Esser's Build

[Esser]

Well I have to go out of town for a few weeks so progress will be a bit slow. I tryed to get some last minute items before covering the wings wrapped up.


Installing a plate for the electronic compass unit to go.


Bonded one LLE in. I didnt have enough clecos to do both so hopefully I'll get the other done mid week.


Blurry picture but finally got the access panel back drilled.

[Jfquebec]

Good progress...Josh...


P.s i have my rendez-vous with the inspector the 8 june...wich me good luck

[Esser]

Hey everyone. Work is still getting in the way but I was back in the garage with Daniel buttoning up some loose ends. (Odd bits that need varnish, deburring and sanding rough edges)

Daniel also popped in our rudder trim tab plate. It was pretty simple to make out of some scrap aluminum we had hanging around.








Varnished the Number 2 rib and false ribs.



Drilled the Comm antenna plate.


Today if I have time or tomorrow is wing covering. Wish me luck.

Disclaimer. If my wing covering method looks unorthodox, it's because it is. I do know what I am doing in regards to Polyfiber but I am not really using Polyfiber except for the Polytak and a little bit of the Polybrush for wetting out the tapes as I already have that stuff.

[rosslr]

Good to see you back at it again Josh. That bloody work gets in the way at times! All the best for the covering and looking forward to seeing the progress.

cheers
r

[Esser]

Started covering. Went pretty well so far but I have to wait for my primer to dry on my concave surfaces before I can do my initial tighten. So for now it is just the bottom. The primer is taking a little longer to dry due to the temps here. When this primer dries you can rip apart the web before the fabric will release from the rib.


Nat rolling out the fabric.



The excess on the trailing edge was cut off. Forgot to take pictures.



Primer on and slowly doing it's magic.

[Kurt.A]

Excellent Josh, Love to see the progress.

[kmach]

What fabric system are you going with ?

It seems different from polyfiber or stewarts.

[Esser]

It's a urethane based system manufactured by Endura made locally here in Edmonton. 40,000 colours to choose from. Extremely good adhesion as I stated earlier (You will damaged your plane removing the fabric if you don't do it properly) Because it is so strong you don't need to rib stitch however we are anyway because we don't want to hear a lecture from everyone saying our plane is a flying death trap with no rib stitching who thinks it's poly fibre. Also it'll be better for resale.

http://endura.ca/industrial_coatings/aviation.html

[rosslr]

Hey Josh,

great to see the progress and love the high viz clothing - very colourful! Is that an indication of the final colour scheme?

I looked at the Endura site but couldn't see reference to the fabric - Did you mean you are using the Endura paint system or do they have a fabric as well? I like the way you think our of the box Josh. Go well.

cheers

r

[Esser]

Ah sorry. The fabric is the exact same poly fiber stuff. This is just a different coating system.

Final colour scheme is orange although the red looks good eh?

It will look more or less like this.