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I did quite a bit of filler and sanding and I’m about as far as I want to get with it at this point. I’ll come back when the plane is nearing completing to get this done the way I Read more

I spent most of my time today and yesterday filling the low spots and sanding. Not alot of an update here but wanted to include pictures. I do need to order some thin fiberglass so that I can glass over Read more

I trimmed and sanded down the first two layers of glass and it definitely wasn’t thick enough to cover the rear gap. I added three more layers and that still didn’t add enough thickness but I wanted to go ahead Read more

I got the HS tips sanded, countersunk, cleaned, primed and installed tonight. I also got the fiberglass for the first two layers done for the VS tip tonight. Had to strap it down so it wouldn’t move on me as Read more

I spent time getting the VS tip cut and match drilled so that I can get it ready to fiberglass the back. It didn’t take too terrible long to get it ready but did take quite a bit of heat Read more

The horizontal stabilizer tips are now finished. It took a bit of getting over the fear of messing up the parts to start but I did it LOL. I formed foam to get the right shape to the outside layer. Read more

I found a post from someone where they had the same issue with their horizontal stabilizer tips being out of shape. They used clamps and heat to shape it, which I remember from the fiberglass 101 class that they stated Read more