Finish Seat and Vertical Prep

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I have worked on several areas the last few days. First was a coat of hysol on the rudder top and vertical top. This was allowed to cure for a few days then sanded down. The rudder was close to what I’m trying shape but needed another coat to get there.
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Same with the vertical but it’s probably going to take several applications of hysol to get it right.
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In the meantime I moved on to fit the seat pan. This is a pic of a nut plate. It’s on backwards so that I can back drill the rivet holes. There are six mounting tabs, two on the top and four on the bottom.
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This shows the nut plates riveted in place.
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Just one pic of the seat pan. There was a lot of cutting,fitting and sanding involved to fit this in place. The slots are for the four point harnesses to fit through.
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Just got started fitting the aluminum stringers. There are three, one on each side and the bottom.

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