Vision aircraft construction (Cochrane Alberta Canada): October 2020

Vision prototype photo

This is the Vision prototype designed/built by Steve Rahm in USA. and still being supported by Pro Composites Ltd. in USA. The aircraft is a 2 seat side by side, scratch built from a series of manuals. Built entirely of fiberglass and carbon cloth material the builder needs to know or learn some of the easy basics of composite construction. Building began Feb. 1998 in my spare time with 7 years where no building was possible. Building Hours at February 28, 2022: 4248.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Some short videos of flights are at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfxJXIwvmfNlNF3gwplFw7Q

Thursday, October 8, 2020

Primer Filler base Finally All On

October 6 2020

After getting started on primer filler on the fuselage earlier I finally got all of the spraying done. It took two coats on everything. I even added a light 3rd coat on some parts of the underbelly, I want to reduce the times I have to go upside down if I can. I am not an aerobatic pilot so don't do inverted well at all. Cleaning out the spray gun every second day is as much work as getting the primer/filler all set up for spraying. I have done that enough times, getting to be expert now. Correction, never expert as I am only a hobby building guy with lot's to learn. Airplane is sprayed, control surfaces and Canopy. I am happy with this base coat but there will still be long boarding finishing to do after I test fly the plane. Here are a few final primer/filler pics.

Below are two elevators and rudder primed.

This is one Flap and two ailerons primed.

Here is the finished product inside the hangar with the upper engine cowling sitting in place. I am very happy with the look of this airplane, the work has all been well worth it.

The canopy has turned out really well. Detailed masking with painters tape around the micro line at the bottom edge of the plexiglass has paid off with a nice finish line.