Yet more glider resto stuff...

[beaky]

Yup, 50% done and about 90% to go...


This shows why we are re-covering the 2-33 fuselage... this is the inside face of some of the old fabric. It's the bottom and sides of the area at the tail. aside from the myriad patches, etc. There was a lot of dirt built up all along the bottom. We will be fixing things so that the glider drains better in the future, should b a long time before it looks this bad again.





Just about done painting all the various sheet-metal parts- yesterday I got a good coat of epoxy primer on the door and some fairings, and all the aluminum floorboards, etc. are already done. Not perfect, but they will all look 100% better.





Still waiting to get the (steel) elevator frame repaired, but meanwhile we still have to sandblast and paint the horizontal stab (also steel). Had to abort yesterday because the "black magic" sand had been re-used too may times, and it was going too slowly. JP will get a fresh bag and we'll bang that out early next week.





We've also re-installed just about everything that we won't be able to get to after the new fabric goes on... here we see the back-seater's towhook release (with a gorgeous new paint job on the knob), and the main parts of the aileron/elevator controls.

[BigTruck]

Got any more go-kart pics?  

You all have done a ton of work, I can't wait to see the final product in the air  :)  

[machineman9]

May I ask... What are the rules relating to taking apart something such as a glider, repairing parts and sticking it back together? Does it need to be checked as airworthy or are you just allowed to do it?

Seems to be coming along nicely. And likewise, I can't wait to see the finished job.

[beaky]

May I ask... What are the rules relating to taking apart something such as a glider, repairing parts and sticking it back together? Does it need to be checked as airworthy or are you just allowed to do it?

A little of both.

[machineman9]

Ah I get you. Besides, I suppose some of this (for things such as the painting of the panels) isn't going to be the worst thing that could go wrong during flight, but it's good that everything is going by the book. I suppose it's the only the clever thing to do - Having skipped corners a few thousand feet up is never a good thing to have.

As I said, good luck with the rest of it!

[beaky]

I suppose it's the only the clever thing to do - Having skipped corners a few thousand feet up is never a good thing to have.

Well, yeah... we are taking our time, and taking some pride in it, too. It would be a shame to lose the club's only trainer on its first flight of the season (and our only instructor- Gus will most likely be making the test flight)!