Luggage Shelf, Part V

Here you can see me making the upholstery covers for the fuel vents that extend past the rear bulkhead. I just taped everything off, and made as smooth a outline as possible with the tape over the tubing. Then I laid 3 BID over the tape and let it cure out. They will be held […]

Luggage Shelf, Part IV

We’re finalizing all of the upholstery covers for the interior. Here I’m working on the side extensions to the false bulkhead. Once they’re done, I’m going to make a fiberglass cover from in front of the fuel tank vents back on to these “wings”. This will complete the interior pieces ready for covering. False bulkhead […]

Wiring Beauty Covers, Part II

OBSOLETE: This section became obsolete when we decided to rewire the airplane to eliminate wires in the cabin. As you can see here, we’ve made a couple of covers for the cockpit walls near the floor to cover wires, rudder cable, and pitot/static tubing. These will be nice because they can be upholstered, and let’s be honest, not […]

Door Pin Covers, Part IV

We brought the fuselage back to the hangar today. The airport was great about letting us store it, the canard, and the cowling in the back of the FBO’s hangar to give us a little more space, and not have to worry about overspray (and about painting in our hangar generally). Jerry worked on installing […]

Luggage Shelf, Part III

We’ve started installing these baggage tie downs, and I’m putting three across the front of the shelf and three on the shelf, as well as two up high in the back (and there pairs at the back of the strake openings). These will give us several options for tying down luggage. Baggage shelf cargo […]

Door Pin Covers, Part III

Here we’re finally getting to potting the door pins into attractive shapes under the pin covers with flox. Not only do these look much nicer, the flush finish keeps them from goring your butt when you’re getting in and out of the airplane. Jerry did a really nice job of fitting the pins to the […]