First step is to trim the door skins to a more reasonable size and then begin the process of fitting and (even more) trimming to fit the opening in the cabin. The initial trimming is complete, the doors are bonded together, and the final door assembly has been trimmed yet again to fit into the opening. The hinges have been attached and the doors actually operate as intended!
One other item of note is I've moved the fuselage over to the big side of the main garage bay and I've disassembled the divider wall. I can still fit both cars in the garage and I now have room to install the motor mount, tail components, and maybe even the engine (without the tail installed). I did have to order and install a new garage door opener for the small bay and while I was at it I decided to upgrade the lighting in the garage to all LED.
Door's cleco'd to the fuselage so I could drill the holes to hold the door on while the two halves cure...see more below. |
The inner half of the door sanded and ready for wet-out and epoxy mix. |
Fuselage with a layer of plastic as well as some packing tape to keep the doors from sticking to them. |
Lots of squeeze out so hopefully I got a nice amount of coverage. |
On the right side door I managed to take a picture of the epoxy/Cabosil mixture after I had "combed" it with the spreader I mentioned above. |
A look from inside the cockpit through the baggage door after I had cleco'd the right side door on for curing. |
Left side door trimmed to fit into the opening. |
Of course every RV-10 builder has to take a picture of the first time to door opens on its own hinges. Those gull wing doors are just awesome! |
Once the doors were trimmed to fit it was time to start putting the actuation mechanism in place. This is the pocket that the handle sits in. |
Trimming the Delrin guides to fit their pockets. |
Center gear assembly installed and aft actuator rod attached to the rack piece that goes into the center latch. |