Covering – Final Tapes & Cleanup
Doing the detailed work to finish the fabric work.
Rans-S20: Covering Back Windows
The manual recommends cutting out the window and gluing to the inside as shown below before the final shrink of the fabric. I chose to do the final shrink before I cut out the window – I’m happy with my decision. Once I completed the final shrink, I then...
Covering – Fuselage Patches & Tapes
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Covering – Fuselage Exit Rings
Making sure these patches were correct required a lot of time and taping. The template was made from four pages out of the manual. In my opinion, Rans made this more difficult than necessary. But after several hours of laying out the four pages as described, I was...
Covering – Fuselage Left Side
There was not a lot different in covering the left (final) side of the fuselage except for two items: 1) In gluing the fabric across the top former, I could not wrap the fabric around the tube and had to do a 2″ lap-Joint on the fabric from the right side. I was...
Covering – Fuselage Right Side
The manual recommended covering the left side of the fuselage first. But for some reason I decided to cover the right. Although the approach was easy to understand (lay out one piece of fabric the length of the fuselage and glue in the proper locations), actually...
Covering – Fuselage Bottom
Now with hundreds of hours experience with laying fabric, the fuselage bottom was fairly easy. Early on, my decision to lay fabric on the wings, starting with the the small control surfaces, was a great decision. Working on the small parts allowed me to develop some...
Right Wing – Patches & Tapes
Although I completed the right wing more quickly than the left, it still required many hours. Putting the two large pieces fabric on the wings is actually quite simple. The challenge is installing all the patches, tapes and openings. Cutting those pieces requires a...
Right Wing – Covering
My hope/expectation is that the process of covering the 2nd wing will go much faster. That said, I’ve had to be careful to not get so overconfident that I rush thru a particular “2nd” project and create new issues that slow me down. My goal is to...- Build a Christ-Centered Purpose
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