Sunday, 26 June 2016
26th June 2016: Intersection fairings day 5
I've been slowly getting the intersection fairings to the point where they are now all made and finished to the point of priming. This has been a big job as expected. The approach of laying up the fibreglass over the clay works well but leaves the outside surface very rough. So it has been a process of filling and sanding repeatedly until a good shape and finish was achieved. The fairings are now looking pretty good and the next job is to fit some sort of captive nuts to the fuselage and cowling to allow them to be fastened into place but able to be removed for maintenance. Once this is done I'll finish preparing the surface and topcoat them.