Bottom of wings fiberglassed

This memorial day weekend we had 3 great volunteers help early Saturday morning to fiberglass the bottoms of the wings.

The first wing went great, but by the time we started working on the second wing, it was clear it was getting too hot.  Both wings came out fine, but the second one will take a little more cleanup and sanding that the first.

We found that 5 people seemed to be the right number of people to accomplish this.  We had 1 person pumping epoxy and making Micro, 2 people wetting out cloth on the templates we made, and then Dad and I placed the fiberglass and applied the peal ply.

I have heard very differing amounts of how much Epoxy was needed.  We decided to start with fresh cans to see what it took.  When we were all done, we had about 1/3 of a gallon left of Resin.  It took roughly 2/3 of a gallon for the bottom of the wing.  10 Yards of KR Cloth and 10 yards of Peal Ply seem to be about right for each side.

Thanks to all my helpers!  Jeff, John, and Rama (and of course Dad!)

Way behind again

We managed to complete the sheeting on the bottom of the airplane at the end of last season, however, we missed the last opportunity to fiberglass the wings.

This winter, we didn't do much with the plane.  We made some decisions, but that's about it.

We were planning on using the Corviar engine we had, but after yet another crank failure, and the rising cost of all the modifications, we have abandoned the Corvair.  I have always wanted to build a Zenith 701, so the corsair will sit in the corner awaiting the next project where it will have a redrive system and the crank should not be a factor.

As it's getting warm out, we are coming around to Fiberglass season.  The bottom and top of the wing are prepped, the templates of the fiberglass to cut out has been made, the majority of the fiberglass is there.

We need one more weekend to cut out the fiberglass and plan for the fiberglass day, and then we are ready!