Ventus A and B Wing Root Fairings

Don't know there ever was any instructions on adding the wing fairings.
Basically you slide the glove on each wing and then assemble the ship.
Slide the gloves inboard until they rest against the fuselage, mark
this location on the fus. Slide the fairings back and grind away the
gelcoat in the indicated area. Goop up the fairings with epoxt and flox
and slam them back in place, held with tape and things (cleco's work
well). Its important to NOT get carried away with the glue, as in don't
let it ooze down and harden on the spars and things. Musn't end up with
a permanently assembled ship. After curing, add a couple of layers of
92110 to the edges of the fairings that extend up fus a couple of
inches. Then fill-sand, prime-sand, paint-sand, buff.

One needs to be a bit careful when assembling the ship, as in don't hit
the fairing with the spar of the wing that your cramming in, then watch
the pitch of the wing as you slide the root rib into the fairing.

Its a good mod, well worth doing,
JJ

Dick or JJ do you have the factory instructions anywhere still for the
modification?

Tim

Tim Taylor
Logan, Utah

You described the fairing installation procedure well JJ, and that is
just how I did mine.
But do not forget to describe sawing off the 4 inches of each flap
root. Otherwise it is real difficult to move the flaps.
Dick Johnson

Hi Dick et all

Is there a similar mod available for the Nimbus 2, I am rebuilding a Nimbus
at the moment and always thought that area could benefit from fairings,
pictures or drawings would do I can work from there.

Chris Runeckles
Western Australia

wrote in message
oups.com...
You described the fairing installation procedure well JJ, and that is
just how I did mine.
But do not forget to describe sawing off the 4 inches of each flap
root. Otherwise it is real difficult to move the flaps.
Dick Johnson

Yes, does anyone have pictures of these animals and the mod to the
flaps?

Thanks,

Larry
"zero one"


"Chris" wrote in message :

Hi Dick et all

Is there a similar mod available for the Nimbus 2, I am rebuilding a Nimbus
at the moment and always thought that area could benefit from fairings,
pictures or drawings would do I can work from there.

Chris Runeckles
Western Australia

wrote in message
oups.com...
You described the fairing installation procedure well JJ, and that is
just how I did mine.
But do not forget to describe sawing off the 4 inches of each flap
root. Otherwise it is real difficult to move the flaps.
Dick Johnson

Look in the June issue of Soaring for 2 photos of the Ventus A wing
root fairings.
Fairings should about equally benefit the Nimbus 2, but that wing is
thicker, and I do not know if anyone has developed fairings for it.
Dick Johnson

I found an image on Jim Phoenix's site of the fairing.

http://www.jimphoenix.com/jimphoenix...Nfuselage.html

Also the last issue of Soaring Magazine has a good picture from the
rear of Dick's Ventus with the wings on so you can see the flaps.

wrote:
You described the fairing installation procedure well JJ, and that is
just how I did mine.
But do not forget to describe sawing off the 4 inches of each flap
root. Otherwise it is real difficult to move the flaps.
Dick Johnson

Now I know why I couldn't move the flaps on that Nimbus 3. Considered
trying to get into standard class with it, but as Dick points out, one
must remove the 4" of flap that otherwise would get trapped inside the
fairing. Then plug the open end of the flap and add a fence. I could
play a tune with my Nimbus when just moving the flaps up and
down----Weeeee-----wooooo----wrrrrr-----weeeee. This mod stopped all
that, quiet is good, right Dick?

As for the Nimbus 2 or other ships, I would consider adapting an
existing fairing to match your ship (cut and paste, trim and adapt)
Making a fairing from scratch involves a lot of up-side-down work with
urethane foam dust falling into your eyes. Most modern airfoils have a
similar curve. I did something on these lines to a 301 Libelle about
100 years ago, then made a hinged canopy, she was a hummer.
JJ

"JJ Sinclair" wrote in
oups.com:

I could
play a tune with my Nimbus when just moving the flaps up and
down----Weeeee-----wooooo----wrrrrr-----weeeee.


Hey JJ, my PIK-20d played the same tune. Were they in the same band?
-Bob Korves

Dick,

I looked at my Ventus tonight and I see that the flap drive is about
two inches inboard from the end of the flap, but about four inches will
need to be cut off. How did you deal with the flap connection hardware
when you trimmed the flaps? At the upper (connection) end of the flap
is there enough room that you do have to change anything?

Thanks,

Tim

Hi Tim,
No hardware needs to be changed to install the wing root fairings,
and shortening the flap roots is easy.
Dick Johnson