Center and press the fairing piece between the fins, noting how the outside edges but up against the fin fairings.
Even though I tried to get straight sides on the fairing, the conical shape flared out a bit.
The sides of the #7 pieces had to be cut in a slight arc to fit the sides.
On the right shows how many narrow trims were made on the sides to fit the open area.
Before spraying with adhesive,
The fairing were given a slight curve. I didn't want any adhesive on the printed, visible side.
Here's one of the #7 pieces in place, the sides are almost tucked into the root edges of the fairings.
Not really surprised that you had to change the shape of those pieces -- the join between the conical-shaped fairings and the cylindrical airframe is probably not going to be a straight line, but either bowed in or bowed out (can't say offhand -- it's a bit more complex than that join between the fins and body tube on the Centuri Bandito),
ReplyDeleteHi Anonymous,
DeleteThe instructions don't mention trimming the fairing sides to fit! I wonder how many young builders simply glued the oversize #7 pieces over the fairing sides.