Today was a clean up. The canard had cured for a few days and I had an aviation safety seminar on the weekend. Nice timing as I was tempted to push on.

I carefully removed all the jigs and spent a long time getting every spec of bondo off the glass. I’ve heard it can cause problems in finishes later so it was grind, chisel and scotbrite to remove it all. I made the TE straight getting the chord from the templates. I think I’ve left it about 0.10″ longer just so I have some play if I need it later. Its very easy to sand with the 2′ long permagrit block.

The last pic shows that I’m close to profile. I’ll certainly need some filler, especially on the bottom but we are within range without too much change. The cove seems a little out to the template which is interesting as this was from the CNC cores and untouched by me. I put all the dings in other places…

Final weigh in was 19lbs. Mike Melvill’s was 17lbs. I put this down to the extra weight or density of the spar cap material I’ve used. A strength increase and I went for the top profile in UNI rather than filler as I said in a previous log entry. Happy with 19lbs… the glass work is good and certainly not wet, no air I can see either. I have a lot of confidence in the canard we have made here. I say we as I had help from Michael in most of the layups and Darren and Jeff for a couple. I guess the drinks are on me for life.

Bondo and jig removal time

Straight TE

Close to profile