REFLECTOR: Standard edition wheel pants

[nmflyer1 at aol.com]

Mark, 


Well, it took a little time, but it was not difficult.


I glassed the old halves together first. 


Then I found the cutout shape that I wanted so that I could take the wheel pants of more easily. 


Since my wheel pants were not big enough to  fit for some reason, I had to cut material out of the back so that they would mate up.


Then I covered things with tape/plastic, built some dams and filled the new area with pour foam (I love that stuff!).


I then sanded the pour foam to give a nice gradual curve as you see on the inner portion. 


I covered that shape with BID. 


Next was the usual flange glassing and nutplate installation. 


I also built in a spring-loaded door so that I could check/fill my tires without loosing my mind:  http://tinypic.com/r/dbpfer/5


I put in some scoops to try and get a little airflow across the brakes as you can see. 


Then the usual finishing. 


Once done, you can remove all the perimeter screws and the wheel pants stay put. Then remove the 2 inner ones to pull the inner, and one screw to pull the outer. This way you don'g bang & chip the crap out of them trying to line them up (Like I have to do on my Cherokee). 


I guess that all 3 took about a month of part-time work. I do like the final look though. 



-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Magee <edjonesbrady at gmail.com>
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Thu, Nov 17, 2011 12:20 am
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Standard edition wheel pants


Kurt,
Those look fantastic. How big a project was this? Seems as if this was fairly extensive on glasswork.
I'm as we'll looking for a better look. My research on speed same as yours: all shapes about the same in drag reduction/speed gains.

Mark B. Magee
XLFG N34XL 300 HP
Brady TX


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On Nov 16, 2011, at 11:35 PM, nmflyer1 at aol.com wrote:




Andy, 


I asked someone at the factory that very question. I have the Old style ones and thought it was worth asking. I was told that they are all about the same as far as speed goes. I think the newer ones may be a little more user friendly to remove/re install. 


Since there was really no advantage to buying new ones, I just redesigned my old style ones.




Here are some pics of what I did: 


http://tinypic.com/r/1zmp3k3/5 


http://tinypic.com/r/153061e/5


http://tinypic.com/r/2w1xgft/5


Kurt 







 
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