Rear Window, Welding, and Guests

The rear windows template was finalized.  We settled on a a 1.5" Aluminum border with 1-1/2" diameter arcs on the three corners. He had to order more aluminum as the largest sheets we had as 24"x24", which was a tad too short.

Template for Rear Window

Ed worked on his aluminum TIG welding skills some more.  We're trying to determine between welded on bungs, welded on flares, or tapping the aluminum after creating thicker areas for more thread engagement.

We also had a visitor to the shop.  A local Just Aircraft SuperStol builder, Dan Moore, and his son stopped by to check out the project.  Dan's got his own blog detailing his project, http://farmerflier.com/ .  We are getting a good amount of Just Aircraft builder in the area.  Two Highlanders, two SuperSTOLs, and one completed SuperSTOL.

Build Time today..... 1.5 Hours