sanding a 1/16" deep slot along the leading edge of the aft pant half. I'm hoping this will suffice to make the seam look straight. If it doesn't, I'll probably just sand the aft pant along that edge. 5. Assembled the entire pant (off the airplane) and inspected it for QC issues. Sanded the tire hole so the joining edges of the front and back pant precisely meet, then rounded the edges of the hole for aesthetics. 6. Scuffed and cleaned the mating surfaces of the forward and aft fairings and the pant halves. 7. Applied resin to each surface and clecoed the fairing halves in place onto the pant halves. 8. Used the remaining resin to mix up a thick micro/cabosil mixture and apply along the edges of the fairings. I had to use quite a bit at the aft edge of the aft fairing, since the gap there was over 1/8" wide. 9. I thickened it up even more with flox and applied it to the inside intersections of the fairings and pants. 10. Added a final bit of filler to several small areas along the pant seam that have dings in them. 11. Cut a 1" x 1/2" piece of 0.025" aluminum, bent it to match the profile of the upper, forward edge of the fairing, scuffed it and the fairing, and bonded it in place. There, it will act as a joggle to keep the forward and aft fairing edges aligned.


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