9,10,13 AUG 17: Flox door sills/gutters: 4.45 hours
Continued to flox the door gutter for the
McMaster-Carr door seals. This method
worked much better than I expected. Just
fill up the seal with flox/epoxy and press onto the gutter. Seal on the gutter curing:
Once cured, the edges were very nice and made a lip
exactly the size needed to mount the McMaster-Carr seal:The new lip creates a nice even fit for the seal:
16 AUG 17: Flox door sills/gutters, Pg. 44-2 step 2, Pg. 44-8
step 2: 4.75 hours
Finished floxing the door seals/gutters. While the epoxy cured, I found some busy work
that needed to be done. First, I fluted
the vertical flanges of the F-1009E/F/G/H wing root fairing supports:
Next, I riveted the F-1099D wing root fairing
stiffeners to the F-1099A upper wing root fairings. It’s been a LONG time since I used the
C-frame!One fairing complete:
17 AUG 17: Pg. 44-8 step 2, removed cabin top: 4.75 hours
Finished riveting the stiffeners onto the wing root
fairing. I then disassembled the plane –
removed the engine mount and the cabin top.
1 step forward, 2 steps back ha, ha:
18, 21 AUG 17: Micro/sand cabin top: 5.75 hours
Began to fill the cabin pillars with micro. This is quite a bit of work, but I really
wanted to close out the pillars to have a more finished look of the cabin top. Eventually I will flox the overhead console
to the top and blend it into the top/pillars.
The rough flox waiting to hours of sanding:
Again, this will be quite a bit of work, but it
already looks much nicer that stock. I
will sand the micro even with the door seal for a nice, finished look: