Month: October 2017

Cozy Experimental Aircraft Update – October 29, 2017

Preparing Triangular Seat Brace for Glassing Rounded the corners on the seat brace and vacuumed the outer foam sides.  Covered the fuel valve with plastic wrap to avoid getting any epoxy on it. Cut 2-ply BID cloth for the 1st side of the brace. Cut a piece of peel ply and wax paper to cover …

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Cozy Experimental Aircraft Update – October 28, 2017

Trial fit of triangular seat brace into position.  Seatback filed in area of fuel valve bracket to allow triangular brace to lay flush with seatback. Trial fitting heat duct in position.  Sanded the opening in the seatback until a good fit was achieved. Cut out a section of UND cloth into an isosceles trapezoid shape …

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Cozy Experimental Aircraft Update – October 20, 2017

The fuel valve was covered in saran wrap to avoid it being floxed in place since it needs to be removable. The bracket was traced onto the triangular brace where the flox is applied. Workshop temperature was 25 deg C and the humidity 56%. 15g resin, 6g hardner, and flox were mixed together. The 3/8″ …

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