I reinforced the wheel pant holes we had drilled with a couple layers of fiberglass:
Main wheel fairing reinforcements in place
Main wheel fairing reinforcements after curing
It was then time to fill the gaps between the fairings and the bracket, starting with protecting the brackets with aluminum tape and waxing that:
Right fairing bracket wrapped with aluminum tape for gap filling
Right fairing bracket wrapped with aluminum tape for gap filling
Axle extension wrapped with aluminum tape for gap filling
The first batch gave pretty good results, and only required a bit of sanding with the Dremel to get to a final shape:
Main forward fairing aft gap fill before finishing
Main forward fairing axle gap fill before finishing
Sanded right main forward fairing axle gap fill
Sanded right main forward fairing gap fill
When I tried to do the other side by myself, however, the fairings probably moved around too much as I tried to position them, and that made a big mess, so we had to repeat the process to fill the gaps:
Big resin mess around left aft fairing holes
Big resin mess around forward fairing holes
Fixed and sanded gap fill on right main wheel forward fairing
Fixed and sanded gap fill on left main wheel aft fairing
I also started the leg fairings, by using the templates (I printed additional copies of it) to mark the cut lines, then actually cutting them:
Main leg fairings marked for cutting
They fit nicely in place, but we still need to align them (another slightly annoying step):
Main wheel and leg fairings in place
Main wheel and leg fairings in place
We're also getting ready to do the nose gear fairing, so the wheel and brackets are now in place:
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