12 – Tailplane Fairings
When you first offer up the tailplane tip fairings to the tailplane with the elevators attached, it seems as though they are far too wide and too thin! But when forced into a profile to…
July 2021
12 – Elevator Fairings
The elevator fairings fitted very nicely after trimming the flanges to the correct width. They needed very little adjustment to align with the elevator trailing edge … the spanwise alignment is obviously very important. The…
12- Fin Fairing
I’m sure that everyone’s composite moldings will be slightly different, but when I test fitted my Fin fairing, it wasn’t quite high enough … in other words the top didn’t line up with the rudder…
12 – Rudder Top Fairing
The rudder top fairing fitted nicely with minimal adjustment, and sat squarely when pushed snuggly against the flange lip. I decided to provide extra support for the CS4-4 Pop Rivet shop heads, since they have…
12 – Rudder Lower Fairing
I decided to get on and face the composite work next, leaving the engine happy in it’s plastic bag for a bit longer. It becomes quickly obvious that although the basic shape of the composite…
40B – Landing Gear & Engine Mount
Time to dust off the engine mount! There were a few jobs to complete on it before mounting it on the fuselage … Last Jobs before Mounting on Fuselage Machine Drilling nutplate attachment holes. Riveting…
35-19 to 22 Forward Top Skin Installation
Installing the Forward Top Skin F-01471 was the last job to do whilst the fuselage is still on the rotisserie. I had temporarily installed the canopy release pushrods when test fitting, so all this had…