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Builder Name:Buck Wyndham   -  
Project:   Vans - RV-8   -   VIEW REPORTS
Total Hours:3914.15
Start/Last Date:Jan 08, 2002 - No Finish Date
Engine:AeroSport Power IO-375-M1S
Propeller:Whirlwind 330-3B/72H-73 3-blade CS
Panel:G3X, G5, GTN650, GTR20, GTX45R, GMA245, GMC507
 
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Mar 03, 2024     Gear leg fairing attachment and fit-check - (2.7 hours)       Category: Landing Gear
1. Sanded the gel coat off both gear leg fairings.
2. Attached both fairings to the fuselage to check their fit and assess what, if anything, I want to improve on them.
3. I noticed that the R fairing doesn't sit quite as flush to the fuselage side as the left one, but I think I'll be able to cure that with a strip of rubber U-channel grommet material around the edges after the plane is painted.

Overall, I think both fairings are acceptable. The "wing curve" on each fairing is still an unknown. I will have to work fast on the day we put the wings in place for painting -- marking the fairings for trimming, then removing them and getting them to the proper shape. This will probably be at least a week or two from now.


 


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