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Right aft baffle with cylinder bridge installed. Ready for RTV.
Left aft baffle masking for RTV underway.
Right aft baffle masked for RTV.
Right aft baffle RTV applied.
Left aft baffle RTV applied.
Right aft baffle masking tape removed and RTV left to set up overnight.
Left aft baffle masking tape removed and RTV left to set up overnight.
Canopy removed and forward top skin riveting underway.
Forward top skin riveting complete (I think that’s the last structural riveting on the project!) and subpanel flange masked for sealant application.
Not a lot of fun (OK, actually zero fun, at most) applying the sealant from beneath, but it had to be done and now it is!
Engine mount awaiting its installation tomorrow.
Final coat of pinhole-filling resin, partially sanded.
Final coat of pinhole-filling resin, sanded and masked for filler primer.
Final coat of pinhole-filling resin, sanded and masked for filler primer.
First coat of filler primer applied.
First coat of filler primer applied.
Aft edge masking paper and one layer of electrical removed. The fairing aft edge will be sanded to the width of a single layer of electrical tape.
Aft edge masking paper and one layer of electrical removed. The fairing aft edge will be sanded to the width of a single layer of electrical tape.
Aft edge now re-masked for additional filler primer.
Aft edge now re-masked for additional filler primer.
Several coats of filler primer later (sanding between each coat, of course), the final application is drying here.
Following the final sanding, all masking paper is removed.
The last layers of tape have been removed and the canopy fairing is done, at least so far as I’m concerned. This will be more than sufficient for Phase 1 testing.
The final work on the fairing will be down to Jonathan McCormick’s shop guys at Evoke Aviation.
The last layers of tape have been removed and the canopy fairing is done, at least so far as I’m concerned. This will be more than sufficient for Phase 1 testing.
The final work on the fairing will be down to Jonathan McCormick’s shop guys at Evoke Aviation.
Micro-balloons sanded to shape and forward edge of fairing unmasked for feathering.
Micro-balloons sanded to shape and forward edge of fairing unmasked for feathering.
Forward edge of fairing feathered to the canopy skin.
Forward edge of fairing feathered to the canopy skin.
Fairing edges taped for resin top coat.
Canopy skin masked for resin top coat.
Resin top coat applied; masking paper and tape removed.
