Next up was to wrap the first wing. we took the passenger wing off and put it on the horses. First the brackets got wrapped, red on the strut parts, white on the slat parts. I made an executive decision…
Month: April 2016
Wing Struts
On Saturday, Allen and Scott returned to help with the wing struts. First we put the wings back on the fuselage supported by the fuse bolts and the wing stands. I totally would not have thought of this, and I’m…
Finishing the Tail
With time running out before the summer, I took a day off and Allen was able to join me and brought Scott with him, too. It always seems that when there’s more of us working, there’s less opportunity to take…
Vinyl Wrapping 5
Last we left the elevator it was half wrapped. So today we first covered the trim tab. We didn’t do the hinge since that would have required cutting the vinyl everywhere the hinge had a gap and that just seemed…
Vinyl Wrapping 4
On to the horizontal stabilizer and installed on the tail. From there we started on the elevator but only had time to do (the easier) half. The electric trim on the other side makes it a bit more difficult. We…