Cozy Experimental Aircraft Update – March 30, 2018
Shimmed gaps between fuselage floor and sides and prepared for permanent installation of the floor.
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Cozy Experimental Aircraft Update – March 25, 2018
Positioning & Fitting floor into fuselage assembly Positioned floor in place. Sanded and used the Dremel tool to level the floor at the front where it mates with bulkhead F-22. Hot glued a temporary block to the forward landing gear bulkhead 1/4” below the scoop cut out to support the fuselage floor while it cures …
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Cozy Experimental Aircraft Update – March 17, 2018
Removed the peel ply. Trimmed the edges with the Dremel tool. I went through four heavy duty cutter wheels while trimming the edges. Wearing the face shield was a good choice ! Sanded the edges. Sanded the floor then vacuumed up the fiberglass dust.
Cozy Experimental Aircraft Update – March 12, 2018
Glassing the Cozy MK IV floor Workshop temperature was 25 deg C and humidity 38%. The entire surface was covered with micro slurry then a batch of dry micro was mixed and used to fill in any holes and to make a generous radius in all corners. Two plies of BID cloth at 45 deg …
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Cozy Experimental Aircraft Update – February 25, 2018
Added a radius to the top edges of the floor spacers so the glass cloth will conform. Also added a radius to the front edge that interfaces with bulkhead F22 to allow the glass cloth to lay down vertical over the front edge. Lastly, I vacuumed the foam dust from the aircraft floor.