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Thursday, 10 April 2025

Update(s) - week of April 7

Final push... 2 more days (hopefully) until she moves to the paint shop. 

Monday, April 7 - 3 days to go

  • Finished up the elevator fairing, and made doubler plates, primed and riveted.
  • Lots of filling and sanding on everything I could find
  • Glassed up the last bit for the wing tip.
  • Flange for starboard strut fairing.
  • Fixed ding in port wing at tip.
  • And a whole bunch of other stuff... 11 hour day.
  • Aluminum tape on the stap
  • Hatch cover fiberglass and sanding
  • Cowling sanding
  • Aluminum tape on stab
  • And lots more I can't remember.  It's all becoming a blur.
Tuesday, April 7th - 2 days to go
  • Filling and sanding, filling and sanding.
Wednesday, April 8th - the day... well, it was supposed to be... delayed until Thursday.
  • Everything packed
  • Windshield and glareshield out
  • Struts and ailerons dropped off at paint shop
  • Hatch covers attached, Rudder, HS and elevator on.  Easier to move this way.
  • Everything else goes over tomorrow - I hope.  Fingers crossed.



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