Carbon Cub experimental build

I finished the right wing last week with the spraying of the trim over the white base:



I installed the VG's and sprayed them right along with the leading edge trim.



After weighing the pros and cons for each type of top coat I ended up using Poly Tone for the white and Aerothane for the trim colors. Poly Tone is lighter than the polyurathanes and easier to repair. But I'll spray the cowl ...

My right wing is changing colors every few days now; from white to orange and now to silver.






That first coat of silver is the most revealing. All of the little problems with up-turned pinks and lint stuck here and there and the little track where there was a run show all of their ugliness. The little iron and wet/dry paper will take care of most of it.

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Last week I got the right wing rib stitched and most of the taping completed.



Laying out masking tape the width of the fabric tape for alingment and to keep the Poly Brush line neat.



The left wing sits idle waiting for its mate to get finished. I'll probably complete the right wing up through final spraying before getting back to the left.

Not much will happen this week though, ...

Last week I finished both Poly Tac-ing and shrinking the top and bottom fabrics on the right wing and shifted positions with the left wing. So I prepped the left wing on the horses for covering and the right wing for rib stitching.



Right wing transferred to rotating fixture and ready to rib stitch. The tapes and gussetts under the strut/fixture attach points were Poly Brushed in place while still on the horses. All other taping will be done ...

Both wings are now assembled and ready to cover. The fuselage was already awaiting so I'll soon be putting the fabric and Poly Tac to work.



Two assembled wings.




My son and I set up my home-shop paint booth last evening too so I'm ready to start spraying Poly Brush.

My Excel build sheet shows 282 hours up to this point. I probably have 40-50 hours in the modifications ...