Hi Folks,

The final push to complete this Long-EZ begins . . .

The fuselage/strake/nose paint has been sanded and buffed out smooth and is looking very nice.  A few blemishes specifically due to my painting, but overall looking really good.  In the next day or two it will get ceramic coated before I pick it up and swap it out with the canopy and right wing.

I’m currently working to finish the wing vortilons which are the last of the official Long-EZ plans components that need to be installed on this bird, so I’m calling the airframe officially finished.  I also need to get these vortilons painted and mounted on the wings before the wings can be ceramic coated, since they’ll be too slick after the ceramic coating for the vortilons to attach to with RTV (talk about DRAG reduction eh?!).

Once I swap the fuselage out for the wings, and have it back in my shop, I’ll work the instrument panel and electronics install, before doing the final engine configuration and install as well.

Still a ton to do, but the light at the end of the tunnel is getting noticeably bigger!

Still pressing forward.