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Brian Ford - Australia, PL-2 (click thumbnail to view larger photo and description)
Wing End
Install Engine
Instrument Panel
Engine Insalled
Carburetor intake
Finish Hat Sections
It Fits!
Ready for trim
Canopy Start
Carbon Fibre Hat Sections
Plaster Canopy Mold
Canopy Halves
Windscreen
Nose Cowl
Redesigned
End of a LONG wing!
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Engine being installed.
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Instrument Panel
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0320A2C engine installed on PL-2
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Carburetor intake (heat box ready for welding)
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Starting fibre glassing the windscreen canopy frame. Wax rebates can be seen for allowance for windscreen fitting.
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Showing carbon fibre fill and hat sections formed in lieu of aluminimum tubes.
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After 8 long days FINISHED! Nice and light.
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It fits!
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Ready for final trim.
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Plaster mold for windscreen and canopy. Used casting plaster over and aluminium frame as per Paz building manual. This took 7 months part time.
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Light gray tinted perspex canopy halves formed as one piece over the mold. Required four people to stretch over mold. Result was perfect!
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Windscreen - gray tint. A-grade Perspex formed easily straight from the oven to the mold.
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Redesigned nose cowl for 6 inch propeller extension.
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