Joshua's RV-9A Project

Long week of work at work, and haven’t really had/taken time to work on the plane.  Looks like flying this weekend will be a bust due to the schedule at the FBO.  Off to the shop tonight to make some way on a bit of fiberglass work; this gets annoying because you can only do so much before you have to put it down and let it sit until the epoxy is cured.

• Laid up 2 plies of glass at 45* to each other on the FAB split.  I’ll let this cure, then add more glass to the inside of the box.
• Brushed on a coat of epoxy over the shaped/sanded micro on the elevator & rudder tips.
• Sanded on the upper cowl inlet ramps until my arm wore out, smoothing the micro that was applied earlier.
• Added a small layup of a couple plies of fabric on the inside of the emp fairing, the top aft side where it is torn (came out of the box that way).
• Filed a bevel on the inside of the air intake snout, the first step of creating the duct that routes the air into the FAB.
• Cut the supplied foam block from the FAB kit in half and glued the two halves together, in prep for fitting it to the cowl snout and FAB.
• Went back to the shop later in the evening and put down another coat of epoxy on the elevator/rudder tips.

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