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Fuselage and Wing Blue Paint
Final prepped wings, fuselage, ailerons, and tail fairing panels for blue paint by cleaning with pre paint prep. Setup items in paint booth then masked items while in booth. Painted in two batches just the blue color. Let paint cure for about two hours before removing mask and tape. Hours Worked: 5.17
Wingtip Installation
Installed nutplates for wingtip light fairings onto wing tips and riveted wingtips onto wings with AAP-42 aluminum rivets. After wingtips were installed, sanded rivets in preparation of paint. Hours Worked: 1.30
Blue Paint Prep
Started prepping the fuselage for blue paint by laying out lines as designed in CAD. Bottom edge of the blue will be 2″ below skin overlap and taper to 0″ at the aft end of the aircraft and forward vertical blue stripe is 2″ from firewall edge. Radius at front of plane will be 7.5″.…
Tail Surfaces and Fuselage White Paint
Repeated painting process for tail surfaces and fuselage. All available components now painted white. Hours Worked: 7.27
White Wing Paint
Setup paint booth and painted primer and white paint onto wings using same method as flaps and ailerons. Used 3″ PVC pipe and 2″ PVC pipe to support ends of wings by running it through the lightning holes. Hours Worked: 5.14
Canopy Installation – Part 2
After painting, installed canopy side trim and canopy hinge half onto canopy assembly with 6-32 screws. Canopy ready for installation onto fuselage once paint is complete. Hours Worked: 0.77
Tail Surfaces Paint Prep
Cleaned, prepped, and masked tail surfaces in same manner as previous parts. Removed hinge pins from flaps and ailerons to use on other parts while painting. Hours Worked: 2.15
Wing Paint Prep
Prepared wings for paint in the same manner as the fuselage. At the same time, masked opening in wings and riveted wing skin doublers into place. Hours Worked: 3.70
Small Part, Flap, and Aileron Painting
Started by prepping small parts, ailerons, and flaps for paint by treating all metal surfaces with maroon scotchbrite and fiberglass surfaces with 120 grit then 240 grit sandpaper. Blew dust off of all parts then cleaned everything with acetone. Inserted hinge pins into control surfaces to keep piano hinges clean of paint. Setup paint booth…
Wing Tip Finishing – Part 2
Removed wing tips from wing after letting SuperFil cure. While not the most elegant (or clean) epoxy job, it did take up the gap pretty well. Removed packing tape from edge of wing and lightly reshaped the edge of the wingtips. Removed ailerons and faps from the wings to prepare for paint. Hours Worked: 0.90
Wing Tip Finishing – Part 1
Began prepping wingtips and tip light fairings for paint and final finishing. Located tip lights onto wing tip light fairings and drilled wire pass through hole and mounting screw holes; tip lights will attach to fairing with Dynon panel screws and elastic nuts. Located tip light fairings on the wing tips by aligning center of…
Paint Stands
Built paint hangar stands for hanging control surfaces during painting out of scrap 2×4, 4×4, and 3/4″ EMT. Hours Worked: 1.27
