This afternoon I
discovered some additional unexpected fiberglass resin problems. Before the resin was set up it did an little
running. Some resin seeped out of the slots
in the support arms and puddled around the pads on the clamps. When I removed the clamps I found some smears
of hardened resin and a slight run. I
decided to sand the inside of the support arms and recoat them with black
Hammertone.
I carefully masked
off the areas surrounding the arms.
Next I sprayed
them with the black Hammer-tone paint.
They look pretty good again.
After the paint
dried I masked the inside of the support arms and then had Arlene help me set
the canopy in place on the fuselage. I
also found a small drip (run) of resin on the corner of the canopy bow on the
left side next to the plexiglass canopy.
There is another blob and run of resin on the rear canopy frame. I will address these at a later date.
I took some shots
of the inside. All you can see is the
masking of the fuselage and instrument panel but at least is shows some
progress.
I also took a
couple of pictures of the fuselage with the canopy back in place. I am getting excited again about moving the
build forward. The weather has been
steadily improving. Right now it is 61
degrees. If this keeps up I will be able
to put the fiberglass surround on the canopy when we get back from
Gilbert. We are flying Southwest to
Gilbert tomorrow. We will be there until
next Saturday. I attended the EAA
Chapter 23 meeting Friday night and had a chance to speak with Tom Driscoll. Tom is building an RV-12 also. From the sound of things we are pretty much
at the same point in the build. We have
both ordered the Avionics kit and are waiting for the kits to be shipped. I will need to go out to his place sometime
and see what he has accomplished.
