Fred, It might be worthwhile for you to talk to Justin Kennedy (
justin@systemwise.co.uk ) who designed some very elegant wing fairings for
his plane which are flying and performing well. William Mills was impressed
enough to take some female mouldings from them with a view to making some
for himself (He had not done so at the time of his crash) Those female
moudings are likely to be made available to anyone interested via the Europa
Club. regards, David Joyce, G-XSDJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Klein" <fklein@orcasonline.com>
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 5:47 PM
Subject: Europa-List: Fuselage/wing fairing/fillet
> Gentlemen,
>
> While trial fitting the wings and setting the angle of incidence, I
> took some time to mock up an enhancement of the fairing in hopes of
> reducing interference drag. The gist is to start w/ the radius of the
> standard fairing just forward of the spar and extend the tangent point
> aft along the fuselage waterline until abeam of the flap trailing edge.
>
> My intention is to cut the supplied fairing just forward of the spar
> and increase the radius aft as shown in the pixs. I plan to have a
> lapped joint at the trailing edge of the wing (not the flap) and secure
> the new fairing aft of the wing to the fuselage, overlapping the flap;
> the fairing forward of the trailing edge of the wing would be glassed
> to the wing in the normal manner.
>
> I anticipate placing the rear pip pin w/ the use of a modified set of
> needle-nosed pliers thru the standard hole.
>
> I have not resolved the issue of trailering as the projection from the
> fuselage will create a conflict when the wings are stored alongside,
> though I am hopeful that the spar carriers on the trailer can be
> relocated to provide clearance and still stay within the overall width
> limitation (8 feet) for highway travel.
>
> Might this be: Much ado about nothing?...a promising
> development?...beyond the pale?
>
> Thoughtful comments would be appreciated...especially from anyone
> qualified to opine about the aerodynamics of such an installation.
>
> thanks, Fred
>
>
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