EP 4.39 Work + Play
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EP 4.39 Work + Play
Tail Fairings Revisited
Work continues on the tail fairings, where I’m eager to get a good fit. Abandoning the Van’s fairing for one from Fairing’s Etc., I’m hopeful that I’ll wind up with a better transition between these airframe components. Initial fit shows similar gaps to the Van’s fairing, but the unit is much easier to rework. I’m […]
EP 4.34 The Big List
Controls
Adding in the controls is a fun step–although they’ll control nothing for some time. In fact, they won’t even penetrate the firewall until the engine is hung. I had purchased a throttle cable bracket–which will hold much more than the throttle cable–from Stein a while back. Actually I purchased two, a small and a large. […]
EP 4.31 Mounting the Tail Surfaces
Mounting Tail Surfaces – A Start
Well, being done with the canopy for the time being, I need somewhere else to point my efforts, and mounting the tail surfaces here in the garage has been recommended by many a folk. The idea is to follow the instructions as if this were final construction, mounting the horizontal stabilizer, then elevators, hooking up […]
Windscreen Fairing
With the windscreen glued on to the plane, I now needed to create a smooth fairing. Arguably more intense than the rear fairing, there was some criteria I had to hit: I dove head first in, and after 6 hours of epoxy, glass, and related supplies, I wound up with what I felt was an […]
Rear Skirt Attached
After three-four sessions of primer and sanding, the skirt was finally in a condition where I felt comfortable attaching it. The underside of the skirt required white primer, where it would show, to match the cockpit, but black primer where attaching to the canopy and side skirts. (The black primer is the first component of […]
Rear Skirt Gets a Coat of Primer
I love how the wet paint highlights how uniform the skirt actually is.
Gluing the Windscreen
Gluing the windscreen on the airplane was nerve-wracking. Sika Flex was again the weapon of choice, and even though I’m feeling more confident with the Sika Flex system, it’s still a messy and permanent approach to windscreen and canopy attachment. The important part was getting both clamping and spacing worked out. Spacing was required to […]