Esser's Build

[Esser]

Well I got back from Vancouver and started a bit of covering.

So far so good. I do get a few ravels that are a pain to remove so I am glad the seams so far are on the bottom until I get in my groove.


















Yesterday I went out flying with a buddy to see how warm the river looked

[DesertFox4]

Enjoy the covering process Josh. One of the most rewarding parts of the build.
Pictures look good. I was told several time that there is no mistake that can't be fixed right up until the paint goes on. I found that very reassuring and true.

[jiott]

To totally prevent ravels: after you have drawn your pencil line where you intend to cut the fabric, brush on a thin stripe of PolyTak cement over the pencil line, then cut. No ravels whatsoever.

[Esser]

After two tries to do the top in one piece, I went to the two piece method. I did get it looking good with the one piece method but it wasn't tight enough.

Now on to the vert stab. I think I will do that in two pieces as well unless anyone has a differing opinion.


One Piece


Two piece

[rosslr]

Its looking great Josh. I be you even look at it once flying! I know I don't. And I know you are keen to get it flying so keep on dong while on a roll!

cheers

r

[Esser]

I feel like my posts are getting repetitive. Lots of pictures of white fabric.

A bout of the flu has slowed me down so I haven't worked on the plane much. Hopefully I'll be back to it tomorrow. I want to finish covering the control surfaces this weekend and hopefully start on the taping. It's a long weekend up here (Victoria Day) so I am hoping to get a set of extra hands to tape. Since Natalie is based out of Toronto right now for work, I can't enlist her.

[TahoeTim]

Looks great.

I'm curious about how much, if any, I need to sand the ribs so their profiles are in line at the front and rear tips?

[Esser]

Are you referring to the ribs on the vert stab or the wing?

[TahoeTim]

stab, elevator

[jiott]

I would lay a straight edge across them and sand them so they line up as well as possible.