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11-19-2023, 12:24 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Wichita KS
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Behold; The world's okay-est windshield fairing
Man I'm glad this is done. But I'm also happy to say that it turned out really well.
Thanks again to everybody who took the time to offer opinions on dimensions etc. and especially Larry Larson for his excellent kit planes articles.
(also, after a couple of decades, R.I.P. to my shop vac. fiberglass dust finally killed it).
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11-19-2023, 01:33 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Bowling Green, KY
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Save the Hose
Save the hose off that trashed shop vac and add it onto the hose on the new one you will buy. I really like a long hose on a vac. I also cut off the power cord and put on a new female plug. Makes a handy extension cord when the one on your power tool will not quite reach, which is most of the time. 
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Bowling Green, KY
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11-19-2023, 01:38 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Saluda,NC
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Very nice.
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11-19-2023, 01:56 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2018
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Originally Posted by Doug Rohrer
Save the hose off that trashed shop vac and add it onto the hose on the new one you will buy. I really like a long hose on a vac. I also cut off the power cord and put on a new female plug. Makes a handy extension cord when the one on your power tool will not quite reach, which is most of the time. |
Great idea, but you can see the box for the new shop vac in the same picture. Different size hose. |
11-19-2023, 02:51 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Estes Park, CO
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Okay-est? Shoot. That's nice work. Congratulations.
I'm a hoarder. I will scavange any part off stuff before trashing. The wheels, electrical cord, hoses.
Then I spend a couple days every few years throwing it all out and wondering if there's a pill for my sickness!
I just spent two days throwing stuff out.
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Estes Park, CO
E-mail: wirejock at yahoo dot com
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Donated 12/2022, plus a little extra.
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Disclaimer
I cannot be, nor will I be, held responsible if you try to do the same things I do and it does not work and/or causes you loss, injury, or even death in the process.
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11-19-2023, 02:58 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Payson, AZ
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Great Work!
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Originally Posted by wirejock
Okay-est? Shoot. That's nice work. Congratulations.
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Amen!
Most workmanship I see on RV's is above average. So anything that doesn't stand out like a sore thumb or a "work in progress" (like my empennage fairing...) is way better than "OK."
Well done!!!
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11-19-2023, 04:34 PM
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Location: Western Australia
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That looks really good Terry, well done! The canopy and the fairing is a LOT of work, like a project in its own right.
What's next?
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Building RV-6A #22320 O-320 FP, slow build, 80% done.
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11-19-2023, 05:03 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Locust Grove, GA
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Very nice work.
Thread drift - get a Goretex Cleanstream filter for your shop vac. HEPA rated and easily cleaned, will last for years.
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Locust Grove, GA
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RV-10ER Phase 2. In paint at Evoke! Penn-Yan IO-540, dual bus SDS EFII, Hartzell composite prop, Showplanes cowl, Airflow Systems A/C, Garmin IFR panel by SteinAir, Aerosport interior, carbon fiber panel and overhead console, Mountain High O2
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11-19-2023, 05:07 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Wichita KS
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PaulvS
That looks really good Terry, well done! The canopy and the fairing is a LOT of work, like a project in its own right.
What's next?
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Thanks Paul- The list of what's practical do do in my garage is getting pretty short. I'm sure I can find a few odds and ends to keep busy for a bit, but it's just about time to sweat getting the fuselage to my hangar to join everything else. |
11-19-2023, 05:10 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Wichita KS
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KatanaPilot
Very nice work.
Thread drift - get a Goretex Cleanstream filter for your shop vac. HEPA rated and easily cleaned, will last for years.
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Thanks for the tip. I'll look into it. I have no complaints with the old one. It lasted about 20 years including quite a bit of sheet rock and fiberglass dust.
It started making a death rattle at shutdown a month or so ago, but I was trying to milk it through this fairing project. Almost made it; The motor seized with just a couple of days to go. |
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