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Date:  7-3-2010
Number of Hours:  6.80
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Brief Description:  Gear Fairing 2

The fairing is designed to decrease drag in the cruise configuration, which means the wheels are closer together than on the ground, and that to be effective, the inboard portion has to seal against the fuselage. According to Mark Goldberg, when fully loaded, the strut extends 2.5 inches, moving the inboard fairing away from the fuselage, and moving the outboard portion of the fairing closer to the fuselage. That means the outboard portion has to be trimmed back enough so that when the strut extends, the fairing doesn't impact on the fuselage. To figure that out, I removed the strut-gear attach bolts and moved the wheels outboard and trimmed back both fairings several times, leaving clearance for rubber channel. The rubber channel Aircraft Spruce P/N 05-01300 described by Russ Erb isn't wide enough, so I ordered some others to try to get a better fit.
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2,5 inches of shock strut extension.

2,5 inches of shock strut extension.

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Outboard fairing view after rough trimming.

Outboard fairing view after rough trimming.

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Inboard view.

Inboard view.

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