Brief Description: Fabricating The Final Leg Fairings.
The first majhor part of today was spent on another iteration of the same I've been doing... fine-tuning the upper curve for a better flush fit to the fuselage bottom with a thinner and cheaper test fairing on the right main gear leg. No photos as it's more of the same that has already been shown.
Once I was happy with the the test fit, I began fabricating both final leg fairings from the 6061 T6 0.025" aluminum sheet stock.Finals went together very nicely, but I did have a few rivets that broke off proud of the dome, so I spent the time drilling them out and replacing them.
The fairings were pre-bent to go on the legs so the hinge halves would mate up as easily as possible.
CNC drilling gives very precise and reliable hole placement on both the hinge and the fairing skin.
Bending the leg fairings to bring the hinges into alignment.
