{"id":3873,"date":"2018-12-10T21:30:31","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T02:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=3873"},"modified":"2019-02-13T07:27:42","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T12:27:42","slug":"more-fiberglass-work-on-the-tail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=3873","title":{"rendered":"More fiberglass work on the tail"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just when I thought I was done with fiberglass work on the empennage, a problem with the tail strobe\/nav light proved me wrong.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m using Whelen\u2019s LED nav lights and the tail light is just a little wider than the lower rudder cap can accommodate. Time to get out the Dremel saw and do some surgery\u2026<\/p>\n

\"Butchering<\/p>\n

I did a rough cut to accommodate the electronics end of the light, then wrapped the light in packing tape as a release agent for the fiberglass I laid into the cutout area.<\/p>\n

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A bit of sanding around the cutout and I was ready for BID and resin.<\/p>\n

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The end result\u2026a nicely-faired tail light! I didn\u2019t capture a picture of the modified fairing but the change is barely perceptible from the original installation.<\/p>\n

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Just when I thought I was done with fiberglass work on the empennage, a problem with the tail strobe\/nav light proved me wrong. I\u2019m using Whelen\u2019s LED nav lights and the tail light is just a little wider than the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-empennage","category-rudder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3873"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3875,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3873\/revisions\/3875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}