Mile stone met today!!

[inzersv]

After one year and four months, an EAA Tech advisor inspected my Kitfox SS and gave me the thumbs up to begin covering. I was feeling a little stagnant there for awhile. I am covering with the Stewart System. Today I covered the right wing leading edge with the felt. Monday I will start glueing the fabric. I have the jitters just thinking about it.

[GWright6970]

Great news!!!! PROGRESS!!!!!!!!!!

[68niou1]

Way to go Stan! Congrats!

[DesertFox4]

Congrats. Stan. A little effort everyday and those milestone will continue to appear for you.
Good luck with the covering process. I have no experience with the Stewarts process but have heard good things. It may surprise you but the covering was the highlight of my build. You'll enjoy the feeling of rapid progress as the covering goes on. Your dream really takes shape during this part of the build. Have fun.

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Kitfox friends, I ended up having surgery last year and with the nasty cold winter only did some inside work on my panel. But I am now covering. Since I am using the Stewart System, I was wondering if we can rename this thread as Stewart System and those of us using the system could post and share here. I will post some photos as I go along. I started with the elevators as they are fairly easy. They have been heat shrinked to 250 degrees. After trying a Black & Decker from Walmart and another brand from JoAnns Fabric, I finally ordered one from ACS and it arrived today. I have the first blanket on the right wing glued and shrunk to 250 degrees. Tomorrow I will do the second blanket. Hope to hear from others. Good to be back in the build.

[cap01]

I know what you mean about the irons , they can drive you nuts trying to calibrate the temp . then if you can calibrate one the temperature cycles so much your not sure how much you've shrunk the fabric . I deep sixed all the irons and ordered a ski wax iron and solved all those problems .
good luck and have fun

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The iron from ACS seems to work just fine. The right wing is covered and shrunk to 250. Tomorrow I will shrink it to 350 and do the finish tapes and I hope get the UV Sealer on (two cross coats with a brush) and start the 2nd wing.

Cap01 what is unique about the ski wax iron? If it keeps an even temp and can get to the 350 degrees I am interested. The ACS iron is a steam iron so does have an auto shutoff which is a pain.