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Vans RV-8 G-JBTR
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Date:  10-19-2010
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Brief Description:  Upper Intersection Fairing

Problem: To get the gear leg fairing trailing edge to fit really well I ended up with gear leg fairings that are slightly narrower than the plans. When I added the excellent Fairings Etc Upper Intersection Fairing I could see the result was not pleasing and was very gappy

Solution:
Session 1
* 0.025" aluminium strip taped toinboard section of leg where the open slit is
* Shiny packing tape on the gear leg fairing to stop the extension sticking.
* 2 x wide tape first then slide Int fairing over it to join the two whilst both wet
* 4 x narrow tape to build up extension

Session 2
* When set I used a rotary tool with cut off wheel to cut slit on the extension
* Removed fairing from gear leg
* Micro mix to fair in

Session 3
* Trimmed extension
* Sanded micro mix and applied filler

Very pleased with the result
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Gear Leg Fairings Bit Narrow

Gear Leg Fairings Bit Narrow

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Tape and Micro Mix

Tape and Micro Mix

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Much better

Much better

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