The epoxy pads I had injected into the wheel pants last night were cured, so I popped off the front half of the pants and
And again on the other side
Drilling pants
After the literal blood sweat and tears (and curse words) in the initial setup of the jig, and with 9 operational fingers, I continued on
More pants
After splitting the pant halves that were epoxied up last night, I built a jig to help me align the wheel pants to the plane.
Starting the landing gear fairings
Since I’m in the fiberglass mindset, I’m choosing to start working on the landing gear fairings. The first step is to make sure the wheel
Props here!
The propeller showed up today! It’s an 80″ Hartzell blended airfoil two bladed prop. It’s surprising how heavy it is. I pulled it out of
Tunnel cover modification
The forward tunnel cover needs to be modified to work with the control approach rudder pedals. This pedal system has a pair of arms that
Rear Seat Backs
Today, it was back to metal work, which was a nice change of pace. The rear seat backs are very straight forward to build, and
Cabin top ready for paint!
I’m done with the body work on the cabin top!!! Well, the interior, at least. I went a little heavy on the last primer coat
So close
After the last coat of primer, the top is to a point where I could wet sand it out and call it good… however, after
Dealing with pinholes
I sanded down the epoxy I had applied to fill the last few pinholes. I also really wanted to see how the transition was going