Many thanks Jim & Hartmut, I guess I'll just paint the shields when I do the gear. But for now, the plane is going back together so I can fly. It's been down for the past 6 weeks, Enough's enough! Richard Mine came with those under the landing lamp fairings just like yours - my mechanic and I both think they were put there to aid in keeping stuff flung about by the tire from getting over / into the strut, esp. the donuts section (your case) spring stack (my case). If it offends you, you look pretty handy with the paint, so put some on it. Your paint does look really nice.
Jim Beach Brennan NC93963 WST / RI --- On Wed, 6/25/08, Hartmut Beil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Hartmut Beil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Q: On Gear Fairing Part To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 2:48 PM Richard. This looks like the stock part that should remain there. It extends the fairing when the wheel are hanging down in-flight. Removing it adds a bit more drag down there. Hartmut ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Todd To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 11:42 PM Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Q: On Gear Fairing Part Hello All, I'm just finishing up my new Paint/Polish scheme on my 415C. The Gear Fairings w/landing lights that were on the plane when I bought it, look like somebody made them in their garage. Fortunately I had a set laying around and replaced the home-made set. I do have a question however, on what looks like and inner shield that was under the gear fairing. Personally I see no purpose for this part, and wonder if it's more home-made junk. I'd like to get rid of them if possible, because they look like crap hanging out under the stock fairing. Please see pictures and advise it this is a stock part that needs to remain in place. Thank you, Richard The picture below shows how that inner shield hangs out under the gear fairing. #yiv1970742245 #ygrp-mkp { BORDER-RIGHT:#d8d8d8 1px solid;PADDING-RIGHT:14px;BORDER-TOP:#d8d8d8 1px solid;PADDING-LEFT:14px;PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;MARGIN:14px 0px;BORDER-LEFT:#d8d8d8 1px solid;PADDING-TOP:0px;BORDER-BOTTOM:#d8d8d8 1px solid;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;} #yiv1970742245 #ygrp-mkp HR { BORDER-RIGHT:#d8d8d8 1px solid;BORDER-TOP:#d8d8d8 1px solid;BORDER-LEFT:#d8d8d8 1px solid;BORDER-BOTTOM:#d8d8d8 1px solid;} #yiv1970742245 #ygrp-mkp #hd { FONT-WEIGHT:bold;FONT-SIZE:85%;MARGIN:10px 0px;COLOR:#628c2a;LINE-HEIGHT:122%;} #yiv1970742245 #ygrp-mkp #ads { MARGIN-BOTTOM:10px;} #yiv1970742245 #ygrp-mkp .ad { PADDING-RIGHT:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;PADDING-TOP:0px;} #yiv1970742245 #ygrp-mkp .ad A { COLOR:#0000ff;TEXT-DECORATION:none;}
