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Add screws to Bottom root fairing
- Thread starter Blain
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R. Daniels
Well Known Member
Blain, thats a very good idea. That's always an area where the root fairing is not very secure and tends to have a gap. The rubber gap seal makes it even worse.
The only possible down side I can think of:
If there is any flexing of the wing spar in flight, that fairing will slide across the fuselage bottom a little bit, so think of the overlap like fish scales.
If you screw it down, there may be some pull on it with positive G maneuvers?
What the heck? put a small pan head sheet metal screw in it, and see if it gets pulled after many flight hours?
If so, install a plate nut in the fuselage hole. Oval the fairing hole for movement, add a thin washer under the head of the screw? not too tight to allow some movement?
If there is any flexing of the wing spar in flight, that fairing will slide across the fuselage bottom a little bit, so think of the overlap like fish scales.
If you screw it down, there may be some pull on it with positive G maneuvers?
What the heck? put a small pan head sheet metal screw in it, and see if it gets pulled after many flight hours?
If so, install a plate nut in the fuselage hole. Oval the fairing hole for movement, add a thin washer under the head of the screw? not too tight to allow some movement?
