[aerohead]

Foul weather has left me little time to fabricate before the Dec. 26 departure date.
I've been concentrating on weather-proofing the rig and looking at abandoning some aspects of the project and trip until I can actually complete the silly thing.
The sealing is complete.I've got paint on parts of it.I am simultaneously doing body filler,grinding,sanding,shaping,priming,and top coating.
I'll endeavor to work on it right up to departure.
I can weigh it soon and do an all-up weight for which to arrive at a safe tongue weight.And move things around inside to get good stability.
This will also determine how much battery load we can carry for the New Mexico tests.
If I can't "nail" workable gap-fillers,I'll accumulate some data as it is to compare at which time she's complete.
If mpg is disappointing,I may disconnect and leave along the route and continue without.
The nose is not designed to be "seen" by the air and I expect some serious separation at the top and bottom and vorticity due to the V-nose shunting most of the flow to the sides.Rats!
I'm at about 475-man-hours now and materials will exceed $1,500 this afternoon as I purchase more spray paint on the way home.
Al is closing the copy center next weekend for holidays so this will be my last post for maybe 3-weeks when I get back.
If I should generate any useful mpg numbers,I'll try and post from my brother's place in Nevada.
It looks like this could easily be a 1-year project.I have to laugh at nyself for being so ignorant and naive to think I could just slam it all together in a period of 3-months and get it road-tested.
Happy holidays!