These pants will want to be lightly sanded and buffed, but they look sharp. They weren’t going to cure very quick in the cold, and I wanted to move on to the canard and door touch-up, so I brought these home. We should get the canard touch-up tomorrow and clear the door beams and the […]
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We’re working on the small bits, but here are some pictures from the work just finished. Notice the chrome in the landing light well, the dark crackle on the strake pocket, and the nice fit of the nose hatch. We’re thinking about getting our interior done this spring, so we’re going to paint the door […]
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ow. Long day, this. It was a pretty day, but we spent it slaving in the hangar. We started by double-checking the mask (so of the tape didn’t like getting wet from sanding the blue), and then spraying. We put a good coat of white on the roof, using blue foam to keep from denting […]
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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 […]
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The first step in the pant installation is a laborious cut and fit exercise to make the cut-outs large enough for the tires, and creating an opening for the gear leg. Unfortunately the factory marked my pants for the gear cut-out on the front half, and I cut them before I realized that the fronts […]
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