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Main gear fairings - RV14a
Has anyone used the pre-made fairings from rvbits.com? Here is a link http://rvbits.mybigcommerce.com/rv-1...tion-fairings/
Does the Van's kit provide fairings for the gear? |
The Vans kit comes with these parts, but they may require some finishing (pin hole filling). I have heard that more recent kits (mine was almost 2 years ago for the finishing kit) have many more fiberglass parts finished with gel coat. I have no experience with the parts in your link.
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A transition in production was (mostly) completed about 3 months ago that has gel-coat on nearly all composite parts supplied in RV kits.
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My gear leg fairings are gel coated and look pretty nice, although I have not installed them, yet.
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The glass parts on my 14, with the exception of the rudder top and VS top, of excellent fit. They were not gel coated at that time and this would be a nice addition to the kit.
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After 100+ hours of flight, my airplane is getting painted right now.
My painter liked all the gel coated parts he has painted - wing tips and empennage tips - but has cursed the spinner and empennage fairing, which were not gel coated. He is not happy with the gear fairings which we are holding off until the end. I'm glad to hear that all the other fiberglass parts are getting the gel coat treatment. |
My main gear upper intersection fairings are seriously far from flat seems like 3/8 of an inch of flox would be needed to make them right.
So I'm looking at the RVbits versions to see if I can start from a better place and save many hours of time???? |
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VAN's quality of the fairing, intersection fairing and other fiberglass work has improved significantly. It is simply great and with the jel coat, very little if any pin holes.
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I have the rvbits fairings .. ended up not using them .. also it takes about 3 months to get them.
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Gel coat. It?s the shape that seems way off
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