Building log

04-Feb-2009
Leg fairing
Catégorie: Finishing : Landing gear

First thing in the afternoon is to tidy up and rearrange the workshop. I could have done it earlier and so I wouldn't have had to redo the levelling and centerline drawing.
I fact I took the vetical part of the engine hoist which allowed me to push the engine below the fuselage and center the fuselage in the workshop. This will allow to align the gear leg fairings.



The fairing is put back on leg, and the alignement procedure begins. First I mark three positions on the leading edge of the fairing (the blue adhesive). Using a plumb bob the position are marked on the floor and reported on a line perpendicular to the fuse centerline (the red dots).



The positions are drawn on a particle board that is placed at the back of the fuselage. Some strings will be used between the position in the back and the one on the fairing.



Here the string, the idea being to center the trailing edge of the fairing between the to strings. The small plastic tubing helps being a bit more precise by sliding it from the aft towards the fairing.
To be noted that my upper mark was not quite right as the step was interfering with the string.







Here the aft part of the intersection fairing. The fit is quite good for those parts I bought from Fairings-Etc. The intersection fairings still have to be cut before being epoxied to the wheel fairing.
I still have to install the upper intersection fairing before working on the other side.




Working time on this subpart
Today :  4h (Total : 40h)

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