{"id":2336,"date":"2018-10-07T13:35:47","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T21:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/?p=2336"},"modified":"2018-10-07T13:35:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-07T21:35:47","slug":"empennage-fairing-nearly-completed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/?p=2336","title":{"rendered":"Empennage Fairing Nearly Completed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_2093.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2339\" src=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_2093-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_2093-700x525.jpg 700w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_2093-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_2093-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After a dose of Cabosil where the fairing meets the aluminum and hours of sanding the empennage fairing is looking pretty good considering this was cut into three pieces to fit the showplanes fastback.\u00a0 Pinholes to fill, smoothing, sanding and primer are all that&#8217;s left.\u00a0 The fairing is held on with four screws on each side.\u00a0 It doesn&#8217;t need any more the fit is so good.\u00a0 The fairing wraps around the leading edge of the HS about an inch.\u00a0 This does make it slightly more of a task to remove but that&#8217;s a small price to pay for a good fitting fairing that doesn&#8217;t have screws every two inches.\u00a0 You can see two of the screws at the aft end.\u00a0 The other two hold the aft bottom in place, so you really only readily see two.\u00a0 The tape is there playing the part of paint.\u00a0 I wanted to make sure I can get this off with paint or vinyl.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_2092.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2345\" src=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_2092-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_2092-700x525.jpg 700w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_2092-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_2092-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Final installation of the elevators and rudder.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_2094.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2341\" src=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_2094-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_2094-700x525.jpg 700w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_2094-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_2094-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_2095.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2337\" src=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_2095-700x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_2095-700x525.jpg 700w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_2095-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_2095-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Afterwards I installed the rudder strobe and trim motor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a dose of Cabosil where the fairing meets the aluminum and hours of sanding the empennage fairing is looking pretty good considering this was cut into three pieces to fit the showplanes fastback.\u00a0 Pinholes to fill, smoothing, sanding and primer are all that&#8217;s left.\u00a0 The fairing is held on with four screws on each <a href='http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/?p=2336' 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