Clear Coat Control Surfaces

We got the elevators and ailerons clear coated tonight. We’ll cook them dry in the morning and then bring the fuselage back to the hangar and start getting it ready for reassembly.

Clear Coating the Wings

It’s still really cold, but we did spray clear on the wings today. One big step forward was the new heater from Home Depot which, instead of my old heater which can do only 40k Btu, can do 70-130k Btu. We’ll try to get another couple of coats tomorrow, and then get them really warm to cure […]

Spraying Blue onto the Winglets

So, it’s been really cold and snowy here this week (and pretty much everywhere), and so progress has been pretty slow. We did spray the winglets with blue, though, so check that out. I hope to get clear on the wings this weekend, which should let us finish with paint next week. Then we can bring […]

Door Pin Receivers Covers

Happy New Year everybody! The break has been pretty productive, though we haven’t gotten quite as much painting done as I’d hoped (Jerry and Bob have been traveling over the holiday so managing the wings solo was tough). I hope to get the blue on the winglets tomorrow and then clear the whole wings on […]

Spraying Wing Strake Ends White

I painted the main wings yesterday so they’re all white, and I just heated them enough today to get them to cure out (and did some Christmas shopping). I’ll probably get a little more work in tomorrow, and then be out for the holiday. We’re now looking at maybe getting our interior and a check-up at the […]

Priming the Strake Wing Ends

Long day today. We got the canard moved to the big hangar and got started on the main wings. First we got them into the booth, and then sanded off the overspray and polish compound from buffing them previously. Then we got the swoosh taped off, as well as the blue line on the inside […]