Where can I find RV-8 upper intersection fairings?

[ao.frog]

Hi.

A friend of mine is building a -8 and is now ready to make the intersection fairings.
We've found the lower ones in Vans catalog, but not the upper ones.

What have other 8 builders done? Can -7 farings be modified to fit for example?

 

[mayo3808]

Fairings

Go to fairing Etc. they have what you need. Look at the advertisters index on the home page for the listing.

 

[Rick6a]

Go to fairing Etc. they have what you need. Look at the advertisters index on the home page for the listing.

Here is Bob Snedakers' Fairings-Etc. upper gear leg fairing for the Grove airfoil type gear. Shown here and right out of the box only loosely attached to my -8, its fit is already excellent. Mine are now attached with 2 screws that are generally out of sight. On the lower surface, one machine screw ties into a nutplate I attached inside the lower cover plate and the other fastener is a #6 sheet metal screw located towards the aft end of the fairing. http://www.fairings-etc.com/

 

[Kevin Horton]

Hi.
What have other 8 builders done? Can -7 farings be modified to fit for example?

Most builders make their own upper intersection fairings. It would be more work to modify -7 fairings than it would be to make your own.

 

[cdmiller]

Try Aero Strategies unlimited

If you are using Van's standard gear legs on your RV-8, you may need to try the upper intersection fairings from Aero Strategies unlimited (http://www.aerosu.com/index.htm). Although Fairings, Etc. makes wonderful intersection fairings, and I used their lower intersection fairings, their upper fairings did not fit my standard Van's gear legs. The fairings from Aero Strategies unlimited fit well.

Dan Miller
RV-8 N3TU 530+ hours