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Date:  5-15-2023
Number of Hours:  2.70
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Brief Description:  Windscreen Fairing, Cowl Ducts, Gear Leg Fairings

I goofed up a bit on my priming yesterday and caused a small section of the left side of the windscreen fairing to drip while I was priming it. I took a cloth quickly and put some acetone on it to wipe the section and shot some more primer on it. When it dried it had some rough sections where I used the rag and didn't flow together during the drying period as I had hoped. I sanded down the area and then shot it with primer again......it came out well this time.

I also put some micro on the ramp areas. I wanted to blend some of the areas even though it came out real nice with the glass cloth. I want the ramps to be nice and smooth in order to allow the air to flow cleanly along the ramps with as little airflow disturbance as possible for cooling the engine.

Lastly I removed the gear leg fairings and sanded them with 150 grit sandpaper to get some "tooth" in the fiberglass in order for the prime to grab onto the surface. After getting both fairings sanded I laid down some 3/4 oz fiberglass cloth over the rivets on all four sides.
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Sand and reprime left side of fairing

Sand and reprime left side of fairing

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Laid micro on ramps

Laid micro on ramps

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Gear leg fairings

Gear leg fairings

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