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Floor! After taking our anniversary off, yesterday I went about building a frame to hold the floor while I work on it prior to install. After, I set it down and cut out the landing brake. Canards are very aerodynamic and don’t really slow down well; a deployable air brake helps to slow down the aircraft and maintain an approach speed. Given that I’ll be able to slow down via regenerative braking (using the propeller like a windmill), I don’t expect to use the landing brake outside of emergency landings/emergency descents. Which is a good enough reason to make this.

Deviating from plans, I cut this out as a large rectangle. Plans specify a small area for the hinge + a smaller overall landing brake. I have a much wider panel + the area for the hinge it the entire width of the brake.

Today, I spent my time cutting out and fitting foam for the contouring of the floor. Tomorrow, I’ll mix some micro slurry and epoxy the foam in place.

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