This is the first day I hired Universal Hovercraft to work on my craft. Bob did the work, unless someone else helped earlier.

He got a lot done, and I helped when I got off work. He's way faster than I would be, but I guess that's what comes from decades of experience.

IMG_0078.jpg I just got here at the end of my work day. Bob already had the duct glued on and the tunnel too.
IMG_0079.jpg The first major deviation from plans: This angled piece that widens out from behind the duct to the bottom. This was my idea, based on how well the UH-12r lift system works. Bob liked the idea and went for it. This is, I think, the first time Bob said "I like that idea" to one of my modifications. Happy day!
IMG_0080.jpg The bottom strip is glued on already and stapled. Now we glue the surfaces.
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IMG_0083.jpg Meanwhile I foamed the duct better. This foam needs help in that if you don't compress it somehow you get big voids. It seems to work OK otherwise.
IMG_0088.jpg Bob is finishing the glue on the cockpit wall now. This only took a few minutes and since there was only one brush handy I didn't start working on another.
IMG_0089.jpg Here I jumped in and we stuck the side to the strip and stapled it with an air stapler. I picked the camera back up when we got done.
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IMG_0092.jpg We found a brush so I helped here. Now there's a strip on top of the cockpit wall.
IMG_0093.jpg Other side now, I was busier so I didn't photograph as many steps.
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