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| Entry Date: Tuesday, Nov 13, 2007 (details) |
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| *Cough* |
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Poor, poor neglected airplane! We have abandoned it these past few months. But we promise we have a good excuse....
We're building a hangar!
(see, not too bad of an excuse eh?)
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| Entry Date: Friday, Jul 06, 2007 (details) |
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| Position and Drill the Lower Outboard and Center Main Skins |
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| 0.75 hours
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Used the same method as attaching the upper skins and attached the lower outboard and lower center skins.
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| Entry Date: Sunday, Jul 01, 2007 (details) |
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| Finish Drilling the Upper Main Skins |
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| 7.5 hours
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Attached all upper skins and rechecked the alignment.
Drilled all rivet holes: spars and ribs, forward spar flanges, main ribs, aft spar, and finally the flap and aileron cove ribs.
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| Entry Date: Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 (details) |
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| Mark and Trim the Leading Edge Skins |
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| 3 hours
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With the upper skins in place and secured, marked anywhere the skins overlapped.
Removed the excess material with a file.
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| Entry Date: Friday, May 11, 2007 (details) |
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| Where have Shawn & Aimee gone??? |
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Sorry folks but we've left you high and dry for a loooong time.
Good excuse though... we moved! Yes, we took apart that lovely wing in it's nice jig and packed everything up in boxes. The move went well (thanks to our intrepid friends who had to move something more interesting than a couch). No damage to any parts! Whew.
We've got the jig mostly back in place. Our new garage configuration is a lot different so we've had to change/build tables and jigs.
We're trying to get a hangar built and having to rebuild the engine in 04F so we're a tad busy. No worries builder-folk, we'll plug away as time pops up! Maybe i'll even try to get some fresh pictures in here.
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| Entry Date: Saturday, Jan 13, 2007 (details) |
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| Position & Drill the Upper Main Skins |
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| 2 hours
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Began with the upper outboard skin. Placed, aligned and drilled a few index holes.
Repeated this process with the other upper skins.
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| Entry Date: Saturday, Jan 13, 2007 (details) |
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| Finish Drilling the Leading Edge Skins |
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| 4.5 hours
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Made sure the leading edge skins were properly placed and that the jig was straight.
Drilled all remaining spar holes (#40's) except for the lower spar flange for the inboard leading edge skin.
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| Entry Date: Tuesday, Jan 02, 2007 (details) |
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| Install the Forward Spar Caps |
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| 2.5 hours
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Cut the aluminum for the caps, marked out the location and placed.
Deburred the ends and rounded the 'inner' edge of the caps.
Finalized placement and drilled a few index holes in the caps.
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| Entry Date: Wednesday, Dec 27, 2006 (details) |
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| Position, Clamp & Index Drill the Leading Edge Skins |
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| 3 hours
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Placed each leading edge skin and clamped to check the general fit.
Removed the center and inboard skins, supported the nose ribs (glue/wood support technique), and realigned the outboard skin.
Clamped the skin and drilled a few index holes.
Repeated this process with the other skins.
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| Entry Date: Tuesday, Nov 14, 2006 (details) |
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| Drill Wing-Assembly Holes (ribs, spars, etc) |
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| 7 hours
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*Note: We'll use one date, and maybe multiple big entries, 'cause this is being done over a loooong time.*
After attaching all ribs/etc to the spars, drilled up each hole to #30's.
Before drilling checked the alignment of each piece.
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