Fiberglass 101 June 15, 2012June 15, 2012 Ed 3 Comments Empennage, Fairings, RV10 Build Fiberglass is something that I have never worked with before. The RV10 is an aluminum plane, so what do I need fiberglass for? Well, there Read more
Emp fairings, part 2 June 16, 2012June 17, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Empennage, Fairings, RV10 Build Just a quick hour and a half to sand down the first coat of micro, and apply another thin coat to fill a few low Read more
Emp fairings, part 3 June 17, 2012June 17, 2012 Ed 0 Comment Empennage, Fairings, RV10 Build A little more sanding, a bit of trimming, and the tips are permanently riveted to the elevators and the top of the rudder. The rudder Read more
Fun with foam and fiberglass June 18, 2012April 15, 2013 Ed 0 Comment Empennage, Fairings, RV10 Build Just a quick night tonight. I formed some plugs for the HS tips. These plugs are just to give form to the fiberglass sheet that Read more
Fairings, continued June 19, 2012June 19, 2012 Ed 3 Comments Empennage, Fairings, RV10 Build I pulled the foam plugs out of the HS tips. They came out without much trouble… the packaging tape did it’s job preventing the epoxy Read more
Fiddling with the fairings June 25, 2012June 25, 2012 Ed 1 Comment Empennage, Fairings, RV10 Build Well, I got a tracking number for my wings, and according to the FedEx website, I should be getting a little package tomorrow! In the Read more