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Tilford 04-13-2015 07:27 AM

Great Motivation. Thanks for sharing.
 
Ken, your project looks great! I'm wondering two things. 1) What is the green material you're using on the sidewalls? Does it help reduce noise? 2) Does your panel leave room for the canopy emergency release handle?

Your photos definitely motivate me to get into the garage and get some work done.

Thanks,

KHeidorn 04-13-2015 08:36 AM

Material
 
Greg,

I glued and sewed the green vinyl to 1/4" thick sew foam, from there I attached it to 3/4" sound deadening foam that was cut to fit into all the smaller sections that the stiffeners make. I will attach all of the pieces to the airframe when the plane is nearing completion.

As for the canopy jettison handle, depending on the final size, I may have to shift some of the Dynon pieces lower.

KHeidorn 05-16-2015 07:24 PM

Prepping for paint
 



KHeidorn 05-26-2015 05:43 PM

Stripe Layout
 
Laying out the stripes so I can paint this weekend.




Rand 05-27-2015 08:22 AM

You should fly that to Seattle this fall for a
Seahawks game since you're painting it their colors. Which I like a lot by the way.

KHeidorn 06-20-2015 07:29 AM

Time to start assembly
 



TedsNumberOneSon 06-21-2015 04:08 AM

Very very nice. It looks beautiful.

flywade 06-21-2015 07:35 AM

RV 14 almost done
 
Waiting on fuselage to come in:):)

Mike H 06-21-2015 07:47 AM

Looks great Ken! I admire you're painting skills. Very nice work.;)

Ron B. 06-21-2015 09:36 AM

Does anyone like painting? I might if I could skip the prep work and didn't have so many problems. Still struggling with orange peel. Switched primer , the new one can be reduced and appears to lay flatter.
What's the cure for paint creeping under the tape. I'm using the plastic 3M fine line tape but still get a fair amount of paint finding it's way under the tape. I'm using single stage paint.
Nice job on the paint job, wish mine was that far along. From what I've accomplished I would say yours is fairly complicated to tape out.


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