I’ve really been itching to make some good progress on the plane, so I took today off from work! The first few hours of my day were spent cleaning, and I didn’t actually start making progress on the plane until almost 11 AM, but having a clean, organized workspace makes the work that much more efficient.
So when I finally did start working on the plane, I began by working on the passenger’s side door opening. While I have a nice fit between the outside skin of the fuselage and the door, the actual exterior door gutter is pretty rough. To fix that, I sanded down some of the real rough parts, and then added a layer of micro to fill gaps and level everything out.
While that was curing, I started the process all over again with the pilots door, including fitting the door latch hardware, bolting the door on the plane, getting the door to fit the opening, remembering to install the door pin guide blocks, and so on.
I finished by filling the door gap on that side with flox.
All in all, a productive day!