SECTION 48: GEAR LEG & WHEEL FAIRINGS
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Build Instruction Updates
- 05/21/19 48_10.pdf
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Properly aligning wheel pants and gear leg fairings is a tedious procedure. For maximum in-flight drag reduction, final alignment must be done with the aircraft’s weight off the wheels.
General
- For identifying hinges, see Van's hinge FAQ
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- Step 1: Countersinking the 1/4 inch hole is dicussed on this FB thread
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- Step 4: For opaque fairings, there are several ways to deal with the problem of how to make matching holes. See this FB thread.
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- See this FB thread on fitting the nose wheel fairing.
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- Step 2: Screw 3/8-24 x 1 3/4 is an RV-10 problem point. The steel bolt in the aluminum fork may eventually strip the thread and come loose. Consider evaluating measures to prevent this. See also
- this FB thread
- this VAF thread
- this Youtube