This is a part of the finishing processes in the sense that its ‘last call’. Time to do those little tweaks as ‘do it later’ is now.

This is just one shot of quite a bit of work. I found that the canard was very hard to install because of the auto pilot servo. So I modified the servo mount and that helped a lot. Then I found that the two phenolic torque tube mounts came loose and they were not up to quality.

The excess was removed at the sides and I did a careful two ply layup onto the sides of each insert over several days. It is now clean and strong. After a few more hours work the canard fit was back to where it should be.

Once the canard fir was good again I went for the canard cover fit. As you can see its nice and tight now, or rather a clean fit.

Both sides got several filler cures and I redid the bottom of the canard as well so this is now a good fit with minimal gaps. My thinking is that this is it, last stop before the paint so time to get the details right.

One view of the undercoat. I’ve spent days on this on both wings, mostly for nothing.  …now the painting plans have changed and much of this undercoat is being sanded off.