The blister proved to be a lot of work, but now that it’s in, I’m very excited about how it came out. Redoing this area was the right choice. Once the part was created it was trimmed to include a flange. The outline was drawn on the cowl long ago when the plug was first […]
As much as I want it to be done, the cowl has a lot more work do be done before we fly. Luckily, a bunch was completed and shown below. First up: louvers The louvers used to be an optional kit, I believe, but are now included and from what I can tell, recommended for […]
The horizontal intake/fuel servo installation puts the mixture arm just a little more forward than the cowl will allow, so a blister, or relief, is needed to create room with the mixture arm is full rich. I wanted to create a blister that was symmetrical and purposeful looking, machined and aggressive. I’ve seen folks use […]
A special episode looking back at one year of building.
I noted that when I was little, these things were called fins. That keeps going through my mind as I sand away at the filler and primer, staring at the metal structure. The fin is almost done. Fin tip is final sanded, and needs only one more coat of primer. Rudder tip primed with filling […]
A lot of Bondo added to the tips, and again, 99% sanded off. Well, maybe not 99%. It takes a bit of thickness to get these lines to flow. More than the elevators. It’s looking good. Final sanding and primer tomorrow.
The past couple days have been two steps forward, one (or two) steps back. But it’s not awful. The first iteration of glass on the vertical stabilizer tip was flawed. Once it was glassed it was easy to see there wasn’t enough clearance. Rather than play games like I did on the horizontal stab, I […]