Last 25 Entries
| Entry Date: Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 (details) |
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| We're on the GROUND! |
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| General
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| 1 hours
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Hurrah!
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| Entry Date: Wednesday, Feb 10, 2010 (details) |
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| Mount Tubes & Tires on the Main Wheel Assemblies & Mount Wheels |
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| General
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| 2 hours
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Seperated the wheels (manual calls for 7/16" tools, ours needed 1/2" - We have 8's).
Insert tubes inside tires and put together the wheel halves.
Checked for pinches and inflated the tires.
Attached remaining axle hardware, packed the bearings.
Slid on the wheels and drilled the final outboard cotter pin hole.
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| Entry Date: Wednesday, Feb 03, 2010 (details) |
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| Install the Brake Mounting Flanges & Torque Plates on the Axles |
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| General
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| 4 hours
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Positioned the Brake Mounting Flange on the axle with the proper angle for our taildragger configuration.
Marked and drilled using the step-method.
Installed brackets/flanges/etc.
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| Entry Date: Saturday, Jan 30, 2010 (details) |
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| Drill & Bolt the Main Gear Legs |
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| General
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| 4 hours
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Check final bolt placement before drilling and recheck alignment.
Drill main gear legs using the step method.
Clean and deburr.
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| Entry Date: Wednesday, Jan 27, 2010 (details) |
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| Insert & Position the Gear Legs |
| Fuselage
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| General
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| 3 hours
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Test-fit gear legs in sockets to check if honing was needed.
*Left-side fit in perfectly, so this was marked "L" and we moved to the Right*
Used honing tool as necessary, cleaned and regreased between fittings.
Used a steel bar to align gear legs with proper taildragger shims.
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| Entry Date: Monday, Jan 25, 2010 (details) |
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| Support & Level the Fuselage |
| Fuselage
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| General
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| 1 hours
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Position fuselage to assist in gear leg insertion.
Level and support.
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| Entry Date: Thursday, Oct 29, 2009 (details) |
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| Fuselage Control System Pulleys Installation |
| Fuselage
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| General
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| 2 hours
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(still working on)
Prepared the forward pulley group for installation and made guards.
Installed the following pulleys: Lower Aft Aileron, Center Flap, Lower Outboard Flap, Upper Crossover.
*No cotter pins have been installed yet*
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| Entry Date: Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009 (details) |
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| Install the Cable Fairleads |
| Fuselage
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| General
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| 0.5 hours
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Trimmed the four plastic fairleads and installed in the fuselage cage.
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| Entry Date: Monday, Oct 26, 2009 (details) |
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| Control Stick Assembly & Installation |
| Fuselage
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| General
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| 2 hours
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Assemble the elevator/aileron control.
Prepare the control yoke bearing blocks.
Install the assembly.
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| Entry Date: Tuesday, Oct 20, 2009 (details) |
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| Assemble & Install the Flap Handle |
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| General
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| 0.5 hours
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Press dowel pin into the flap handle plunger.
Superglue flap button and plunger into the extension.
Gather all pieces, grease moving parts, and assemble.
Install the handle in the fuselage after reaming excess paint from the attach area.
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| Entry Date: Tuesday, Oct 20, 2009 (details) |
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| Fabricate the Rudder Pedals |
| Fuselage
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| General
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| 1 hours
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*Purchased Pre-Made!
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| Entry Date: Sunday, Oct 18, 2009 (details) |
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| Rudder Control Support Brackets |
| Fuselage
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| General
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| 2 hours
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Drilling - Already completed in the kit.
Press bushings into rudder control support tabs.
Check fuselage level and level the pedal assembly.
Press bushings into rudder control supports.
Install rudder pedal controls into the fuselage.
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| Entry Date: Tuesday, Oct 06, 2009 (details) |
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| Set the Dihedral Angle of the Wings, Mark & Drill Struts |
| Wings
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| General
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| 2 hours
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Check lateral-level of fuselage and set each wing at a 1.5 degree dihedral angle.
Checked wings for twist, adjusted as necessary.
Marked the struts for drilling.
Drilled outboard ends of the struts using the Glasair jig.
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| Entry Date: Monday, Oct 05, 2009 (details) |
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| Mount the Wings to the Fuselage |
| Wings
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| General
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| 5 hours
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(combining in one post - includes both sides)
Install the inboard wing strut fittings.
Mark the bolt centerlines on the strut attach arm and wing strut.
Triming of attach areas already completed in our quick build.
Mounted wing, inserted pins, fitted the struts for drilling.
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| Entry Date: Thursday, Oct 01, 2009 (details) |
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| Wing Riveting - Left |
| Wings
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| General
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| 50 hours
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(Trying to figure out complete hours.)
General Order Follows:
1) Main & cove ribs to the spars.
2) Leading Edges of the nose ribs.
3) Leading Edge assembly to the spar.
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| Entry Date: Friday, Jul 31, 2009 (details) |
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| Wing Components - Cleaning/Corrosion Protection Note |
| Wings
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| General
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| 1 hours
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During cleaning and corrosion treatment we implemented a new 'tagging' system.
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| Entry Date: Sunday, Feb 22, 2009 (details) |
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| Assemble & Mount the Flap Tracks |
| Wings
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| General
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| 1 hours
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Lay out and set out rivet pattern of the flap tracks. Cleco with the ribs.
Checked clearances and drilled.
Cleaned, deburred, painted and riveted the assembly together (repeated for both inboard and outboard).
Installed flap tracks on the spar.
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| Entry Date: Friday, Jan 30, 2009 (details) |
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| Assemble, Rivet and Mount the Flap Bellcrank Assembly and Bracket |
| Wings
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| General
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| 8 hours
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Assemble pieces, lay out rivet pattern per specifications and drill.
Clean, deburr, corrosion protect.
Rivet the assembly together and press the flap bellcrank bearing housing in.
Loctite and press the bearing in.
Assemble, punch, drill and prep the brackets.
Rivet the angles to the brackets, mount the bellcrank assembly, and rivet to the aft spar.
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| Entry Date: Friday, Jan 30, 2009 (details) |
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| Assemble the Aileron Hinge |
| Wings
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| General
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| 3 hours
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Assemble the aileron hinges based on manual diagrams.
Align, clamp, drill, deburr and clean.
Rivet pieces together and rivet to spar.
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| Entry Date: Wednesday, Jan 21, 2009 (details) |
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| Assemble the Aileron Bellcrank & Mount the Hinges |
| Wings
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| General
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| 3 hours
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Align the pieces of the bellcrank, clamp and drill. Assemble the brackets as well.
Deburr, clean, and corrosion-proof everything except the bearing.
Rivet brackets, assemble and fit to spar.
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| Entry Date: Saturday, Jan 03, 2009 (details) |
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| Fabricate & Mount the Outboard Pulley Brackets |
| Wings
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| General
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| 1 hours
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Fabricated the brackets, assembled the pieces and aligned on the spar.
Drilled, cleaned, deburred and painted.
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| Entry Date: Monday, Sep 01, 2008 (details) |
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| Finish Drilling the Skins |
| Wings
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| General
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| 15 hours
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Completed drilling on both sides.
Aligned and drilled the nose ribs.
Dimpled skins, countersinking on forward spar and flanges.
Deburr.
*Added 5 hours for cleaning, corrosion-proofing, and painting of all wing-bits. (estimated) Completed in stages through 8/1/09.
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| Entry Date: Saturday, Aug 16, 2008 (details) |
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| Position & Drill the Upper Skin Stringer Channels |
| Wings
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| General
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| 1 hours
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Since the channels were already in place the skins didn't have to be moved again for this step.
Re-positioned the channels with the lower skins off, supported and drilled.
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| Entry Date: Saturday, Aug 09, 2008 (details) |
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| Position & Drill the Upper Hat Stiffeners |
| Wings
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| General
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| 4 hours
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Remounted upper skins, removed lower. Repeated procedures to prepare the hat sections.
Position and drill.
Enlarge all rivet holes through spars and where the skin splices to #30.
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| Entry Date: Thursday, Jul 24, 2008 (details) |
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| Position & Drill the Lower Skin Stiffener Channels |
| Wings
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| General
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| 1 hours
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Fit the skin stringer channels underneath the lower skins.
Centered as well as possible and drilled.
(We changed the order from the manual and did this before the upper hat sections. Seemed to make sense not to waste time removing skins inbetween tasks)
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