Reshaping and Customizing Fit of Empennage Fairing

I spent a little time with the heat gun to reshape a few spots on the fairing that weren’t sitting tight against the aluminum.

The fairing now fits pretty tight all around.  There’s no more than 1/32″gap all the way around.  Here’s the right side of the vertical stabilizer which was one of the worst fitting spots.

And here’s the fit along the right horizontal stabilizer which was also not great.  It now fits pretty well.

To get the fit perfect, I mixed up some epoxy/flox and applied a bead under all of the edges.  I’ll have a little more filling to do underneath each flange after the epoxy sets up.

There were also some minor gaps along the leading edge of the fairing.  This should fit really nicely after I’m done.

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