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Empannage Fairing
- Thread starter BruceMe
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Tom Martin
Well Known Member
faring
The F1 kits come with an empenage faring but it has not fit my projects that well so I fabricate my own. Others have had some success with the faring. Contact Mark Fredrick to purchase one.
Tom Martin
The F1 kits come with an empenage faring but it has not fit my projects that well so I fabricate my own. Others have had some success with the faring. Contact Mark Fredrick to purchase one.
Tom Martin
Dayton Murdock
Well Known Member
Bruce
I had to modify the empennage fairing that I purchased from Fairings ete I have photo?s on my web page http://www.mykitlog.com/n9174l the date is 12-12-04 for the photo?s. I hope this helps
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I had to modify the empennage fairing that I purchased from Fairings ete I have photo?s on my web page http://www.mykitlog.com/n9174l the date is 12-12-04 for the photo?s. I hope this helps
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BruceMe
Well Known Member
Hey Dayton. This is a fastback RV-4. The the upper deck (F-407 aft) is about 10" higher, and I'm using the harmon rocket canopy. The stock RV-4 empanage fairings just wont fit.
http://www.precision3d.com/rv4/rv4fuse/Picture 046.jpg
Thanks for the advise though. I've purchased a HR empanage fairing from Massey. It will be close enough to cut and patch vs. a from scratch hand-layup which could take 4x longer.
-Bruce
http://www.precision3d.com/rv4/rv4fuse/Picture 046.jpg
Thanks for the advise though. I've purchased a HR empanage fairing from Massey. It will be close enough to cut and patch vs. a from scratch hand-layup which could take 4x longer.
-Bruce
f1rocket
Well Known Member
Cut a triangular piece out of the fairing on each side, between the vertical stab and the horizontal stab. Get the fairing to fit around the empennage components. Then, lay up 1 ply of bid onto your fuselage (covered of course) and flox the fairing onto the layup. While wet, apply another 1 ply bid layout on the top of the fairing around the openings that you cut out, overlapping the layup on the sides of the fairing about an inch. This ties the bottom and top layups together. Once dry, fill with microballons and you should be good to go.
