Pretty quick night, but an important one! I first covered the foam pod form and the area of the cabin top around it with packaging
Glassing the pod
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Final shaping the pod
Tonight was spent doing some final tweaking to the shape of the switch pod. Once I had that done, I cut an aluminum panel that
Overhead switch pod
I’ve decided that I am going to go forward with the overhead switch pod that I’ve been putzing with. However, the foam plug I had
Engine mount match drilled
This afternoon, we got the engine mount match drilled to the weldment brackets behind the firewall. This is a two person job, so I employed
Engine Cowl Hinges
The last part of the upper forward fuse attach section calls for the creation hinges that will attach the cowl to the plane. Basically, half
You know what…
More sanding down the high spots, and filling in the low spots. It’s looking pretty close to being done… but it seems like the last
Upper Fwd Fuse Attach
I had been holding off on riveting the upper forward fuse onto the plane. Many builders leave this unattached until very late in the build,
And again…
More sanding and filling. Each time brings it closer to a finished product, but it definitely takes time! Also a little more time working on
and sand and fill
Same as before. Filling in low spots, sanding down high spots. I also started playing with the idea of making an overhead switch panel that
Sand and fill
Thanks to this brutal cold winter, and the price of propane keeping me from heating the garage as much as I’d like, it took a