The recently taped corners of bulkhead F28 were cut and sanded. A glue gun was used to temporarily position wooden blocks on each fuselage side 5″ from the firewall. These blocks are used to accurately position the aft landing gear bulkhead. The aft landing gear bulkhead was sanded to fit and centred in position against …
Cozy Experimental Aircraft Update – March 15, 2017 Read More »
Shop temperature at 25 deg C and humidity 30%. BID cloth was cut to size to tape the aft corners of bulkhead F28. A small batch of epoxy was mixed and applied to the tape and to F28, the longerons, and fuselage sides where the tape is applied. Once the tape was applied then Dacron …
Cozy Experimental Aircraft Update – March 12, 2017 Read More »
More sanding on the seatback, instrument panel, and F21 taped corners and the canard reinforcement area. Shop temperature 25 deg C and humidity 34%. A small batch of flox was mixed. Flox was applied to the longerons and fuselage sides where F28 is located. Flox was applied to the sides of bulkhead F28 where it …
Cozy Experimental Aircraft Update – March 11, 2017 Read More »
Removed the peel ply from the canard hardpoint layups and trimmed the excess fiberglass away from bulkhead F22. Sanded bulkhead F28 to fit into position 6.25″ from the front of F22. Used a plumb bob to centre F28 and a level to ensure F28 is level and then double checked the distances (6.25″) from F22 on …
Cozy Experimental Aircraft Update – February 26, 2017 Read More »
Shop temperature was at 25 deg C and humidity was 44%. 4-ply BID cloth was cut for the reinforcement needed for the canard attach hard points. This is a corner layup on both sides (left and right) of bulkhead F-22 and the fuselage sides. Fiber orientation is at 45 deg and edges peel plied.
