Micro top side of seat

I got to the airport early for my cub lesson, so I micro'd the top
side ot the seat. I shoul be able to fiberglass th top side tis
weekend if I have enough fiberglass

Forming the seat

As we looked at what we wanted to accomplish this summer, it seems one
thing kept leading to anoher thing that had to be done first. To
cover the wing, the tanks have to be done and the brake lines need to
be installed. To install the brake lines, I need to install the
pedals. To install the pedals, I need to be able to sit on the seat
and install the pedals at the right distance. This brought us to the
seat.

We made a few foam ribs to roughly the shape we thought the seat
needed to be and sat on them I the plane. The position seemed good,
so we
Ade more ribs and formed the top ofthe seat from 1/2" foam. We
thought that using liquid nail to adhear the ribs and the seat top
would be a good quick solution. Wrong. It took a whole day to dry.
Here is the seat ready to be trimmed and covered with fiberglass.
Most. Of the rib will be cut away when the bottom is fiberglassed.

Mockup gas tank and superfill.

Started making a mockup gas tank out of cheap flashing metal from home
depot. We quickly discovered how terrific it would be to have a metal
brake! Only the botom half is complete and there are no provisions
for filling yet.

We also put superfill On one side of the HS. It took more than I
thought I might. To cover the bottom of one half of the HS i took
half of a $40 container. It sure looks like it's gong to lead to a
real nice finish. Keep reading for the sanding report soon.

Foam wing ribs

Here are the 3 middle wing ribs that go in the outer sections of the
wing. We still need to make the root foam rib and gas tanks before
closing the wings.

Check on things at the hanger

The snow is starting to melt on the hanger roof so I came to see if we
have any leaks.

There was definarly on above this tablesaw. We cleaned the tablesaw
and bandsaw table with a rust remover and then a protectant an covered
them better.

Rib templates

The plans show 5 ribs from the side of the fuselage to the tip, but
the plans only give you 2 rib templates. So, you have to make
templates for the intermediate ribs.

These are printouts of the ribs from my dads cad drawings. They
are ready to cut out and sand to shape to then be used as templates to
make the real ribs.

I can't wait for spring when I can get back to building.

Winterized

I made a tent over the fuselage today so any melting snow from the
hanger that makes it through the roof won't get to the bare wood.
I'm a little concerned about condensation forming on the inside of the
tent so I may add a small fan and an opening at both ends later to
keep air circulating.