Brief Description: Stabilizer Fairings and Wheel Pants
-Sanded the horizontal stabilizer fairing and put on a skim coat. -Installed nutplates on the vertical stabilizer fairing -Drilled and dimpled the VS for #8 screws -Sanded fairings after they dried and primed with primer/filler
-Worked on getting the wheel pant halfs to match up better - there were some big gaps as delivered. I started to trim the forward half to get a perfectly flat edge and then realized the mating aft half edge could be imperfect. Knowing that I fitted and hand sanded with 36 grit on a block of wheel to work down the high spots that were keeping the 2 halves from fitting flush. The right one was much worse than the left. I sanded both to my satisfaction - not perfect, but pretty good and much better than stock or putting micro in there to build up the gaps (would probably crack with all the vibration). -Layed out the screw holes onto the front halves per the plans and drilled then match-drilled to the aft half -Layed out a centerline on top and bottom of each pant
VS
Before and after - note the gap before I sanded the fwd edge.
Match-drilling the fwd and aft wheel pants pieces together
