Wheel Fairings Done with Class!
When I was at OSH 2006, I saw one thing that set a couple of RV-10's apart from the others, especially mine. The wheel fairings, which are one of the least pleasing jobs you can do on the project, can be made to look much nicer with a little extra work on them. Shown here are Vic Syracuse's and Debbie Dewey's wheel fairings. Notice that Vic blended his intersection fairings into his wheel fairing, so they're very smooth. Then he cut the seam down the normal wheel fairing separation line, so they come apart and off easily. It's a first-class job, that's for sure. One other thing he pointed out to me. If you look at his fuel tank vent in the photos, there is a rudder cable exit fairing type thing in front of it. This is to keep ice from building up and plugging your fuel vent. That's thinking ahead!Looking at Debbie's, you can see they were done the standard way, but done with much nicer precision and fit than most RV's that I've seen. They really look nice.
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