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Old 12-15-2016, 12:20 PM
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I've put my fairings on top of the VS and rudder, and done what I can to fit them best. Notice how the VS part doesn't quite dovetail into the rudder part. The rudder fairing has a rise and crest in the fwd portion before falling off aft. I won't be able to just sand down the rudder part to make things smooth. I can build up the fwd rudder trim and the aft VS trim to make a fair line.
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Same story on the RV-9A.
At Oshkosh this year I was looking at Tim Olson's RV-14A and noticed the VS/rudder fairing mismatch. I wondered if he had been sent the wrong parts since he was one of the first customers, but it turns out the reason why the -14 fairings don't match is because they are actually the very same parts (VS-909 & R-909) used on the RV-9, and apparently they never matched on that airframe either. Mystery solved...
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Old 12-15-2016, 12:38 PM
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Can the words Fiberglass and Fun legally be used in the same statement?
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Old 12-16-2016, 05:30 PM
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There are many plastic airplane builders in NO and Baton Rouge area; find one and have them show you how easy it is to fix this minor issue. I know how I'd fix it, but after 5 plastic airplanes I've learned a few tricks that wouldn't do you much good w/o hands on experience. I'm having local Montana RV builders teach me how to rivet - I'm a rank beginner
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