view of the bottom of fuselage of RV-8

DEWATSON · #1 11-02-2009, 09:07 AM

Does anybody have a good photograph of the bottom of the flap/fuselage fairings and flaps for a finished RV8? I'd like to see how big of a mess I've made. I think the gap between the trailing edge of my flaps and the fairing is too wide. Boy, what a job to form these things to fit!!!!!

Thanks.

David Watson

DEWATSON · #2 11-02-2009, 01:13 PM

Bump....hopefully someone has a picture that they are proud to show.

Rick6a · #3 11-02-2009, 04:40 PM

Don't know what you are looking for. In my case, the fairings fit pretty well right out of the box and no tweaking or adjustments were required. I did proseal them in place to discourage moisture from gaining easy entry.

DEWATSON · #4 11-02-2009, 06:25 PM

Rick,

Thanks for the pictures. You showed me exactly what I wanted to see. The drawings say that the fairing should be parallel with the trailing edge of the flap with minimum clearance between the flap and the fairing. I really struggled trying to bend the fairing into shape to match the trailing edge of the flap. The gap between the fairing and the flap is about .25 inch. I did get it parallel , but the gap is a little wide. So be it.....I bet it will still fly.

Again, thanks for taking time to show the pictures.

David Watson