REFLECTOR: fairing in back of windows

[Al Gietzen]

I covered the micro filler with fine BID - I think that's what my manual
suggested.  It is also general practice to cover that later with upholstery
- generally by taping off around the inside edge of  the windows and making
a molding by laying up about a three plys of BID.  This gets trimmed up and
covered with upholstery and screwed into place.

Al

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Grigore Rosu
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 6:33 AM
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: REFLECTOR: fairing in back of windows

I was not able to find an aswer in the archives (which, btw, are not at 
all easy to search, one needs to go through each month and use browser's 
"find"), so here I am with another question.

Is the microbaloon slury that we use for fairing the back of the windows 
going to be visible from the inside of the airplane once the airplane is 
finished, or some window-frames will cover it?  I understand that we 
should smooth and trim it as well as we can while it is still wet, because 
it will be hard to sand/trim after it cures, but I do not understand 
whether this is important because the fairing will be visible or for other 
reasons.

The reason for my concern is the following.  A hint in the manual says: 
"it is not mandatory, but you can also back up this Micro-Balloon with a 
ply of BID arround the windows".  I would not mind doing it, but I would 
be concerned with how it looks in case that will remain visible; I think 
a smooth microbaloon can be made to look better than a ply of BID.

Grigore
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