Beth and I spent the week of 10 June to 18 June (2002) in Sebastian in the Head Start program at the Service Center. We had a great trip, and worked our butts off. Unfortunately, we didn’t really get to do the whole Florida-Tourist thing, but with the weather being pretty stormy the whole trip, […]
Read MoreWe’ve just returned from a week at the Factory! We spent a week in the Velocity Service Center taking part in the Head Start Program, and the time and money was well worth it. Check out the trip report here.
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This section has you dry fit the speed brake and sand any interferences, which we’ve already done. Just my 2 cents, by the way, but these “creepers” are the cat’s meow for this kind of work (we have done all of the work thus far with the bird on its on legs…). Anyway, then you’re […]
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Next the cutout areas were sanding down to the inner skin, and 5 plies of triaxial cloth were prepared to reinforce these points. Once these layups were wetted out and applied to the cut-outs, and microglass radius was made in the corners, and layer of BID was applied to overlap the cutout by about an […]
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However, it is a lesson in what not to do. Of course everyone has heard the sage advice to buy a copy of “Acceptable Methods” (AC 43.13-1B), and I had even bought my copy. However, I had not read my copy when we attended Head Start. Of particular note is the section on Bolts. Lots […]
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The majority of the speed brake work was done during our visit to the factory’s Head Start program. After taking inventory of our parts and getting the doors and keel off of the airplane, we cut the indicated door out of the bottom center of the fuselage. As with all cut outs of this type, […]
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