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Mar 02, 2024 4.3 Wheelpant filler, seams, joggles, nutplates, and profiling. Category: Wheel Pants
1. Began working on fixing the seams at the top of the gear leg fairings, which have opened up slightly since they were installed. I will probably also tighten up the fore & aft gaps a bit while I'm at it.
2. The gear leg fairings had slight misalignments when they were installed on the airplane, so I decided to add some small alignment joggles, like I did on the wheel pants. I cut small strips of 0.032" aluminum and flush-riveted them to the edge of the fairing. They work perfectly.
3. Upsized the outboard axle-support holes in each faring to #8, and did the same on the axle supports themselves.
4. Drilled the R inboard wheel pant bracket for #8 nutplates.
5. Re-profiled the L wheelpant to get rid of a slight ridge on the inboard top side.
6. Filled several divots on the trailing edge of the wheelpants.
7. Primed all the parts for a final look.


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