Saturday, March 18, 2017

March 11-18 Update: Empennage Fairings and Wrapping up the Empennage

March 11:

Primed gap fairings and metal adjacent on rudder.  Torqued rudder rod ends.  Applied epoxy coat to VS fairing and sanded after it cured (used fast cure epoxy).

 March 12:
Primed metal adjacent to VS fairing.   Sanded right Elevator fairing and primed metal adjacent to fairing.  Began filling / sanding the left elevator gap at fairing.

March 18:

Completed filling and sanding left elevator fairing and both HS fairings.  Removed HS from empennage.  Primed bare metal where I sanded on the right elevator and both HS fairings.   SECTION 12 COMPLETE
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