KitLog pro

Powered By Kitlog Pro v2.0

Matt's Hangar
' style=
Date:  11-1-2015
Number of Hours:  1.50
Manual Reference:  D-36
Brief Description:  Fairing work - taking shape part 2

So here's the deal... Making the doors, and the mounting locations - let's face it... There's not a whole lot of information in the plans. I'm trying something new (for me, as it's probably been done by someone). After the foam was carved to final shape, I drew the lines where the edges of the gear doors will be by using a 1" offset from a square run along the side of the nose gear box (green line in pics).

Next I slurried the foam.
Then I laid on a pc of 0.5 mil plastic and used a razor blade to cut along the green lines.
I then did the same with a pc of peel ply. A little resin here helps hold it in place.
The layup is 2 plies of 3k carbon BID (5.7oz) on a 45 in the gear door area (and onto the sides). The aft fairing was finished out as 1 ply of the same carbon bid - just because I had it out. Could have been glass. No worries there.

When the layup cures, I'll mark that same line on the same offset, and use the multi-tool to cut out the doors (as one pc). I'll then add foam and 1 more layer on the opposite side to complete the doors, and then cut away the foam in the door area, and shape what's left to make the gear door mounts. In theory, it should all work out. The plastic should allow the doors to pop off the "mold" and then the peel ply is removed in order to apply aforementioned foam and 1 BID layer on inside. All of this will have to be held with a backbone, but that's a common practice on this airplane.

Next session will tell the details.
' style=

Plastic layer installed

Plastic layer installed

' style=

Peel ply layer installed

Peel ply layer installed

' style=

Carbon laid up

Carbon laid up

' style=










Copyright © 2001-2024 Matronics. All Rights Reserved.