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Rob's REBVAIR Project
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Date:  10-15-2017
Number of Hours:  4.00
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Brief Description:  BRS part 2: bridle fairing

With the main bridle fairing complete, all that was left was to add the small piece that runs over to the egress window, covering 4 harnesses until they split to the left and right of the aircraft. I call it a 'feeder' fairing.

The 'feeder' was fabricated using the trusty mold yet again, this time only laying up a few inches from one end. Once off the mold, I trimmed the larger fairing to receive the feeder in a perpendicular direction, then glassed the two together on the inside of the fairing (image 2),

Image 1 shows a small bend I needed to fabricate to follow the roof line. This was done after the 'feeder' was glassed to the main fairing. I simply cut into the sides to allow the two halves to bend, then glassed the angle in place.

Two more layers of glass on the outside seams completed the structural reinforcements after a little 'dry micro' to fill joint gaps on the exterior. Recall that this entire assembly is meant to be ripped off the airplane when the chute deploys, so these fairings just need to keep the harnesses dry and protected from UV radiation, and of course stick to the plane until the day of deployment.

Image 3 shows the completed fairing laid out on the fuselage. The egress window opening is outlined by a row of clecos, and will be cut out in part 3.



Now just some final sanding and latex primer and paint
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bend + micro before sanding

bend + micro before sanding

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detail of 90deg  joint

detail of 90deg joint

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bridle fairing position on fuselage

bridle fairing position on fuselage

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