Author: Ed

The intersection fairings cured overnight, and now it was time to see how they fit. In two words, not well. As I mentioned in the

The intersection fairings is another place where I will be deviating from the plans. The instructions call for the intersection fairings to simply be screwed

Tonight, I worked on installing the left side gear leg fairings. These are the fairings that smooth out the airflow over the gear leg itself.

Nothing too exciting tonight. I just spent the evening match drilling, countersinking, and riveting on nut plates for all 3 wheel pants.

Same thing as yesterday, but with the right gear leg fairing.

Tonight was all about the leg fairing piano hinge. I got it match drilled, deburred, countersunk, and riveted in place for the left leg fairing.

Today, I got the gear leg fairings cut to shape. I started by making sure the fairings didn’t have any twist in them with a

With all of the trimming done on the nose leg fairings, I just needed to rivet in the hinge that closes up the rear of

With the rear half of the nose wheel pant installed, I needed to fit the front half to fit around both the gear leg and

The nose wheel pant construction is very similar to the main wheel pants. I started by cutting down some aluminum blocks that are used as