Tail Fairings

With Dad’s help over the last few days we fit the tail fairings. This required some filling and sanding of the fiberglass fairing that fits between the VS and HS, as well as trimming an d fitting two aluminum fairings on each side, under the HS.

Part of the fitting process involved locating holes in the fiberglass to line up with the nutplates in the aft fuselage. Dad painstakingly measured the location of the holes before drilling them, ending up with a perfect fit.

I primed the parts alongside some of the other fiberglass fairings, and these are good to go now.

Keeping some tension on with a length of rope
Drilling holes
Drilling holes
Final drilling holes in the fuselage, HS and VS. installed some nutplates as well
Starting the sanding
Sanding complete, ready for paint
Inside of the fairing showing some of the filling that was needed to ensure a perfect fit