Gear Leg Seal

[larry]

I am trying to seal up all the extra openings on my LongEZ and was wondering where the gear leg enters in to the fuselage could be sealed up with silicon calk.  Or is there other spots that can be sealed to reduce drag.

[Hmanvel]

I used Silicone around my gearlegs when I built my Defiant.  I ended up with a delamination over the gear opening on one side, due to the flexing of the gear pushing the silicone which pushed the outer skin of fiberglass. I had left about 3/16" clearance all around, and filled it with Silocone.  It wasnt enough clearance, and it was too much sealer.  After fixing the delam, I opened up the clearance to more like 5/16 and just put a thin gland of silicone over the opening to seal it.
Harry Manvel
Defiant N2HM
PTK / Pontiac, MI

[pushyhog]

once u get over 150 miles per hour no more air will go in the hole anyway.