Saturday, December 21, 2024

Interior - Part 1

There quite a few interior panels that need to be covered in carpet or in leather.  The interior kit supplied by the Sling factory provides all the necessary pieces roughly cut in the approximate shapes that align with the interior panels.

The upholstery pieces should be laid out a few days in advance to allow them to relax, as most of them pieces are tightly packet together and will retain some memory do to the stiffness of the material.

Each piece need to be trimmed, and in some cases folded or wrapped over part edges to protect sharp edges.

I used 3M high-strength adhesive spray for the large surface areas and DUALL-88 leather Adhesive for some of the more compound edges or areas where the carpets will lift away from the skins.

The spray on adhesive is used just like contact cement by applying to both surfaces and allowing it to tack-up for about 4-5 before mating the two halves together.

 

 

 

Parts Are sprayed with contact adhesive and sit until glue starts to set up.





These parts also require the leather to be wrapped around the parts.




Closeout panel for the spar carry through




Closeout panels for the spar carry through and control sticks







Lower center panels covered in carpet








Rear kick panels that cover the spar carry through and control linkage underneath the front seats





Rocket cover for the parachute system in the baggage section










Baggage extension in progress










Parachute box carpet install









Bulkhead liner








Another view of the bulkhead liner

Propeller Installation

It was finally time to install the propeller on the engine, this has been a long time coming.       The blades are unpacked one a time and i...