---------------------------------------------------------- RV9-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 07/11/09: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 11:00 AM - Pirep - Fairings-Etc Gear Intersection Fairings... (Matt Dralle) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 11:00:59 AM PST US From: Matt Dralle Subject: RV9-List: Pirep - Fairings-Etc Gear Intersection Fairings... Since I'm building a *metal* airplane and not a fiberglass airplane by personal choice, when it was time to start the gear intersection fairings I was shocked and amazed that I was expected to use modeling clay and a make my own mold-in-place gear intersection fairings. I could probably get one side to look okay, but I *knew* there'd be no way I could make the other side look just like the first side. Since I'm considered compulsive about my need for ying/yang and feng shui in my projects, I just knew this task was going to be a huge pain in the tail feathers. I turned to the Internet as I so often do when faced with overwhelming situations, and after a few pokes at the 'ol Google, I happened upon the Fairings-Etc web site ( http://www.fairings-etc.com/ ). Bob Snedaker of Fairings-Etc makes all sorts of fiberglass bits and pieces and after a some of surfing around his web site I found that he is now offering upper and lower main gear intersection fairings for the RV-8 with the Grove Airfoiled landing gear! The parts arrived yesterday and I pulled them out of the box and slipped them on the gear and was simply *amazed* at the beautiful fit! They will require a bit of finishing and final fitting, but nothing major. Their shape is very pleasing and really tie the Grove gear together with the fuselage and wheel pants. I've attached a few pictures of the fairings as the look right out of the box. The Upper set of fairings are $130 and the lower set are $140. In my opinion an excellent investment in my RV-8 project. Not only will they save me a ton of time, but they will look 100 times better than anything I could have ever come up with. Run - don't walk - over to Fairings-Etc and order yourself a set today! You won't be sorry! Matt Dralle RV-8 #82880 N998RV Wing-to-Fuselage Fairings... (Note that I have no affiliation with Fairings-Etc other than being a very satisfied customer.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv9-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV9-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/rv9-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv9-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.