No fear of fiber glass
Next to twisting the side rails, fabricating the fiber glass frame for the canopy was the thing I was least looking forward to. Especially since I had so much trouble…
Canopy
More scuffing and epoxying
Yesterday and today I sanded and filled the gaps two more times. Filling the dents with epoxy glass bubble mix required a lot more infill than expected. Maybe I interpreted…
Fibre glass step 1
The cutouts from Step 6, I did immediately after glueing the foam blocks to the canopy frame. Now it was only filling them with epoxy-flox mixture. After that I place…
Too much stretching
I used real high quality electrical tape to tape of the borders before scuffing. I read that someone used three instead of Vans’ recommended two layers, so I did the…
More blue tape therapy
Getting closer and closer to the fiber glass work. The fabric arrived als week and I cuttes both the side and the top fibers. The West Epoxy System is here…
Scuffing and Puffing
After a week of TDY the work continues. I completely ground the canopy frame with 240 and the 320 grit paper. I long considered how to do it as I…
Thanks to my hobbit
The instructions ask for a helper like a Leprechaun or Hobbit jump into the cockpit to assist in drilling the side holes through the side plates, plexiglas and lastly the…
Lots of plexiglas drilling
First, I wasn’t sure and wanted to buy plexiglas drills. And then I saw a video from the EAA that showed how to easily chamfer a drill to allow plexiglas…
Operation Summer
This weekend we had a snowstorm that effectively locked us in at home for three full days. Luckily my technical advisor lend be two gas heater that allowed me to…
Time for the canopy
Public holiday today. Starting to prepare the canopy, although I likely won’t be able to finish it, because I have to teach the tail first, to attach the turtlenecks to…