Here are the custom covers, finished, that Elizabeth’s mom was kind enough to sew up from a pattern that Linda Brainard made for us. The material is Sunbrella, so it should hold up well outside. Embroidered sock/heat shield
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It’s been really cold and snowy here, so the painting has been going a bit slowly. We sprayed the winglets with blue on Tuesday, but there a few places were the paint beaded up. I think this might be polishing compound that didn’t get sanded off well enough. In any event, we heated the booth […]
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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 […]
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Finally the rudder return springs were installed. These “center” the rudders once you release rudder pressure. The springs are mounted in 1″ cylinders about 18″ above the bottom of the rudder well. A 1″ hole is drilled in the winglet side, favoring the wing side, and is mounted in microballons. Next the anchor for the […]
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First the hinge locations needed to be established. The lower hinge is 6″ above the rudder opening, and the upper is 6″ below the top of the rudder well, with the remaining 4″ hinge spaced evenly between them. With the locations established, 3/16″ notches were Dremeled for each hinge and chamfered, and the winglet sides […]
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Next the bellcranks needed to be installed. These levers attach to the rudder cable and actuate the rudders. The standard installation is to mount these outboard of the winglet where they can be seen. This isn’t very pretty so we opted for the option internal bell cranks. First a notch is made in the rudder […]
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