---------------------------------------------------------- RV4-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 10/15/03: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:31 PM - RV 4 gear leg fairing (PGLong@aol.com) 2. 06:47 PM - Re: RV 4 gear leg fairing (rob ray) 3. 07:16 PM - Re: RV 4 gear leg fairing (RV4Joe) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:31:35 PM PST US From: PGLong@aol.com Subject: RV4-List: RV 4 gear leg fairing --> RV4-List message posted by: PGLong@aol.com I just found out that Van's is now using fiberglass gear leg fairing instead of the aluminum ones that came with my older kit. I'm wondering if they are molded top and bottom and how they are attached to the leg and pants. I have the two piece wheel pants and aluminum "V" shaped piece that would take a lot of work to fit and fair. Has anyone used these on an RV4? Just about ready to tackle this job but if there is a better way, I'm all ears. Thanks for your help. Pat Long PGLong@aol.com N924PL (reserved) Bay City, Michigan Do Not Archive ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:47:33 PM PST US From: rob ray Subject: Re: RV4-List: RV 4 gear leg fairing --> RV4-List message posted by: rob ray The aluminum leg fairings are what I have on my RV4. They attach to the gear leg by riveting hinge material to their trailing edge and running a hinge wire down the entire length of the leg from inside the cockpit. You drill a small hole through the fuselage where the wire comes up from the leg which stabilizes the fairing. You can install wooden dowel gear stiffeners wrapped with fiberglass to dampen shimmy's underneath the leg fairing. All of this is in the builders manual. At the wheel pant you make a glass fairing that attaches to the wheelpant using standard fiberglass molding procedures (modeling clay, mold release) then split the new fairing away from the wheel pant and attach it with screws. There are a million ways to skin a cat, go to a RV fly-in and get ideas... RR PGLong@aol.com wrote: --> RV4-List message posted by: PGLong@aol.com I just found out that Van's is now using fiberglass gear leg fairing instead of the aluminum ones that came with my older kit. I'm wondering if they are molded top and bottom and how they are attached to the leg and pants. I have the two piece wheel pants and aluminum "V" shaped piece that would take a lot of work to fit and fair. Has anyone used these on an RV4? Just about ready to tackle this job but if there is a better way, I'm all ears. Thanks for your help. Pat Long PGLong@aol.com N924PL (reserved) Bay City, Michigan Do Not Archive --------------------------------- ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 07:16:03 PM PST US From: "RV4Joe" Subject: Re: RV4-List: RV 4 gear leg fairing --> RV4-List message posted by: "RV4Joe" I have not worked with them, but a friend of mine has the fiberglass ones on his newly completed Rocket. They are very nice. In addition, they seem to hold the wheel pant more securely. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: Subject: RV4-List: RV 4 gear leg fairing > --> RV4-List message posted by: PGLong@aol.com > > I just found out that Van's is now using fiberglass gear leg fairing instead > of the aluminum ones that came with my older kit. I'm wondering if they are > molded top and bottom and how they are attached to the leg and pants. I have > the two piece wheel pants and aluminum "V" shaped piece that would take a lot of > work to fit and fair. Has anyone used these on an RV4? Just about ready to > tackle this job but if there is a better way, I'm all ears. Thanks for your help. > > > Pat Long > PGLong@aol.com > N924PL (reserved) > Bay City, Michigan > > Do Not Archive > >