Most Recent Entries
| Entry Date: Monday, Jan 02, 2012 (details) |
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| Fit and Drill the Cove Skins for the Flaps |
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| General
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| 4 hours
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*In Progress*
Cut the cove skins for the flaps to length.
Trim any tabs that would interfere with skin placement.
Determine hole locations for final riveting along the base of the cove skins and drill.
*Upper line will be epoxied, not riveted*
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| Entry Date: Sunday, Jan 01, 2012 (details) |
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| (Mostly) Completed Wings Attached!! |
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| General
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| 6 hours
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Attach completed wings to the fuselage.
Trim any material needed for fit.
Run the wiring down the struts and install.
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| Entry Date: Saturday, Oct 29, 2011 (details) |
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| Bulkhead A Installation |
| Fuselage
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| General
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| 1.5 hours
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Align the composite Bulkhead A and mark locations for 16 nutplates.
Drill and attach nutplates.
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| Entry Date: Thursday, Oct 27, 2011 (details) |
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| Fuselage Fairing Installation - Surface Prep & Attach |
| Fuselage
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| General
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| 10 hours
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Prep the fuselage surface for fiberglass work by sanding off the gelcoat where the strake will attach.
Drill cleco holes for final alignment during the fiberglass bonding.
Bond the strakes to the fuselage.
Fair the strake flanges.
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| Entry Date: Tuesday, Oct 25, 2011 (details) |
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| Optional Addition - Cabin Air Vents |
| Fuselage
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| General
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| 5 hours
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Purchased the Cabin Air Vent kit - Installed per instructions.
Align and rough-cut duct opening.
Prep inner fiberglass pieces - install nutplates for eyeball vent, position and paint.
Remove inner foam from edges of outer opening and fill. Sand/file until it matches the inner piece.
Bond inner fiberglass to the fuselage.
Fill gaps, trim and sand.
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| Entry Date: Sunday, Oct 23, 2011 (details) |
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| Install the Cabin Air Vents |
| Fuselage
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| General
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| 5 hours
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*Optional Kit Addition - Not complete yet*
Mark location of front air vents, cut basic shape. Align inner vents and partly drill for later attaching.
Remove inner foam edging around the cut-out and replace with fiberglass fill (for stability).
Sand area and align vents again.
Attach inner vents.
Fill gaps between vents and fuselage.
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| Entry Date: Sunday, Sep 25, 2011 (details) |
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| Fuselage Fairing Installation - Basic Strake Construction |
| Fuselage
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| General
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| 3 hours
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Mark the centerlines for the strakes on the fuselage. Check alignment.
Fit the strake halves to the fuselage and tape together.
Seam the strake halves.
Fill inside of the strake with expanding foam. Clean up excess and refit to fuselage.
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| Entry Date: Friday, Sep 16, 2011 (details) |
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| Shearweb Change |
| Fuselage
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| General
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| 3 hours
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Upgraded the shearweb to a two-piece design for easier access and to remove the need to drill an access hole in the fuselage.
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| Entry Date: Monday, Aug 22, 2011 (details) |
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| Right Wing - MOSTLY COMPLETE! |
| Wings
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| General
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| 16 hours
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After a marathon weekend of riveting... wing #2 is out of the jig an awaiting final-final-assembly.
Awwww yeah!!
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| Entry Date: Wednesday, Jun 15, 2011 (details) |
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| Install the Fuel Tanks & Rivet the Tip & Root Ribs |
| Wings
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| General
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| 5 hours
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*Note* We're not going to rivet the tanks in until the last possible moment, but we are going to final-fit as the wings are built.
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