Drilled small holes in the birch pieces for inserting nails. The nails will hold the pieces in place during cure. Vacuumed the mating surfaces of the fuselage bottom and the 1″ & 2″ NACA scoop foam blocks. Workshop temperature 27 deg C and humidity 64%. This was the first time in quite awhile that …
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Cut out birch plywood pieces to reinforce the rear bulkheads as per figures 3 and 5. Tapered the corners and edges as required, and sanded to fit.
Shaping the portion of the NACA scoop that is forward of the landing gear bulkheads: Two pieces of 2″ thick urethane foam 9″ x 15″ were cut. Two pieces of 1″ thick urethane foam 18″ x 15″ were cut. The NACA Scoop template was used to shape the four pieces. The four pieces were trial …
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Departed runway 13 at CYPQ for upper air work in the Kawartha Lakes practice area then circuits at CNF4 runway 13 and back to CYPQ for some circuits on runway 09. Here is a short video with some highlights from the flight. and a few photos from the flight. Shout out to Karl T – …
