---------------------------------------------------------- RVSouthEast-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 11/24/04: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 04:35 AM - Re: SERV Christmas Party Dec. 11 (Lenleg@aol.com) 2. 08:14 PM - Wheel Pants (Tailwheel) (Larry Bowen) 3. 08:40 PM - Re: Wheel Pants (Tailwheel) (Dana Breda) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:35:29 AM PST US From: Lenleg@aol.com Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: SERV Christmas Party Dec. 11 --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: Lenleg@aol.com In a message dated 11/23/04 7:17:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, Demeylor@aol.com writes: We plan to attend are wives invited /or are they comeing? Dean & JEANENE Absolutely ... invited and hope all will come !!! Len ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:14:48 PM PST US From: "Larry Bowen" Subject: RVSouthEast-List: Wheel Pants (Tailwheel) --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Larry Bowen" I've fit the wheel pants per the plans, with the plane in level attitude. When I set the tail back down, I have what seems to be very little clearence between the ground and the aft half of the fairing. The aft corner is only 1.6" above the ground, and there is maybe .75" clearance near the tire. Will this survive a firm landing or an unkept grass strip? I guess raising the fairing higher than the 1" above the top of the tire is the answer. What have others done? - Larry Bowen, RV-8, 27.5 hrs Larry@BowenAero.com http://BowenAero.com ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:40:49 PM PST US From: Dana Breda Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Wheel Pants (Tailwheel) --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: Dana Breda Larry, My fairings may have a bit more ground clearance than yours, but I wouldn't want them any lower than they are. I've been on some fairly rough strips, and have beat them up, but haven't lost them (yet). I've scraped them up a bit taxiing off paved runways onto the grass parking areas at flyins. You can walk down to my hangar and look at them anytime. Dana Breda RV-6 Larry Bowen wrote: >--> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Larry Bowen" > >I've fit the wheel pants per the plans, with the plane in level attitude. >When I set the tail back down, I have what seems to be very little clearence >between the ground and the aft half of the fairing. The aft corner is only >1.6" above the ground, and there is maybe .75" clearance near the tire. >Will this survive a firm landing or an unkept grass strip? I guess raising >the fairing higher than the 1" above the top of the tire is the answer. >What have others done? > >- >Larry Bowen, RV-8, 27.5 hrs >Larry@BowenAero.com >http://BowenAero.com > > > >