Wow its a while since I worked on this chapter. Now I've moved the controls I needed to reset the front seat access hole. I'd previous moved the controls out from the side and this meant that I had to hack into the seat for access. This in turn meant that the outside of the hole showed through beyond the side arm rest which I didn't like.
Now I've moved the sticks I could fill in that access hole a little. I made a piece from a scrap of foam that had plys of glass already on it. Some careful shaping and you see the result in Pic 1.
Pic 2 and I've microed it in place using large pins to hold the filler piece in position while it cured. I used peel ply on top of a single ply of glass to secure the 'patch piece'.
Once cured I fitted the control rods for full movement just removing the minimum foam. I then added micro and peel plyed the edges to seal the foam. I thought about a ply of glass and flox corners but really.... it would have been slightly more weight and no structural advantage.
OK its like moving sideways as far as progress goes but I'd call it a win. Now we are down to the pointy end of making sure everything fits for real.
