Category: Fuselage

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

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

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

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

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

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

Overnight, the switch pod had fully cured (thanks to some heat lamps, this Minnesota winter doesn’t want to go away!) I popped the pod off

Tonight, the flange I had glassed in had cured, so I trimmed that up. Then, since I’ll be installing the pod permanently soon, I bolted