Sunday, November 5, 2017

Finish Kit

Canopy Fairing fiberglass (2 hrs )

Nancy (again) helped move Canopy back to bench.  Pleased alignment on Fuselage and on bench is exactly the same...so no twist between either location.  Completed Steps 12-18, Sect 38-28 adding West Systems epoxy resin (105 resin & 206 slow hardener)  w/ microballoons to fill triangular void between top of Canopy Skin and angled edge of Canopy.   Lot's of mixing...adding black tint first, then slowly adding microballoons.  Wearing mask seems important - those microballoons "float" in air like dust if disturbed.  Van's 4 videos on these steps are really helpful.
not all smooth, but will be sanded to
profile anyway.   I mixed a bit "thicker"
with microballoons than needed.