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  1. 09-09-2017, 07:07 PM #591
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    How do you seal the wing root fairings behind the skylight on the fuselage?

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  2. 09-10-2017, 12:35 AM #592
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    Quote Originally Posted by JPerkins View Post
    How do you seal the wing root fairings behind the skylight on the fuselage?

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    I'm going to address that as I make the upper fairings, will be much easier to show in pictures than to try and explain in text...

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    Hey Brian
    Always wondered how the root fairness worked and your pics showed it perfectly!
    Thank you so much for the detailed chronology - between you and Mark (MMoyle) I have learnt so much more from such a long distance away.
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    Thanks for all the expertise and pictures, and explanation you share! I too, have learned a great deal.
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    Default Re: Andy's Pacer restoration thread...

    The old adage, 90% done 90 to go...



    Top fairing edges folded over..



    Here is where the fairing lays at the rear skylight... I bend a jog in the edge to get it to lay down against the fabric...



    Drilling the tank covers...



    All the top pieces done..



    Chafe seal getting glued on...



    Nose bowl chafe getting glued...



    Skylight glass installed...

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  6. 09-16-2017, 02:34 PM #596
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    Default Re: Andy's Pacer restoration thread...

    Brian,

    What did you use for the top fairing material?
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    Default Re: Andy's Pacer restoration thread...

    Quote Originally Posted by Stephen View Post
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    What did you use for the top fairing material?
    Did the entire wing root fairings out of .025 2024 T3...

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  8. 09-18-2017, 01:12 PM #598
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    FWIW I used .025 5052 for the wing root fairings and .032 6061-T6 for door panels, cowlings, eng. baffles and just about everything else. Those grades are much cheaper and a lot easier to work with and not as prone to crack, must be why Mr. Piper used it I paid a total of $150.00 for both 4X12' sheets. They were shipped from Dallas and I picked them up locally. Yea I have used 2024-T3 for 50 years.
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  9. 09-18-2017, 09:16 PM #599
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    Wyndot, who did you order the aluminum from in dallas.
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  10. 09-18-2017, 11:30 PM #600
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    Default Re: Andy's Pacer restoration thread...

    I ordered the sheets from The Trident Co. in Houston and they were shipped from their facility in Dallas/Richhardson. Not sure if they have a Beaumont, TX location or not. I forgot to state the H32 Heat# to the 5052 5052-H32..
    This is the first time I have used either grade since I always used 2024-T3 and some 3003-H14 before. Not anymore I'm very happy with both of these.

    FWIW My neighbors bought an unpainted Murphy Moose and that whole plane is made from 6061-T6.
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