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garrys(at)tampabay.rr.com
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Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:38 am Post subject: Nose Gear Intersection Leg Fairing

Vans has recently offered a nose gear leg to cowl intersection  fairing.  I purchased one for my RV 7A and am left scratching my head as to  how this should be installed such that I can still remove the lower cowl.   Has anyone on the list installed one of these, or alternatively have they built  one from scratch?  How did you attach this fairing?

  

 Garry Stout

 Odessa FL

  

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ronlee(at)pcisys.net
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Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 12:17 pm Post subject: Nose Gear Intersection Leg Fairing

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		   Vans has recently offered a nose gear leg to cowl intersection fairing. 

 I purchased one for my RV 7A and am left scratching my head as to how

 this should be installed such that I can still remove the lower cowl. 

 Has anyone on the list installed one of these, or alternatively have


	


Mine is attached with three smallish screws on each side along the main 

body and one at the aft

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matthew(at)n523rv.com
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Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 4:33 pm Post subject: Nose Gear Intersection Leg Fairing

What's the quality of the nose gear fairing?   I ordered the main gear intersection fairings and they were pretty darn poor  quality IMHO.

  

 Matthew

RV-9A :: N523RV

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Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 5:58 pm Post subject: Nose Gear Intersection Leg Fairing

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Rick Galati

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Location: Lake St. Louis MO.

Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 12:53 pm Post subject: Nose Gear Intersection Leg Fairing

My high quality Bob Snedaker (Fairings-etc.) upper nose gear intersection fairing is held in place by 2  #6 screws. The nutplates are attached to bits of aluminum attached to the lower cowl.   The fairing sits in a recess of built-up filler producing a smooth transition with the lower cowl.  To remove the lower cowl, I just remove the 2 screws holding the fairing in place and let the fairing slide down and out of the way on the leg fairing.

   

  http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/9435/uppernosegearlegfairingxc6.jpg

   

  Rick Galati  RV-6A  "Darla"    

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Dale Ensing

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Location: Aero Plantation Weddington NC

Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:34 am Post subject: Nose Gear Intersection Leg Fairing

Rick,

 Your nose gear intersection fairing appears to fit  the gear leg fairing much better then mine. On mine, the intersection fairing  opening (Fairings-etc) is wider than the gear leg fairing (Van's). Did you  do anything to make this a better fit?

 Dale Ensing 

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Rick Galati

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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:12 am Post subject: Nose Gear Intersection Leg Fairing

Dale,

   

  The intersection fairing is wider than the gear leg fairing. I would suppose it is designed that way to avoid almost certain chafing as the nose gear flexes quite a bit fore and aft depending upon the varying weight and load conditions imposed upon it. 

   

  Rick Galati  RV-6A  "Darla"   

   

   

   

  Rick, 

Your nose gear intersection fairing appears to fit the gear leg fairing much  better then mine. On mine, the intersection fairing opening (Fairings-etc) is wider than the gear leg fairing (Van's). Did you do anything to make this a better fit? 

Dale Ensing 



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