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The wheel pants first require a bit of filling and sanding around the seam. I used a mixture of epoxy and micro spheres (dry micro) for this. Next, the cutouts for the gear legs are made.
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Next, the gear leg fairings required a bit of touch up trimming now that the cowling was in place.
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The plans do not detail how to keep the fairings in place, so I devised a simple tab with a nutplate on it. The plate is attached by the lower engine mount screw.
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The fairing is then secured with an AN525-8R6 screw
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The gear leg fairings look pretty good with the pants on!
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Each wheel pant has 1 bolt that threads into the end of the axel. Locating this hole accurately required a special tool. I used a short length of piano hinge rod inserted into the axel hole. The rod is bent downward and free to rotate (but taped so it doesn't fall completely out).
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With the pant back on, the rod is rotated to several positions and lines extended guiding onto the pant. Where they cross is the center of the axel hole!
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The brake backplate is drilled and tapped for 10-32 bolts.
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