Fellow ES drivers, How did you go about finishing the main gear fairings? The leg fairings slide down into the wheel fairing and up into the upper fairing....
Dan, My gear leg fairings fit at the top and bottom. I had to work on them a lot to get them to fit the shape of the openings. I have one screw that holds ...
Dan - We put packing tape around the bottom of the gear fairings and packed flox into the voids between the gear and the wheel fairings. Haven't flown, so I do...
You are about to embark on the worst job ever. I did mine three times and bought replacement skins twice. These fairings are the worst design ever. A word...
My last message sent to soon. I am still working these fairings today. Even after flying for 200 hours. I have not found any easy way to make them fit other...
I'm not yet an "ES driver", only a builder and I'm the last thing from being an expert. But, here's what I did: I figured that this area is most likely to...
Ed Rosiaks ES has the fairings totally blended into the leg and wheel fairings. When I saw this new, I was wondering how that would hold up in all the...
Ron et al, On my plane, we blended the gear fairings into the fuselage and made an access cover to be able to get at the bolt that holds the leg into the box...
Dan I did it like John Schroeder has described. I think If I had to do it again. I would sand that down as to allow for a 1 bid to go over it. there are some...
Ron, Here's what I did. Sounds a lot like Skip. The teardrop shape of the leg fairing is not fat enough to fill the opening in the wheel pant or the upper...
Dan - CORRECTION: Late at night answers are bad. We put a couple layers of duct tape around the bottom of the gear leg (not gear) fairings and one layer of...
Amen to Bryan's admonition about cutting. We cut one of the leg fairings a bit close, but managed to finagle it to where we did not have to order a new one. ...
I've done my gear fairings a lot like most of you have, as a matter of fact it looks very much like Mikes. I had not decided which end I wanted to be...
... Ron's post (excerpted above) contrasted with the others highlights the confusion I have about this. My original thought was to us micro (maybe with a...
You need to let the leg fairing float either at the top or bottom. I prefer the top. Failure to do so can result in some nasty cracks. Regards, Timothy Ong...
Why attach it at the bottom? I would think that the wheel pant moves quite a bit more than the upper fairing and therefore it would be better to attach the...
The firewall blanket that Lancair provided me was short about 3/4" along about 3 edges. We happen to have a resident expert on firewalls and soundproofing -...
Our leg fairings normally float at the top. I figured the gear would tend to flex up more than down, so the wedging action of motion would be easier to deal ...
Here a picture of the gear fairings. The idea was to reduce the curvature on the acute angle "armpit" side and increase the curvature on the other side. One...
You remember - yes it was. I wasn't particularly satisfied with the results and could certainly do it better and faster next time. It took more finishing...
I attached mine at the top because it was easier. If you are going to get some scraping of the paint on the end that moves, you would hide the scraping ...
Thanks for all your comments and suggestions on the door seal. I installed it last week and it went very smoothly. I determined exactly where it needed to be...
Todd, I am looking for someone to come to my location (Thousand Oaks, CA) to work for about a week starting the last week in March. By then I hope to be ready...
Guys....I added another little twist to the fairings that go between the plane and the wheel pant. I wanted to be able to take the pant and this fairing off...
It still is a a great idea. If you are happy with them and they do well in flight testing, maybe Lancair would consider adapting the design and using yours for...
Mike - Another excellent "Builder Hint". Did you get some pictures? If so, send them and I'll put it into a .pdf doc. Thanks for the great description and ...
Guys I am looking for something to make the seal between the wing and fuselage gap. I have heard of caulking and leading edge tape. I would rather have some...
