Finished sanding the NACA Scoop and fuselage bottom then vacuumed the fuselage. Turned the fuselage right side up on the saw horses with carpet placed between the saw horses and the fuselage bottom. See a short video clip. Cutout the area forward of bulkhead F28 and above Water Line 18.9 for the canard.
Used the Dremel tool to trim the edges around the NACA scoop and landing gear bulkheads then continued sanding.
Now that the bottom of the fuselage has cured, I removed the peel ply from the sides and from around the landing brake. Used a dremel tool to trim around bulkhead F22 and then sanded.
Glassing the Fuselage Bottom: Workshop temperature 25 deg C and humidity 35%. A small batch of flox was mixed and added around the perimeter of the NACA scoop to make “flox corners”. Dry micro was mixed to fill in any divets and low areas. The area to be glassed was covered with micro. The first …
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Ensured the longerons are level side to side and front to back. Placed plastic on the floor in preparation for glassing the bottom of the fuselage. Cut 4″ wide strips of UND cloth to install reinforcing layups for the landing gear hardpoints and the engine mount hardpoints as per figure 19.
