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Europa-List: Re: Europa-List Digest: 20 Msgs - 07/16/03

Subject: Europa-List: Re: Europa-List Digest: 20 Msgs - 07/16/03
From: Graham Singleton <graham@gflight.f9.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 09:29:31

>I constructed fairings, affixed to fuselage, with foam and BID.  Rigging
>is not impossible, but admittedly the arrangement is not for frequent
>rigging/derigging.  I use an adjustable dolly on casters, which if
>adjusted correctly means that once the wing root enters the lips of the
>fairing, alignment of the pins is automatic and it just slides into place.
>
>I used 3 layers of cloth (2 outside, one inside), which seems to have
>the proper flexibility in the lips of the fairing

Fred
In flight the wing flexes quite a significant amount so the flexibility is 
essential, otherwise cracking if the filler and paint may occur or worse 
damage to the fuselage skin.
Graham 


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