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  • Finished Canopy Fairing

    I was able to finish the canopy fairing. It took several iterations of sanding/filling/priming/repeat, but I got the fairing to a place that far exceeds what I thought I would be able to achieve. This is the final step in the canopy fabrication. I have some minor paint clean up that I’ll do as well,…

  • Tail Intersection Fairing & Canopy Fiberglass

    In my continued expansion into the Fiberglass world, I decided to work on the Tail Fairing. The initial fit was not perfect, but I’ve tried my best with sanding and a heat gun to try and massage the fiberglass into a better position around the tail. After a few iterations of sanding to get the…

  • More Finishing Again

    The last month has seen quite a lot of progress on lots of small items. Every trip to the hangar involves more fiberglass and epoxy sanding and finishing. The fiberglass tips for the whole tail are now complete, barring the horizontal and vertical stabilizer tips being primed. I also completed the lower rudder fairing, which…

  • Fiberglassing

    I’ve been spending the last few weeks finishing up the tail fairings. Lots of filling and sanding – repeat. Here is the lower rudder fairing. I sanded off the molding for the tail light and then added some foam, epoxy filler, and a fiberglass layer. This will need some iteration until I’m satisfied. Also on…

  • More Finishing

    I added some more epoxy and filler to the tail fiberglass tip fairings, and while that was curing I spent some time wrapping up additional finish items. I started by marking the wing root fairings for a 3/16th” gap. I marked the fairing with some black sharpie, and then used a 3/8″ bolt to score…

  • Interior Finishing & Fiberglass Start

    I began wrapping up the interior controls installation by adding all the necessary washers (which are pain to install) to the Aileron Pushrod – to – Control Stick attachments. This included tightening the jam nuts on all the pushrods and ensuring that a sufficient number of threads are available on either end to ensure that…

  • Miscellaneous Tasks

    February has been a bit of a slower month in making big progress. I’ve spent a few evenings working on several different things. I got some new shelving units from an old storage unit that my mom was getting rid of, and they sat in the hangar for a few weeks before I finally got…

  • Tidied up the Wings

    Today I spent most of the day working on a bunch miscellaneous items. I started by fabricating my aileron stops. I am using a small delrin bushings around the aileron pushrod spacer to act as the stops. After fabricating and installing I measured the deflection angles – I have 28 degs up and 16 degs…

  • ZipTips – Installed Wingtips

    Happy New Year! I wrapped up 2023 and kicked off 2024 by completing the wingtip installation. I am using the Aveo Engineering ZipTip Premier wingtips that have integrated lights. These include Landing, Taxi, Nav and Strobe lights with a rear position/strobe light as well. They recently announced a completely new and upgraded version – Vegas.…

  • Classic Aero Interior

    I spent some time over the weekend beginning the installation of my Classic Aero Designs Sportsman II interior with Aviator seats. There are two things I want to call out about Classic Aero – 1. the customer service and overall experience working with them over the last couple years (ordering, receiving, installation) has been great.…