3 F's...

hydroguy2 · Post by **hydroguy2** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:07 pm

yep, I talking about fit, fiberglass and fairings. Today I decided to move aft and install the tail pieces and get some fairing work out of the way. I already have all my fiberglass stuff out on the bench soooo.

Here's the initial fit of the Vans VS fairing. After hearing all the horror stories of poor fit, I was surprised. Fit was...workable.

HS fit

I trimmed about 1/2 inch off the top VS overlap, this allowed it to set down a bit and fit was improved 50%

Next trimmed the HS overlap, this didn't really change the fit, but it looked better.

some day I'll actually have an airplane

Brantel · Post by **Brantel** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 8:22 pm

Looks good Brian... I got really lucky as well as mine fell on with very little work needed!

hydroguy2 · Post by **hydroguy2** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:01 pm

gotta be easier than the canopy

hydroguy2 · Post by **hydroguy2** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:55 pm

still working the fit of the VS, but things are looking good. I decided to nix the metal/rubber fairing under the HS and make a wrap around glass piece. It's a slow process....trim, sand, glass, wait, glass, wait, trim, finally I like the fit ok, then mixed up a batch of flox/micro to smooth out the edges.

Since this is taking so long and I'm all glass ready, I may as well start work on the gearleg fairings and wheel pants.

Any reason not to? Any gotcha's I need to know? I see Brian Ch did his before engine, anyone else?

Brantel · Post by **Brantel** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:10 am

hydroguy2 wrote:Any reason not to? Any gotcha's I need to know? I see Brian Ch did his before engine, anyone else?

Keep in mind that I did not do the intersection fairings before mounting the engine as they need to be done with the weight on the gear....

hydroguy2 · Post by **hydroguy2** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 5:38 pm

In the shop this morning and pulled the VS fairing...ok pulled might be the wrong wording... I struggled to get the newly floxed fairing to release from the fuselage. Some of the flox mixture had oozed between the HS and fuse. Here's a shot after a quick profile sanding.

and the underside. Still need to do some thinning along s few edges and then recoat with micro

Also started on my wheelpants and gearleg fairings.

After I got the wheel pants out, I noticed....HEY there's nothing left in the box! ......of course I'm not getting rid of it yet as it will make a good safe place to store finished stuff

hydroguy2 · Post by **hydroguy2** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:53 pm

Getting there. I sanded for a while, reglassed a thin spot, sanded some more. then need to shoot a reference coat to see where I was going. still got a ways to go....guess I have time, haven't ordered my engine yet.

rv7garage · Post by **rv7garage** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 9:55 pm

I was wondering how the project was going?

hydroguy2 · Post by **hydroguy2** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 10:53 pm

rv7garage wrote:I was wondering how the project was going?

It's picking up steam. Here's yesterdays post: http://www.rivetbangers.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3435.

holidays are here now so probably not much gettting doen this week. But did manage to install the exhaust today.