Started forward canopy fairing
Yee Haw! Now we’re having fun. I started the process of creating the forward canopy where the Plexiglas and forward top skin merge. The first step is to lay down some electrical tape to mark the edge of the transition. It takes a bit of an artistic hand to get what will hopefully turn out to be a pleasing curve on the finished edge. Then the plexi and aluminum skin get scuffed very well with 60 grit sandpaper. This is a funky operation after spending so much time being careful not to scratch the plexi. Then I mixed up a very thick mixture of epoxy and microbaloons which I loaded into a sandwich bag and cut the corner off of the bag. Obviously, I used this setup like a pastry bag to squirt the epoxy filler into the edge. This worked very well. I wasn’t quite sure how it would come out on the other side (inside) but I just went for it. After I had the filler on, I couldn’t resist climbing in the cockpit to see how the inside came out. It looks great.
This is just the first of a bunch of filling and sanding in this area. After the first bit of filler is dry I’ll sand it a bit and probably do one more round before starting fiberglass layups.
