Making of a Race Fairing (Formula 302)
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Originally posted by HPJunkie
Audio, I was just wondering why you didnt mechanically attach that fairing? Greg
Audio, I was just wondering why you didnt mechanically attach that fairing? Greg
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Ok I was finally able to get a couple hours in on the boat this weekend. I took the day and washed the truck did a oil change and started to wax the truck. Well 6 hours later and I was only done with the drivers side I said SCREW THIS and went back to work on the boat. I cut the starboard side of the fairing down and then figured out the angle of the lip that is going to hopefully deflect the wind up and over our heads and not have it come around and hit us in the back of the head. In this picture you can see that I left them long so that I can figure out how I am going to trim them out when I am done. I am thinking of just doing a nice rounded edge.
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In this one you can see the wood insert that I made. It is made of marine mahogony. This will serve three purposes. One is it added a TON of strength even with out it being bonded in there. Two is it will give me a smooth top surface to glass over were the Nida Core has all those open holes. Three is it will give me a place to screw things into if I ever need to bolt something to the top of the fairing. This is the middle of the fairing
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Cord the grinding is not in the new paint. I only painted the hull last year. This year I guess will be the cockpit area and a blend up on the deck. Next year will be the deck and then the interior. I am thinking there is no end in site ![Big Grin](/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
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Ok took the evening and made some more progress. I bonded the inside of the window with two 10" wide pieces of glass at each corner. This will add a large amount of strenght to the fairing.
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