rmartingt
Well Known Member
Getting ready to start laying up canopy skirts as soon as today or tomorrow (RV-7 slider), but thinking ahead just a bit to the fairing over the windscreen... I sika'ed the plexi but goofed in one spot and forgot a spacer on the RH side of the windscreen, a few inches above the longeron. The end result is a positive step of about 1/8" from the windscreen to the canopy on that side.
My thinking here was to do the initial layup, then add some micro as a filler to smooth the transition and try to hide it, and finish with a last single ply over top of it to "protect" the micro.
Does this sound like a reasonable approach? Is the last ply necessary? Should I use another filler?
I was also thinking I'd finish the fairing and skirts off the aircraft and then sika them on.
My thinking here was to do the initial layup, then add some micro as a filler to smooth the transition and try to hide it, and finish with a last single ply over top of it to "protect" the micro.
Does this sound like a reasonable approach? Is the last ply necessary? Should I use another filler?
I was also thinking I'd finish the fairing and skirts off the aircraft and then sika them on.