Are the gear/wheel fairings the same between and RV-6 and RV-7. I just purchased an RV-6 and the gear fairings and intersection fairings are metal and are pretty rough. The gear fairings are two piece and telescope, so to speak, mid way down the gear leg. They slide around alot. I would like to install the 7 gear leg fairings, wheel pants, and intersection fairings if they will fit. I am going to repaint the cowl and could paint all that at the same time. Thanks in advance.
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RV-6 vs RV-7 wheel pants/fairings
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petercavallo
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Wheel pants Gear Legs
Hi , Vans sells the Glass fear leg farings and I really like the Lightspeed wheelpants , thier are some Knots waiting for you there
PEter
RV6.2
Hi , Vans sells the Glass fear leg farings and I really like the Lightspeed wheelpants , thier are some Knots waiting for you there
PEter
RV6.2
Installation currently in process
There is a lot of good information in the archives about this retrofit.
I had two reasons for choosing to make the change:
1. Increasing the tire size to 380/150 x 5. They don't fit under the original pants.
2. The reported promise of more speed. Hey, it might actually pay for the parts over time.
That being said, I have found that it is a lot more work than I anticipated - but I suppose one might say that about most construction items.
The directions convinced me that component alignment is critical. Somewhere I read that 1/4" misalignment would result in the skid-slip ball being 1/2 diameter out. Consequently - out came the plumb bobs, chalk lines, 4' steel rules, fabrication of a vertical wall with a vertical centerline and the laser levels. Because I have no assistant, it took me longer to accomplish all of this stuff.
Fiberglass work involves lots of mixing, spreading and sanding and sanding and sanding (no the record didn't stick - my shoulders are falling off
). I also chose to do some lower cowl fiberglass work at the same time to make certain that the addition of reflective material inside the cowl, a minor exhaust pipe modification and heat shield installation has corrected the paint heat blister issue I had.
I will report the results once I am finally finished.
Larry Tompkins
544WB RV-6A
W52 Battle Ground, WA
There is a lot of good information in the archives about this retrofit.
I had two reasons for choosing to make the change:
1. Increasing the tire size to 380/150 x 5. They don't fit under the original pants.
2. The reported promise of more speed. Hey, it might actually pay for the parts over time.
That being said, I have found that it is a lot more work than I anticipated - but I suppose one might say that about most construction items.
The directions convinced me that component alignment is critical. Somewhere I read that 1/4" misalignment would result in the skid-slip ball being 1/2 diameter out. Consequently - out came the plumb bobs, chalk lines, 4' steel rules, fabrication of a vertical wall with a vertical centerline and the laser levels. Because I have no assistant, it took me longer to accomplish all of this stuff.
Fiberglass work involves lots of mixing, spreading and sanding and sanding and sanding (no the record didn't stick - my shoulders are falling off
). I also chose to do some lower cowl fiberglass work at the same time to make certain that the addition of reflective material inside the cowl, a minor exhaust pipe modification and heat shield installation has corrected the paint heat blister issue I had.I will report the results once I am finally finished.
Larry Tompkins
544WB RV-6A
W52 Battle Ground, WA
Tell me about your wheel pant speed gain please
Tell me about your wheel pant speed gain please.
Bob Axsom
Tell me about your wheel pant speed gain please.
Bob Axsom
