Month: April 2022
Rivet filling
All external rivets filled with Superfill. Thinned it down with a few drops of white spirits. Used a syringe to fill each rivet. Its a long tedious job. The underside ones are easier than you think. At least you can lye down on the job! Top tip. To avoid having to sand down each rivet later, used panel wipe and a paper towel to clean off excess filler before it sets.
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Paint
Choosing paint. I like the paint scheme of the Sling demonstrator plane in Torrance California N135WT. It’s very similar to my existing share group plane. I have gone with slightly different colours. White Blue MIPA B-5-04145.500 Gold stripe MIPA B-1-03780.500 The rear of front seats door latch cover composite MIPA O-7-00140.500 Mouse Grey.
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Wing Stand
I need to ready the workshop to work on the wings which are now en-route. Luckily one of my neighbours was disposing of a large pallet. And another neigbour has a rather good table saw. Also one way to repurpose all the Sling packaging wood. Plan to use the stand inside a van to transport the wings. Then add some wheels later. The stand is also useful for holding the wings whilst working on them.
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Test fit of empennage
Exciting moment. I wanted to see where the tail wiring connectors should be fitted. It was a sunny day so I pulled the plane out to make the first test fit. It also allowed the GTN650 to see some satellites and relocate to Europe 🙂 Later in May, I also checked the alignment of the empennage fixings and did some minor match drilling so it would be easier at the final assembly after paint.
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