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aerohead · 12-12-2009, 04:17 PM

The project languishes.Temps here have prevented any progress for a week now,and time is running.
The belly is complete except for the spring/shackle fairings which will need better temps.
I have a 3/4-in plywood floor completed now.It should easily be robust enough for the battery test in NM.
The nose is sticking out in the rain,rusting.
I can't take the thing off the stands and turn it around until I get the 3M 8500 sealant around all the wheel well gaps and prime/paint the tail.All that involves poison vapors,ie opening up the shop ventilate,and temps are just too low.
The gap-filler panels may not materialize in the little time which remains.
I did buy some high-density foam ( floor pad material to stand on over a concrete slab ) which I may be able to construct an adjustable center gap-seal for both the T-100 and Gilkison's Highlander.We're going to tow the Viking behind both vehicles for the PHEV range-extender test on I-25.
NOAA is forecasting some better conditions.Will see.
I will depart Dec. 26,ready or not,dragging the monstrosity with me.

12-12-2009, 04:17 PM	#58 (permalink)
aerohead Master EcoModder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sanger,Texas,U.S.A. Posts: 16,320 Thanks: 24,442 Thanked 7,387 Times in 4,784 Posts	mini-update ( not much to report ) The project languishes.Temps here have prevented any progress for a week now,and time is running. The belly is complete except for the spring/shackle fairings which will need better temps. I have a 3/4-in plywood floor completed now.It should easily be robust enough for the battery test in NM. The nose is sticking out in the rain,rusting. I can't take the thing off the stands and turn it around until I get the 3M 8500 sealant around all the wheel well gaps and prime/paint the tail.All that involves poison vapors,ie opening up the shop ventilate,and temps are just too low. The gap-filler panels may not materialize in the little time which remains. I did buy some high-density foam ( floor pad material to stand on over a concrete slab ) which I may be able to construct an adjustable center gap-seal for both the T-100 and Gilkison's Highlander.We're going to tow the Viking behind both vehicles for the PHEV range-extender test on I-25. NOAA is forecasting some better conditions.Will see. I will depart Dec. 26,ready or not,dragging the monstrosity with me.