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Builder Name:Dave Bellairs   -  
Project:   Vans - RV-7   -   VIEW REPORTS
Total Hours:1452.9
Total Flight Time:
Start/Last Date:Jun 24, 2017 - No Finish Date
Engine:Lycoming IO-360
Propeller:Whirlwind 200RV
Panel:Advanced Flight Systems Avionics
 
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Nov 15, 2023     MAP line adel clamp - (2 hours)       Category: Firewall
Drilled out a rivet on the firewall to make a location for an Adel clamp to secure the manifold pressure line. Drilled for a nutplate on the backside. Used a location with a stiffener which proved to be a challenging spot. Ended up mounting the nutplate with pulled rivets since there was no room for a rivet gun.

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Nov 14, 2023     Dynon MAP Sensor - (2 hours)       Category: Firewall
Determined the location for the MAP sensor on the firewall near the transducer manifold. Match drilled, deburred and dimpled for nutplates. Finished installing the MAP sensor. Always a challenge to drill into stainless steel.

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Nov 09, 2023     Heat shrink to cover bar and battery cable - (1 hour)       Category: Firewall
Added a couple layers of heat shrink to copper bar between master and starter relays and ammeter shunt. Attached #2 AWG cable to the master solenoid with the opposite end going to the battery.

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Nov 08, 2023     Ammeter shunt - (2 hours)       Category: Firewall
Determined location of the ammeter shunt based on proximity to the starter solenoid. Used some leftover copper strip to make the connection. Match drilled the firewall and shunt for AN 4 screws and connected it to the starter solenoid. Added some heat shrink for electrical protection.

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Aug 11, 2022     Oil door and dipstick/coil pack interference - (2 hours)       Category: Firewall
Clecoed oil door in place on upper cowl and not super happy about the fit. Gonna need some adjustment there. Set upper cowl in place on the airplane and found I mounted the ElectroAir coil pack on the engine mount that interferes with the dipstick. Spent a bit of time trying to move the coil pack but ended up removing it and reinstalling. Can only secure the coil pack to the engine mount with 3 bolts and adel clamps. Need to find a way to secure the last corner. Always something.

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Aug 06, 2022     New removable zips ties and brake lines - (.5 hour)       Category: Firewall
Replaced standard zip ties with new rubber backed new zip ties purchased at Airventure. These are to secure the brake lines to the lower motor mount near the firewall. Added another coat of paint to the oil door hinge.

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Jul 24, 2022     Left side firewall rivets - (1 hour)       Category: Firewall
Completed riveting the left side fuselage skin to firewall and skybolt fasteners. On rivet hole was pretty wallered out, so I decided to drill it for a 426-4 rivet and riveted in place.

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Jul 23, 2022     Firewall side rivets - (1 hour)       Category: Firewall
Riveted the right side skybolt brackets to the firewall and fuselage skin. Really gave it a finished look.

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Jun 06, 2022     Cowl pin guide interference - (2 hours)       Category: Firewall
Removed cowl pin guides to enable riveting of skybolt barckets. Riveted associated skybolt brackets to the firewall and rechecked the spacing of the affected rivet for interference with the cowl pin guide.

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Jun 02, 2022     Alternate Air Grommet - (3 hours)       Category: Firewall
Installed alternate air grommet and attached cable to engine mount with Adel clamps. Will have to remove and reinstall when panel arrives for final cable length.

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Jun 01, 2022     Alt air firewall pass through - (1 hour)       Category: Firewall
Located and drilled/punched hole for alt air cable in firewall. Started with the step drill and finished up final size with the hole punch.

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Apr 28, 2022     Wire pass throughs - (7.5 hours)       Category: Firewall
Located, drilled and deburred two pass throughs for electrical and oil cooler butterfly valve. Used safety wire through the wire nut to find a good location for cable pass thru. Also safety wired the fostener screws in the back plate of the FAB. Not my best work, but hard to get into that area.

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Mar 02, 2022     Cowl hinge pins and firewall pass thru - (4 hours)       Category: Firewall
Secured cowling side hinge pin guides using smaller Adel clamps and some RTV sealer at the firewall. Only had a dg2 and 3 Adel clamps. The dg3 is the perfect size for the stainless tubing and I made the dg2 work, but need to order some dg3 clamps for the Bowden cables as well so I'll replace the 2 when I get those. Made a hole for one of two firewall pass throughs using a step drill and finishing with a hole punch. Used a location from an existing hole I covered. The previous owner mislocated the hole for the brake reservoir which was not supported by an aluminum angle, so after putting the reservoir in the proper location I had an extra hole in the firewall. There may be a problem with it interfering with removing or installation of the battery, but I'll deal with that when I get my battery. May have to trim the battery tray.

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Aug 09, 2021     Breather tube - (2 hours)       Category: Firewall
Finalized position of breather tube and fastened with Adel clamps. Cut a whistle hole in tube to prevent freezing up. Drilled out a couple rivets on the right front inlet baffle that may not have needed to do. Oh well

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Jul 30, 2021     Cowling paint and heat shield layout - (4 hours)       Category: Firewall
Sam sanded, painted and laid out the pattern for the cowling heat shield.

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Mar 02, 2021     Left inlet diffuser - (5 hours)       Category: Firewall
Fabbed nut plate backer for left side of right diffuser to right center baffle. Started fitting left diffuser inlet to left inlet baffle and left side baffle. Lots of measuring and trimming to get correct fit to inlet baffle angle. Finally secured left inlet diffuser laterally to cowl aluminum inlet ring with a 1/4” gap between. Styrofoam insert really helps to establish concentric lines between aluminum inlet ring and diffuser inlet.

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Mar 01, 2021     Forward center baffles - (5 hours)       Category: Firewall
Trimmed plenum and right center baffle for fit. Fabbed angle to secure right center baffle base. Many trips to band saw and sander to get a good fit between baffle and angle and engine. Made a scrap angle piece for fit and practice. Installed lower cowling and aluminum inlet ring. Secured right center baffle side to right inlet diffuser. Right diffuser is now set in place. Yay!!

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Feb 28, 2021     Right center baffle - (3 hours)       Category: Firewall
Made a couple 0.020 backers for the side and bottom of the right inlet diffuser. Began fitting the right center baffle to right diffuser and plenum. Trimmed a little area a the bottom to allow baffle to seat against cylinder fins. Had to “rebend” baffle to fit. May have to replace the right center baffle, but for now will use it to get the correct fit with diffuser and plenum. Marked plenum for trimming.

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Feb 27, 2021     Right inlet diffuser - (5 hours)       Category: Firewall
Continued working on right inlet diffuser. Began by setting the vertical position of the right inlet diffuser with respect to the aluminum inlet ring. Used Bill Lanes recommendation of using styrofoam to align the ring and diffuser. Clamped and match drilled hole from inside diffuser. Removed the diffuser and drilled remaining holes for vertical support, then match drilled the last two vertical holes to the diffuser. Alignment looks good so far. Match drilled remaining holes form diffuser to horizontal angle on the front right baffle. Trimmed the last of the ramp on the right baffle that is covered by the inlet diffuser. Fabbed an 0.32 backer for the inside of the diffuser on the right side to support nut. Match drilled it to side wall of right diffuser. Fabbed and match drilled an 0.63 angle to bottom corner of baffle/diffuser.

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Feb 26, 2021     Right inlet/diffuser - (3 hours)       Category: Firewall
Spent time today trimming the right fiberglass inlet/diffuser. Made an initial trim mark at front of diffuser and installed on the cowling for final trim. Used Bills suggestion of making a styrofoam circular ring to fix the relative position of the aluminum inlet ring to diffuser. Match drilled an additional hole on bottom of diffuser to lower right baffle angle and side of diffuser to right side baffle.

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Feb 22, 2021     Baffle bracket and diffusers - (4 hours)       Category: Firewall
Installed and match drilled left forward baffle j bracket to left forward. Riveted j bracket to Van's stock bracket baffle support. Began fitting and trimming right air inlet diffuser. Drilled hole in center of diffuser to enable adjustment laterally to cowling aluminum air inlet rings.

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Feb 21, 2021     Left forward baffle j bracket - (4 hours)       Category: Firewall
Fabricated another j bracket for the left forward baffle since I'm going with Bill Lanes plenum. His design requires modifications to the forward inlet baffles and supporting structures. Made paper template first, followed by a 0.32 pattern and finally an 0.50 bracket. A slow and methodical process with lots of trimming iterations.

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Feb 17, 2021     Baffle J bracket - (3.5 hours)       Category: Firewall
Continued working on baffles. Made several attempts to fabricate the J bracket needed for the front right center baffle. Spent way too much time on this, but think I finally got something that will work.(top right bracket). Lots of trial and error to get angle and bend correct. Pics of installation. Also began planning process for fabrication of support bracket on left side front baffle.

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Feb 16, 2021     Front center baffles - (5 hours)       Category: Firewall
Worked on fabrication of left front center baffle from template supplied by Bill Lane. Bend is not exactly correct, but going to wait for inlet duct installation and placement before redoing. Cut away a portion of the front right baffle assembly to accommodate J bracket and new center baffle. Rebent right front center baffle. Fit is ok, but bend is sorta rough. Began fabbing J bracket per Bill Lanes photos. Made a paper sample to test fit and then attempted making the bracket out of .063. Fit was not good so making a new one from .063 sheet. Lots of trial and error. A template would have really helped

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Feb 15, 2021     More baffle trimming - (3 hours)       Category: Firewall
Continued trimming side and rear baffles to 1/2” mark from paper clip technique. Also trimmed off extra material from side baffles that aren't needed with the Bill Lane plenum. Test fit plenum again and marked left rear oil cooler baffle for trimming and trimmed. Everything is looking pretty good, but need to reinstall the top cowl and use the mini clay cone technique to ensure plenum to upper cowl 1/2” gap.

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Feb 14, 2021     More baffle trimming - (3 hours)       Category: Firewall
Continued with baffle trimming. Used the paper clip method to get a more accurate spacing (1/2”) between the top of the baffles and underside of top cowling. Also used a sharpie to mark baffles around valve cover gaskets where the baffles interfered. Removed baffles and trimmed to fit.

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Feb 10, 2021     More baffle trimming - (3 hours)       Category: Firewall
Continued trimming baffles to get the 1/2” gap between the upper cowling and baffles. Think I've finally got them trimmed correctly. Test fit plenum again and actually looks ok. Had to remove rear baffle support bracket as it pushes the rear baffles too far aft. Will trim off angle on bracket and reposition a new .063 angle as several other builders have done

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Feb 09, 2021     Forward center baffles and trimming - (5 hours)       Category: Firewall
Began fabbing of forward center baffles using the templates from Bill Lane. I'm using the Sam James cowl with Bills plenum so I tried to modify the center left baffle from the Van's baffle kit. Had to bend the side of the baffle backward so I may have to make a new one out of 0.032 sheet, but this was good practice. Traced the template for the center left side too. Began the iterative process of trimming the rear and side baffles for the 1/2” spacing to the top cowl. Must've had the top cowl off and on 50 times trying to work my way down to the 1/2” spacing. Finished the day with the cowling on and no interference, so now it just needs the 1/2” spacing. Photos are shots through the cooling inlets and rear shot of right baffle through the oil door.

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Feb 08, 2021     Baffles and plenum - (4 hours)       Category: Firewall
Clecoed and match drilled some parts for the left forward baffle. Primed and then riveted together the baffle stiffener and air dam part. Placed plenum on engine inside the baffles for initial placement. Spent time poring over the Bill Lane plenum and air inlet instructions. Made contact with Bill and cleared up a LOT of questions

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Feb 07, 2021     Baffles - (5 hours)       Category: Firewall
Installed rear baffles and side baffles. Made a 1/2” marking tool with a wood block and sharpie pen. Installed the upper cowl and made 1/2 inch mark from upper cowling. Matched drilled and clecoed forward baffles. Also drilled right forward baffle for prop oil line - the rubber grommet you can see in photo.

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Feb 06, 2021     Camlock repair, Baffles and alt air door control arm - (5 hours)       Category: Firewall
Installed lower cowl to check alt air door arm and needed more trimming. Prob should have tried harder to place it on the vertical, but committed to bottom of FAB for now. Match drilled the last camlock hole that needed repair on bottom of lower cowl. Installed the floating receptacle and fits well now. Spent a lot of time trying to figure the engine baffles and modifications needed for Bill Lane plenum. Installed the aft baffles for number 3 and 4 cylinders after digging thru several hardware bags in firewall forward kit.

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Feb 05, 2021     FAB back plate and transfer duct fit - (1 hour)       Category: Firewall
Separated transfer duct from back plate and sanded down transition to ensure a smooth air flow between the two. Trimmed alternate air door control arm due to lower cowl interference and reinstalled entire FAB assembly to check for clearance. Also ground down a back plate mounting screw more that still protruded too high and interfered with the transit duct seating fully down inside the back plate.

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Feb 01, 2021     More FAB work - (3 hours)       Category: Firewall
Spent the day continuing to work on FAB. Match drilled the remaining two holes from the back plate to the fuel servo using the gasket supplied in the injector kit. Also drilled out the center of the back plate to match the transit duct flow thru hole. Needed some more epoxy flox to seal the gap between the two. Made a dummy Skybolt bracket to drill a new hole in the bottom of the cowl to get a better fit on one hole and mounted the aft baffle support bracket. Used some surplus epoxy to beef up the small fiberglass area near the alt air door.

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Jan 30, 2021     FAB transit duct wall and nut plates - (3 hours)       Category: Firewall
Cleaned up the inner wall of the transit duct and sanded down the outside edge for a better fit with the back plate. Fits very snuggly inside the back plate so I'm not sure if I need to secure it or not. Match drilled the #40 holes in the outer wall of the filter housing to the back plate to #21 for nut plates and #8 screws. Installed the nut plates and temp installed on the fuel servo. All seems well except securing of top screw on filter housing due to close access. Need to get a shorty #15 Torx bit reach the top screw

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Jan 29, 2021     FAB transit duct inner wall - (3 hours)       Category: Firewall
Masked off the bottom of the FAB back plate so I could build up the inner wall of the transit duct. I used some plastic washers to simulate the thickness of the the bolt heads and installed the transit duct. Mixed up some epoxy with cotton flox and filled in the gap. I'll trim down the edges once dry. Used some of the leftover to fill in a gap I have at the front of the cowling

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Jan 25, 2021     FAB fitting - (2 hours)       Category: Firewall
Removed the tape from back plate of FAB. Sanded down the edge to fit with the filter housing. Installed on fuel injector to fit with the air inlet duct. Marked the intersection and drilled thru both back plate and filter housing to #40 for nut plates later. Reinstalled on the injector to check fit with aluminum inlet duct on lower cowl. Lined up well finally. Bottom right pic is shot of filter housing inside the lower cowl. Bottom left pic is front shot of lower cowl air inlet

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Jan 24, 2021     FAB back plate wall       Category: Firewall
Built up FAB back plate outer wall to fit into filter housing. Used thick pvc tape to support fiberglass and epoxy. Ground down the top of the fillister screws to fit under the transit duct under the back plate.

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Jan 23, 2021     FAB filter housing trimming - (2 hours)       Category: Firewall
Began trimming the extended filter housing outer wall that I built up the other day with some epoxy and fiberglass. Turned out ok after some trimming down to make it easier to mate with the transit duct. Began prepping the transit duct for extending its outer wall as well. Al this is being done to ensure proper edge distance on the nut plate fasteners.

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Jan 22, 2021     Glassing FAB transit duct - (2 hours)       Category: Firewall
Spent today glassing outer aft wall of FAB transit duct. Also glassed over “bad” camlock hole on lower cowl. Used 3 layers of fiberglass on FAB and small patch for hole. Installed camlocks on oil door flange.

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Jan 18, 2021     Floating Skybolt camlocks - (2 hours)       Category: Firewall
Drilled out 4 camlocks from brackets on lower cowl that did not align with screw holes well enough to “lock”. Installed floating camlocks to see if that would help. All but one now lock lower cowl to bottom of firewall fairly easily. May need to redrill hole if it becomes a constant problem. Primed oil door flange.

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Jan 12, 2021     Cowl, FAB and pins - (2 hours) Category: Firewall
Finished match drilling the forward brackets on the lower cowl. Reinstalled the cowling and FAB to work on alt air door arm that interferes with lower cowl. Gonna need to trim the door arm. Adjusted the cam locks on upper cowl and removed the locking pins
 
Jan 11, 2021     Cowling front brackets - (2 hours)       Category: Firewall
Spent time today refabbing the brackets at the front of the cowling between the air inlets and the spinner. Used the thicker .050 material for strength. Going use 4 -3 rivets on the bottom and two #6 screws on top

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Jan 10, 2021     FAB installation - (2 hours)       Category: Firewall
Worked on FAB fit with lower cowling. In order to ensure a smooth transition from the lower cowling inlet to the FAB transit duct the transit duct had to be adjusted down and to the left. Drilled 5 #40 holes in the edge of transit duct and into the back plate. Fit again with lower cowl and match drilled to #30. Need to do something about a couple holes that have edge distance issues.

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Jan 04, 2021     More Skybolt cam locks and baffles - (4 hours)       Category: Firewall
Continued to install cam lock receptacles, sleeves and match drilling holes from brackets. Sam continued his work on the baffles priming mating parts and riveting the doubler plates. Began match drilling holes in bottom of bottom cowling. Also pushed cowling up to get 1/8” engine predroop dimension. Installed both cowls, hinge pins, and inlet rings to confirm fit. Pic of front of cowl looks BADASS. IMHO haha

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Jan 03, 2021     Cowling cam locks - (2.5 hours)       Category: Firewall
Continued to install Skybolt/cam lock receptacles while Sam continued his work on the baffles. Installed two too many receptacles and had to drill them out in order to match drill the 15/32” holes for the cam lock inserts. Ended up wallowing out one bracket. Luckily had a couple extra brackets for just such an occasion.

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Jan 02, 2021     More cam lock installation - (2.5 hours) Category: Firewall
Kept working on cam lock/Skybolt installation on upper cowl. Top cowl drooped a little too low (1/4”). Need to get it to at most 3/16” for engine droop. Going to try and adjust bottom cowl bottom cam locks to push cowl up a smidgen.
 
Dec 31, 2020     More cam lock inserts - (4 hours)       Category: Firewall
Continued installing cam lock inserts. Riveted some lower cam lock mechanisms for lower cowling alignment. Actually seemed to fit well. Installed some on upper cowling to finish off left side of upper cowl.

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Dec 30, 2020     More cam locks - (2 hours)       Category: Firewall
Continued drilling holes for cam lock fasteners on lower cowling.

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Dec 29, 2020     Skybolt cam locks - (2 hours)       Category: Firewall
Positioned cowling in final best position with a 3/16 spinner to cowl gap and below top of spinner by 1/8” for engine droop. Began final drilling of Skybolt fasteners in top cowl near oil door for access. Used the back light method to line up holes in brackets with mixed results.

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Dec 21, 2020     Cowl trimming - (2 hours) Category: Firewall
Spent more time trimming about 1/16” material off the aft of cowling for more spacing between cowl and spinner. Appears it will result in about 3/16” gap between spinner and cowl. Need to figure out how to hold it in that position as I drill out final holes for cam locks.
 
Dec 16, 2020     Cowl spinner spacing - (1 hour)       Category: Firewall
Started removing material from aft of cowling to increase spacing between cowl and spinner. Pics are of cowling/spinner gap before adjustment.

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Dec 15, 2020     Cowl fitting - (2 hours)       Category: Firewall
Spent today fitting the cowl some more. Initial gap between spinner and cowl is supposed to be between 1/8-3/8” with 1/4” as the sweet spot. We have 1/8”, so going to try to trim off about 1/16” for final fit. Also trimmed cowl for engine droop of about 1/8” and that turned out to be about 1/4”. Going to try and retrim that to get the 1/8” predroop space.

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Dec 09, 2020     Engine Baffling - (2 hours)       Category: Firewall
Deburred and match drilled several baffle parts. Studied the drawings and plenum instructions to avoid errors. Waiting to make big hole in aft baffle new cylinder #4 since I'm not sure of location of oil cooler

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Dec 08, 2020     Alternate air door - (2 hours)       Category: Firewall
Installed alternate air door, masked off edge of door with tape and wax and sealed the edge of door with RTV. Began working on engine baffles by separating parts from Van's baffle kit

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Dec 06, 2020     Alt Air door control arm - (2 hours)       Category: Firewall
Fabbed a new alternate air control arm for the SJ FAB. Decided to use .050 material to beef up the arm a bit.

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Dec 01, 2020     FAB alternate air door - (2 hours)       Category: Firewall
Think I finally figured out the profile needed for the FAB alternate air door control arm after numerous iterations. I also added a small cutout in the back plate to allow for additional throw of the control arm. Sorta hard to see in the photo.

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Nov 20, 2020     FAB alt air door - (3 hours)       Category: Firewall
Continued working on FAB alternate air door. Finally figured out door swing and spring orientation. Trimmed hinge for fit and avoid interference with transit duct. Fabbed first try on actuator arm and trimmed opening for a better fit. Matched drilled swing arm to lower hinge. Need to refab actuator arm for longer swing action.

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Nov 19, 2020     FAB alternate air door - (4 hours)       Category: Firewall
Struggled with the Sam James FAB and installing the alternate air door. Decided I need to build up the aft side of the back plate to ensure alignment with the injector ring. Also made initial cutout for the alt air door. Spent too much time trying to decipher the poorly written instructions on door spring installation and operation. Think I have a plan now to reconstruct to door above the lower hinge and seal with RTV.

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Nov 18, 2020     FAB - (4 hours)       Category: Firewall
Continued work on the Sam James FAB. Decided on orientation of alternate door. Looks like the door facing down will make for the least interference with engine accessories. Sanded mating surfaces of filter housing and back plate for easier fit. Match drilled back plate using injector gasket as a template and hand reamed holes for accuracy. Only need slight adjustment of FAB to ensure smooth transition from inlet ring.

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Nov 16, 2020     Sam James FAB - (4 hours)       Category: Firewall
Began assembly of the Sam James filtered air box. Trimmed both the filter housing and back plate to fit together. Also trimmed the transit duct to fit inside the back plate. Ran into a problem the transit duct not fitting with the 1/4” nut spacers placed inside the FAB. You can see in the photos that causes the transit duct to protrude above the rim of the back plate. Also received and installed the 1/8” fuel plug into the extra hole in the the fuel spider.

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Nov 14, 2020     Injector ring installation - (4 hours)       Category: Firewall
Cleaned up injector ring on cowling from extra epoxy/flox mix and worked on cowling side hinge pins for easier installation. Tried drilling out hinge with a flattened pin tip.

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Nov 13, 2020     Injector ring install - (2 hours)       Category: Firewall
Trimmed hole for injector ring and epoxied/floxed in place in lower cowl.

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Nov 12, 2020     Inlet rings - (4 hours)       Category: Firewall
Trimmed inlet ring holes. Taped and waxed rings to aid installation and removal. Placed cowling nose down and epoxied/floxed inlet rings in place.

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Oct 23, 2020     Oil door - (3 hours)       Category: Firewall
Trimmed oil door and marked location on cowling

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Sep 30, 2020     Cowling - (2 hours) Category: Firewall
Continued fit of cowling. Began working on fit between upper and lower sections of cowl near air inlets prior to installation of cam locks or nut plates.
 
Jul 24, 2020     Mixture and prop Gov cable FW penetration points - (3 hours)       Category: Firewall
Finally located proper locations for the mixture a prop Gov penetration points based on my parking brake valve location. Made some slight mod from Van's location , but should work well with park brake cable too. Used new harbor freight punch out tool and worked great except for the deep cut on my thumb from trying to remove the metal scrap

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Jul 23, 2020     Breather tube and fuel pump overflow - (5 hours)       Category: Firewall
Replaced Breather tube with a new tube and whistle hole. Drilled hole for fuel pump overflow line in firewall flange and Skybolt locking flanges.

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Jul 14, 2020     Skybolt cowling fasteners - (3 hours)       Category: Firewall
Began spacing and match drilling Skybolt fasteners to the firewall.

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Jul 11, 2020     Cowl trimming - (3 hours)       Category: Firewall
More cowl trimming. Trimmed front of cowl for level line on both upper and lower cowls. Trimmed edges of inlet rings to prepare for side trimming

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Jun 28, 2020     Lower cowl fitting - (3 hours)       Category: Firewall
Continued trimming lower cowl gear leg openings. Used aluminum inlet as a guide to make trim line on front of lower cowl. Installed with strap on fuse with upper cowl. Gonna need some more trimming on both cowls.

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Jun 26, 2020     Lower cowl trimming - (2 hours)       Category: Firewall
Began trimming lower cowl for gear legs

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Jun 17, 2020     Upper cowl marked for trimming - (1 hour)       Category: Firewall
Marked cowl for trimming. Not sure about this mark. Looks like too much cowl removal. Gonna check with SJ about cut on long cowl with forward facing inducted IO-360 Lycoming

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Jun 11, 2020     Upper cowl initial fit. - (2 hours)       Category: Firewall
Initial test fit of upper cowl. My son Sam horsing around. Haha

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Jun 03, 2020     Park brake valve - (3 hours)       Category: Firewall
Installed parking brake valve on firewall. Only used one small 40 size screw on the bracket in case it interferes with other firewall items. Used some plastic sleeving to protect against any chafing with firewall stiffener.

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May 31, 2020     Fuel overflow line - (2 hours)       Category: Firewall
Fabbed drain line for fuel overflow valve. Need to secure with some Adel clamps and safety wire

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May 25, 2020     Primed parts - (2 hours)       Category: Firewall
Favorable wind and humidity made for good conditions to prime a bunch of parts.

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May 25, 2020     Exhaust security - (3 hours)       Category: Firewall
Installed both vertical and horizontal tailpipe supports. Had to trim the horizontal metal supports

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