My idea is to use a similar technique that was shown by Dan Horton in this post: http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showpost.php?p=1378151&postcount=23
I came up with a theoretical series of steps to do the gear leg to wheel pant intersection fairings.
Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated!
End goal is to have the fairing bonded to the wheel pant.
Steps:
- Tape off gear leg fairing and all openings around wheel pants (question here is do we want to protect the wheel pant from the foam sticking or not?)
- Build foam dam with tape, paper, etc.
- Pour expandable foam
- Shape cured foam using pvc with stick on sand paper etc.
- Prep foam for fiberglass layup. Best method? Coating of epoxy, drywall compound etc? wax, pva?
- Clean, sand and clean (again) wheel pant where layup will bond
- Layup fiberglass over foam and wheel pant to form intersection fairing
- Cut layup (intersection fairing) along wheel pant split line.
- Remove wheel pant / fairing halves
- Clean up / cut out inside of wheel pant and reinforce.
- Remove foam, tape, etc. from gear leg fairing
I came up with a theoretical series of steps to do the gear leg to wheel pant intersection fairings.
Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated!
End goal is to have the fairing bonded to the wheel pant.
Steps:
- Tape off gear leg fairing and all openings around wheel pants (question here is do we want to protect the wheel pant from the foam sticking or not?)
- Build foam dam with tape, paper, etc.
- Pour expandable foam
- Shape cured foam using pvc with stick on sand paper etc.
- Prep foam for fiberglass layup. Best method? Coating of epoxy, drywall compound etc? wax, pva?
- Clean, sand and clean (again) wheel pant where layup will bond
- Layup fiberglass over foam and wheel pant to form intersection fairing
- Cut layup (intersection fairing) along wheel pant split line.
- Remove wheel pant / fairing halves
- Clean up / cut out inside of wheel pant and reinforce.
- Remove foam, tape, etc. from gear leg fairing