Genesis Chapter 1, Verse 24.........And John said " Stan, do something to my Genesis and all will be good" ...
Right before Mentone I installed the top of the instrument cowling, and left the job unfinished until the windshield was installed. I came down early this morning and completed that. This was about all I can do on Johns Genesis until the next shipment.
I was struggling doing this by myself, trying to bow the plexiglass...then duct tape the bow in place to the right curvature to fit inside the pod. It was apparent that one could get a front bolt in and this plexiglass could spring out and bust at the hole. Some minutes were pondering how to go about this without stopping traffic outside my shop and hijacking someone to come in and help me!
I decided to use a simple strap tie down. The corners on the precut plexi-glass were the perfect place to place the nylon strap over as that prevented any slipping, and drastic release of tension that could scratch the windscreen or hit me!
So I ratched down the strap until the curve fit the curve of the pod, started the front bolt, then got it into position where it was at the right angle and symetrical. The bolts were walked around from the front one at a time, and I soon had a very strong monolithic structure. I released the straps and it sprang out to its finished form.
This build will be on hold until Nicolas gets his production back on track. He has had some setbacks out of his control with power outaqes, shop damage, etc, and is working huge days to get things back on track. John so patiently and honorably want his customers...Brian and Gary to get their shipments first and I couldnt agree more.
I told John I dont have much time until late fall, but that I definitely would like to have all the components by the end of this year so I can get this machine together and flying after winter.
The last picture shows the ink mark on the pod. I am going to scribe a fine line that the pod will be sanded down to when I take this all apart. I did not do this initially just because if say the pod was slightly higher on one side, I could grind out the slight error and have the top of this nice and level.
Stan