Another odd and end update… when I was in Sebastian for my transition training Scott Swing was working on these. Andy has a much slicker way to do this, but this is easy and, probably, just as effective… Scott’s answer was to create a little deflector for the elevator torque tube opening that would move […]
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The counterweight fairings need to be installed before the first flight. They are an anti-icing system that keeps the elevators from becoming jammed in flight if you pass through an icing layer. For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim […]
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The canard and door interiors are looking good in a fresh clear coat. We’ll ditch the canard and bring the main wings in tomorrow and get started on them. We should get the canard touch-up tomorrow and clear the door beams and the canard on Saturday. Inside door beam clear coat Canard Clear Coat
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So, we sanded, filled, and re-primed the canard. That took a couple of days, but tonight we sprayed color finally. We’ll see when it cures out, but it seems we’re starting to get the hang of this. We hit it with a light tack coat, and then 1 full color coat, 1 final heavy coat, […]
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Today primed the canard. We spent most of last weekend getting the EIS wiring up to snuff, but it’s not very photogenic. This week was sand and fill (and grinding off some canard-tip layups I did a *long* time ago before I knew better-they were as thick as battleship armor). So, today was the day, […]
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Here we’re doing miscellaneous filling and sanding to get the contours correct. Strake Door Finish Canard Mounting For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea […]
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