Tom

I was looking at the fuse sides and wondered if the covering is best sealed down on the saddle side fill strips or the saddle itself (bottom). I am thinking (I know that is a problem in itself) that if not sealed to the side filler strip the covering will be more vulnerable to puncture from handling, etc. What did you do?

This plane with all the open spans of covering is like a 20lb egg as far as care in handling. Slab sided planes are much more forgiving in the hangar.