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Category: Cabin Top

Sanding, filling, cutting, and some more filling.

March 22, 2014April 3, 2014 Ed Cabin Top, Fuselage, RV10 Build

Started off with more sanding and filling. Then it was time for something new: cutting out the Aerosport Products headliner shells. These liners are going

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Sanding, filling, and starting some bracket covers

March 23, 2014April 3, 2014 Ed Cabin Top, Fuselage, RV10 Build

Sanding and filling (x2) on the switch pod forward edge today. I also decided to try to make some fiberglass door strut bracket covers. I’m

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More sanding, more covers

March 24, 2014April 3, 2014 Ed Cabin Top, Fuselage, RV10 Build

Started the night with some more sanding on the front surface of the switch pod. Then I went back to the bracket covers. I shaped

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Strut covers finished, more sanding

March 26, 2014April 3, 2014 Ed Cabin Top, Fuselage, RV10 Build

The fiberglass covers had cured over night, so I popped them off the molds. They turned out pretty good. Once I had the covers off,

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Cabin top priming, part 1

March 29, 2014April 5, 2014 Ed Cabin Top, Fuselage, RV10 Build

Today was finally time to put the first coat of primer on the cabin top. I feel that I’ve got the surfaces that will be

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Sanding and filling

April 1, 2014April 18, 2014 Ed Cabin Top, Fuselage, RV10 Build

Yup. Back to sanding and filling. But the end is in sight! The high build primer has cured, and the cabin top looks really good.

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Dealing with pinholes

April 5, 2014April 18, 2014 Ed Cabin Top, Fuselage, RV10 Build

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

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So close

April 6, 2014April 18, 2014 Ed Cabin Top, Fuselage, RV10 Build

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

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Cabin top ready for paint!

April 10, 2014April 18, 2014 Ed Cabin Top, Fuselage, RV10 Build

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

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Clear coating carbon

June 13, 2014July 10, 2014 Ed Cabin Top, Fuselage, RV10 Build

With the gear fairings done, I could focus back on getting the cabin top ready to be installed on the plane. Tonight I prepared and

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