Incident Repairs Nearly Completed

It’s about time for an update. My new job is causing me to work more than I would like, and spend somewhat less time working on the plane than is typical, but we have been working away the whole time. We’ve just finished up the fill-and-finish work on the damaged copilot wing area, and are […]

Incident Repair VI

Here you can see the wing damage repair entering it’s final stages. As you can see below, we added some superfill on the rudder-cable-delamination repair, as well as a couple of low spots on the main repair, and on the strobe repair and some miscellaneous dips in the skin finish. It’s funny what you find […]

The Fuselage Comes Home

We brought the fuselage back today and started working on installing the door receiver covers. Also, we started working on the window beauty covers so we’ll be able to install our interior.

Incident Repair V

As you’ll see, we’re trying some new epoxies and fillers for our repairs. On the wingtip, where the strobe repair is coming along, we’re using Superfill to fair it in, to good effect. On the wing, we’re trying the West system for finishing it out, and will likely use superfil over the top to get […]

New Year, New Job, Repairs Continue

Ah, our first update of the new year. Well, we’re still making steady progress, but I was really lazy over the holidays (we got a Wii, and I really took a stress relief break). See, I’m taking a new role at work, returning to engineering from my 9 year IT hiatus, and the decision to […]

Deciding to Paint Ourselves

We’ve begun the recovery process. If you haven’t read the incident report, check that out here. Also check out the repairs here. In this section we’ll talk about the process of painting Victor Fox, as we decided we’d put on a “real” coating of paint since we had to do something with the damaged wing anyway. We’ve […]