Ivan's RV-7

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September 17, 2023

More fairing work, this time it is a vertical stabilizer!

All the same steps so far. I don't have the epoxy for the micro part so I keep advancing all the fairings to the same stage.

First, the reinforcing aluminum strips are glued inside the fairing. After that -- the end cap is glued temporarily with CA glue.

End cap glued with CA.

Then end cap is reinforced with fiberglass cloth.

End cap reinforced with fiberglass cloth.

This is what it lookes like clecoed to the vertical stabilizer.

The fairing clecoed to the vertical stabilizer.

After that, I sanded the aft of the bottom rudder faring, the area where I reshaped it.

Rudder bottom fairing sanded.

And drilled it to the rudder.

Botom rudder fairing drilled.

End cap glued with CA. End cap reinforced with fiberglass cloth. The fairing clecoed to the vertical stabilizer. Rudder bottom fairing sanded. Botom rudder fairing drilled.