Mapleflt wrote:You do nice work Bagarre, wish I had your skills and abilities
Skill and ability mostly looks like doing something for or five times till it looks good and only showing the final product.
corefile wrote:BAM!! that is what I'm looking at for the ceiling, gives it a bit more of a roomy feel - and I like the felt/wool over the foam look and the added protection of my jackass buddies fishing pole or whatever buggering up the foam.
Do you have a picture of the area above the pilot, what did you do with your overhead dome/map light?
This is the best photo I have of up front. I need to grab the wide angle and take a few shots.
The 170's dome light is pretty minimal and sealed up rather well for light leaking.
Map lights will be on the door pillars, not over head. I don't fly at night so map lights are pretty low priority.
It's 1/4" black flame proof foam and 1/8th inch 100% wool felt laminated using 3M's super adhesive stuff.
It cuts very easily with a straight edge and brand new razors.
- Make templates for every section using strips of heavy construction paper. Tape the strips in place on the airplane to make the patterns.
- Laminate large 4'x4' sections of foam to felt and cut your pieces using pre-made patterns.
- Steam iron the felt perfectly flat and smooth. The slightest fold or wrinkle will show.
- Use two people to laminate and apply NO tension while laminating. You want to lay it down without wrinkles but dont stretch the wool even a tiny bit or it will warp the foam.
- Change the razors before you think you need to. It makes a real mess of things when they get even a little dull.
I wasted a lot of material before figuring this out.
I attached mine to the roof with sail basting tape around the edges and a few strips in the middle for the wider sections. It doesnt take much to hold it in. Makes it 100 times easier to rip it out or replace a section later on too.
