| After reverifying that the nose fairing is aligned, I cut out the wheel opening in the bottom to provied the min 5/8" clearance |
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| around both halves of the fairing. Also cut out the 'relieve for the front portion of the fairing. I cut the 1" holes in the sides to allow |
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| for the tow bar, but I used a step drill and it appears to have wandered significantly on the left side. It will require a fiberglass |
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| patch and redrilling the hole to get it better aligned with the tow reinforcements. Next up was the process of match drilling prior to |
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| floxing in the pads. I learned from the mains that trying to drill through both the fiberglass and the brqcket at the same time |
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| doesn't work as the bracker bends way too much and you don't get aligned, instead I drilled through the fairing and only scored |
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| the bracket keeping the drill perpendiculat to the fairinf. Took the fairing off ang then drilled and tapped the brackets, This |
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| worked much better, and after mixing and applying flox to the inside portions I remounted the fairing and inserted some long #6 |
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| screws to hold it in place while it cures. I needed to 'squish' some extra flox into the upper bracket fkanges on the right side as |
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| there was a much larger gap than anywhere else (???). after it was all screwed together I clecoed on the front portion and |
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| checked the alignment with the centerline and it's right on the money vertically. |
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