Larger glueing surface for cockpit

After Ben's long description on his blog of how it felt diving into the interior of the beast to glue the cockpit floor, I have been having nightmares.......Well , almost !


But there is NO WAY I will dare try to tape from underneath. Hey, this building should pleasurable and since I am a bit claustrophobic, that is simply out of the question !


So I decided to increase the bonding area of all frames to cockpit junction. I did just like Jeff of Alchemy and epoxied a 2cm x2cm split in half wherever needed AND on both sides of the frame.



So in total I will have 2cm (cleat on one side) +0,6 cm (ply of frame) + 2cm (cleat on other side) =4,6 cm.















That is almost 2 inches of bonding area. Should be enough and no matter what, it sure beats taping from underneath..........AAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!