How's this for a reason (quoted verbatim from the construction manual):
"The gap between the wing root and the fuselage skin will be filled with the
moulded fairing. The fairing becomes part of the wing which further adds to
the wing root stiffness and can assist in passing forward and aft wing loads
into the fuselage."
This is an area of high drag which the fairings will reduce, but not as much
if the fairing to wing "joint" is an open one, and if it is not a loose
assembly then it will be nearly impossible to insert the wing root into the
fairing without damaging the fairing. Remember, there is an optional (but
highly recommended) guide to align the wing spars fore and aft, but none to
guide insertion in the vertical plane, or to restrict rotation about the
spar, so you will be wiggling the wing up, down, and around to get it into
place.
Best regards,
Rob Housman
Europa XS Tri-Gear A070
Airfarame complete
Irvine, CA
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Peter Austin
Subject: Europa-List: Wing to Fuselage Fairings
Group,
Can anyone come up with a compelling reason NOT to attach the Fairings to
the Fuselage as apposed to the wings as stated in the Build manual.
These are the premoulded Fairings as supplied from Europa.
For:-
Think it would look better with the Fairings filled and blended into the
fuselage sides.
The mouldings are a much neater fit around the wings and would not need gaps
filled with Silicone as suggested in the build manual when the moulding are
attached to the wings.
The lip of the moulding around the wings can be blended to the wing with
filler.
Against:-
I can see it would be more awkward to fit the wings, especially the last bit
getting the wings into the moulding which in effect would be sockets.At its
home field the aircraft will be live in its own hanger, so putting the wings
on an off hopefully won't be a regular occurance.
A little harder for maintenance etc of the flight controls within the
fuselage.
This aircraft is a classic, with the MAUW mod installed.
Kind Regards
Peter Austin #198
Living life behind a sanding mask.
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