To safely store the finished components I built a wall rack.
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Category: 05 – Miscellaneous
More lights and full face respirator
When priming the vertical stabiliser the light conditions were not ideal, also the half face respirator was not ideal.
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Paintbooth ready
Finally the paintbooth is ready and the first Kristal 2k washprimer could be sprayed.
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Paintbooth fan and filters
Installed the fan and correct filters for the booth.
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Paintbooth
Paitbooth for priming, made from 22 x 44 mm timer, plastic foil and duct tape.
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To prime or not to prime (and which primer)?
You can read for days on the internet about priming the aluminium parts of an airplane, so many opinions, dos and don’ts.
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Workbench
First I thought about building a standard EAA workbench, but I prefer a height adjustable workbench and I already had some wooden beams (90 x 75 mm). A practical solution is a wooden frame with a MDF top (240 x 90 cm) on 2 height adjustable trestles.
Practice kit 2
The second practice kit is more complicated and more tools are needed. This kit is not required when building a Sling2 because it uses mostly pop rivets
Practice kit 1
This is an easy project to get used to the new tools.
Workshop ready
The old wood workshop was dirty and untidy. After some cleaning and painting the shop is a nice place for building a plane.