| Working on the gear intersection fairings. 1st off the plans instructions for locating point B on the gear leg fairing are just plain |
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| wrong. I finally figured out that the line they want to establish is a line that is parallel to the fuse axis, and through a series of trial |
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| and error, using the plumb bob, I was able to estabish a point on the step and the forward edge of the gear leg where both X & Y |
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| dimensions were equal AND the line between point A & B was level w/ the Fuse. the plans indicate that the lay-ups should be |
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| done on the legs - wet. !st off I used a haet gun to bend the original 2 play lay-up to fit snuggly against the pants. then I removed |
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| them and did the lay-ups on the bench, waited until the fiberglass was beginning to set up, then trimmed the excess 'flash' and |
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| placed them on the gear legs, with clecos and spring clamps to hold them tightly in place. Then I put the Halogen lights on them |
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| overnight to let them cure well and take their final set. Seems to have worked pretty well. Only now I've got another composite |
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| filling.sanding, finishing project to get these into final shape. I want to get them at least trimmed to teir final size and initial |
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| sanded before drilling for the nutplates. |
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