Main Gear Wheel Pants

We started the wheel pants last year, but never finished, what with all of the punchlist work we had during the test flight period. But, if we’re going to paint, they need to be done. Today we cut a vent above the brake rotor and built the NACA on the pilot side. We should bond […]

Filling the Fuselage

Thanks a lot, Andy, I’m in love with “icing” because of you. Over the long weekend I used it everywhere. The engine NACA scoops seemed a little uneven, ice them. The door lips wanted their weave filled, ice them. The strakes have some sanding scratches, ice them. The speed brake door and opening want their weave […]

Finishing the Fuselage

Please see the Painting section for our coverage of fuselage finishing work.

Choosing a Paint and Paint Scheme

We’ve picked our blue, at least for this coat (we may go a different direction with the pro paint job later). I’ll be picking up some Nason Blue Metallic (400-44) tonight for the belly of our fuselage, and maybe some winglet highlights (the rest is “snow white 471-44″). Our paint scheme features this sort of blue long term, and having […]

Fitting the Nose Hatch and Doors

So we’re finally putting material back ONTO the fuselage. It feels good to have finally made the turn. Here we’re fitting and filling around the doors and nose cover. The doors should be done moving, having cured in the heat and sun all of last flying year, so I expect to get good mileage out […]

Sanding the Fuselage

Here’s a quick picture of the fuselage sanding continuing. We’re fixing some other odds and ends, like my door key lock froze up, so Bob replaced it this weekend, and I bonded the rudder conduit down more firmly, as I’d done it every foot or so, and we think it might have allowed too much […]