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Deems RV10 Project
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Date: 3-22-2008
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Number of Hours: 3.25
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Manual Reference: Sec Home-44
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Brief Description: Sec Home-44
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Tried to finish off the fairings for the rudder today. First order of business was to figure an attachment of the Whelen tail light/strobe combo. I recalled a Matronics post. And copied their approach: i.e.I cut a circular opening in the aft of the fiberglass large enough to insert the main portion of the light/strobe, then marked the top & bottom holes where the cover/cap attaches. drilled the holes, then remove the light/strobe, and reinsert the screws and nuts without the light and flox the nuts in place on the inside of the fairing. I used some Fast epoxy and put them under halogen lights for 20-30 minutes, then I backed out the screws leaving the nuts permanently floxed in place. Reinsert the light/strobe, put the cover/cap back on, and insert the screws and tighten... Done! Sanded the gelcoat w/ 100 grit, match drilled the fairing to the rudder #30, dimnpled the rudder skins, countersunk the fairing, then attached using CS4-4 pop rivets. I also drilled a hole in the most forward bottom position of the rudder fairing for water drainage. Before attaching the fairing, I needed to complete the run of the strobe/light wiring to the aft rudder bulkhead. I installed some snap bushings in the internal bulkheads, secured the wiring to the longerons w/ tywraps, and routed the cable thry the aft bulkhead. Sanded and then filled the fairing/skin seam, then sanded again.
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Whelen strobe/light attached w/ nuts floxed to inside of fairing
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Fairing riveted to rudder and filled and sanded
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Strobe/taillight wiring
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