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Old 09-01-2014, 06:27 PM
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Andy- we need pictures of the scale readings!
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Untitled by akarmy, on Flickr

Hot off the presses, I just got home from the airport! I'm just tickled with how light it is!
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Old 09-01-2014, 07:55 PM
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Nice Andy!
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Old 09-01-2014, 08:03 PM
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'Lest you guys think I'm smoking something here is a picture of me pushing in on the forward section. That is about a 1/2" indentation.


Working on the lower intersection fairings. I'm tempted to leave them in 1 piece and screw them to the pants. Similar to how the uppers work. I've only seen 1 ship done this way. Anyone with any experience with this idea?
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Old 09-01-2014, 09:29 PM
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So that front glass is not right. Mine is just as solid as the rear part. I think you got a bum part for sure.

As to the bolt on fairings, I was thinking about doing the same thing. Here's the ones I did on my RV9A and they worked just fine that way.






I used 3 #6 screws to hold them on.
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Old 09-01-2014, 09:34 PM
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Thanks for the pictures Andy. I think I'm going that way.
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Old 09-02-2014, 09:07 AM
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I used RV-bits gear intersection fairings from South Africa. They are a bit larger than the home made ones depicted above, but they fit right on.
The upper intersect fairings were especially great considering the complex shape. My only problem was that I had a small pucker in my left wing root fairing, which holds out the RV-bits upper intersect fairing. When I get that laying flush, all will be well.
Andy, that's a nice join at the back.
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Has anyone suffered damage to the pants either by hard landings, or too tall wheel chocks and linemen?
Mine seem to have a hard life, and I am patching them with glass and re-spot painting too often. Maybe a fresh set is in order... but wondering if making them less tall would be a solution.
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Has anyone suffered damage to the pants either by hard landings, or too tall wheel chocks and linemen?
Mine seem to have a hard life, and I am patching them with glass and re-spot painting too often. Maybe a fresh set is in order... but wondering if making them less tall would be a solution.
The question is "has anybody who uses their airplane a lot NOT had to do numerous repairs?"

I usually repair a couple of wheel pants a year at our house (three RV's). The major causes are wheel-to-pant gaps that are too tight, pants too low that scrape on something, or flat tires. You can patch a lot of times before it is worth starting over (if you haven't done pants before).

One tip - consider making the bottom half of your pants a color that is available in a spray can. Makes repair/repaint much easier!
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Old 09-02-2014, 03:06 PM
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The question is "has anybody who uses their airplane a lot NOT had to do numerous repairs?"

I usually repair a couple of wheel pants a year at our house (three RV's). The major causes are wheel-to-pant gaps that are too tight, pants too low that scrape on something, or flat tires. You can patch a lot of times before it is worth starting over (if you haven't done pants before).

One tip - consider making the bottom half of your pants a color that is available in a spray can. Makes repair/repaint much easier!
Paul, excuse me if you answered this before but what clearance are you using between tire and pant?
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Hi Blain,

I ordered the wheel pants around a year ago. I just checked - I can't dent the forward part of the wheel pants. My guess is, that there is something wrong with your front wheel pants (i.e not properly cured) - you might want to contact Vans.

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