I only have this one pic of glassing the instrument panel bulkhead. As you can see, I vacuum-bagged the instrument panel. Vacuum bagging really does suck out all the extra epoxy and produces a much lighter part.
Vacuum bagging Instrument Panel Bulkhead
Here’s a shot of the rear seat bulkhead after the vacuum bagging materials were pulled off. I understand there is wax paper in the picture, and that I will burn in hell for using it, but honestly that’s what we were taught in our EAA composites course. After being soundly thrashed by a few seasoned Canardians, I stopped the heinous practice of using wax paper.
Rear seat after vacuum bagging
This next picture is a shot of the two finished bulkheads: the front & rear seats:
Done! Front & Rear Seat Bulkheads
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The top two pics show how I shaped the rear side of the back seat bulkhead. The bottom two pics show my vacuum bagging setup for the fiberglass layup on the back side of the rear seat bulkhead, which was the second and … Continue reading