A couple weeks ago I finished Chapter 8 and immediately started Chapter 9. I did this before taking a proper set of pictures of the Chapter 8 work, but will do so when the plane is suitable for flipping back onto its side.

Chapter 8 was, again, very much by the plans. My biggest deviation was a very common one, where I put the nut plates into the shoulder rests before attaching it to the fuselage. This way I don’t have to cut the slits in the face of the shoulder rests.

I also punted on making the head rests. I’m planning to do a forward-hinged canopy, so I’ll attach both of those to the canopy frame. I’m also considering some off-the-shelf head rests rather than building the ugly triangle thing in the plans. But I’ll deal with that when it’s time to build the canopy.

Pics to come…