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Builder Name:	Juan Canton -

Project:	Sonex - Waiex-B - VIEW REPORTS
Total Hours:	447.8
Total Flight Time:
Total Expense:	$60367.98
Start/Last Date:	Aug 30, 2019 - No Finish Date
Panel:	Garmin G3X + GNX375

Friendly URL:	https://eaabuilderslog.org?s=Jill's_WaiexB

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May 04, 2024 Left Flap Assembly - (6 hours)

Category: Wings

Assembled the Left Flap, Placed and drilled the internal ribs and then undrilled all ribs,

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Apr 02, 2024 Payment for Engine Mount Modificaiton - (.1 hour)

Category: Firewall Forward

Partial payment sent for parts for engine mount modification.

FWF remaining cost 3200.00

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Apr 02, 2024 Paid for Propeller Kit from Sensenich via Azalea Aviation - (.1 hour)

Category: Propeller

Cost of propeller paid in full.

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Mar 30, 2024 Right Flap Final Assembly - (3.8 hours)

Category: Wings

Up drilled all holes on the right flap to final size, then disassembled and deburred all parts and finally reassembled and final riveted right flap.

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Mar 21, 2024 Cost to ship engine mount for modification - (1.1 hours) Category: Firewall Forward

Created box and shipped engine mount to azalea aviation for modification.

Mar 21, 2024 Initial Deposit On Spyder Corvair Conversion Kit - (.1 hour)

Category: Engine

Ordered a Spyder 120 HP Corvair Conversion Engine Kit, Including FWF Kit and Sensenich 3 blade prop kit. Initial Deposit was made today of 40%

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Engine is 12900.00 - 1000.00 = 11900 for giving 40% down for full Prop/FWF/Engine Package.
Propeller is 3200.00
FWF 3500.00
Total Cost all Three - 18,600.00 with Discount Note Payment for sub components of kits will be marked in their own entries as payments are made.

Engine Kit Cost Remaining 4400.00

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Mar 09, 2024 Flap Drive Rib and Right Flap - (7 hours)

Category: Wings

Finished coountersinking the Flap Drive Ribs with the new microstop and then deburred and rivited the Drive Ribs, Then Proceeded to do assembly of the left flap marking out rib lines and installing the ribs and then the piano hinge, finally i cut out the notch for clearance of the control link,

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Feb 24, 2024 Flap Drive Rib - (2.5 hours)

Category: Wings

Worked on the replacement Flap Drive Rib, it was a short day because i needed to order a 120 degree countersink and microstop for some flush rivets.

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Feb 24, 2024 Microstop and 120 Degree Countersinks - (.2 hour)

Category: Tools

Ordered a set of countersink's and a micro stop so that i could countersink some plates on the flap drve horns since my counter sink bit was 100 degrees and pop rivets are 120 degree's

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Feb 13, 2024 Replacement Flap Parts - (.1 hour)

Category: Wings

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Due to a building error with the flap drive horns where a nut plate should have been drilled with a snug fit i ordered new flap drive plates and flap rib in addition to the necessary rivets for those drive plates.

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Feb 10, 2024 Flaps Components - (7.3 hours)

Category: Wings

Gathered all flap subcomponents, Built the flap drive assemblies, and cut the flaps skins to size.

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Feb 03, 2024 Right Wing Final Deburring and Riveting - (7.9 hours)

Category: Wings

Finished Deburring the lower wing skin, assembled the wing with all skins and installed the pitot tube after riveting the flush rivets under the pitot mount, then installed the wing tip and riveted all skins.

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Jan 27, 2024 Right Wing Deburring Pt.2 and Leading Edge Prep - (8.7 hours)

Category: Wings

Removed Pitot Tube for rivet prep, Deburred the Lower Leading Edge Ribs, and the Leading Edge Skin, Then Dimpled Both, After That deburred the lower aft ribs and the Aft Wing Skin, Finally reinstalled the aft Skin and half of the leading edge skin in prep for Riveting.

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Nov 26, 2023 Right Wing Deburing - (3.25 hours)

Category: Wings

Debured the upper half of the Wing in prep for Closeout riveting, Still need to debur the lower half of the wing and then dimple the leading edge, prior to closing out the wing.

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Nov 26, 2023 Right Wing Wiring - (3.25 hours)

Category: Electrical

Completed Wire Runs and installation of seal all connectors on all necessary junctions.

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Nov 19, 2023 Right Wing Electrical Prep Work - (4 hours)

Category: Electrical

Ran the 3 conduit lines in the right wing, Wing Tip to Taxi Light Bay, Taxi Light Bay to Pitot Tube Bay, Pitot Tube Bay to Wing Root. This included fabricating mounts from the Pitot bay to the root of the wing, and enlarging tooling holes in other bays.

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Nov 19, 2023 Pitot Tube Installation Part 3 - (3.0 hours)

Category: Avionics

Completed all the in-wing pitot tube work for the Regulated Gap-26, Mounted Control Box, Bent and cut to length both AOA and Pitot Lines, Ran The Actual Hoses, and Wired the control box to the Pitot tube.

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Nov 19, 2023 Right Wing Taxi Light - (1.5 hours)

Category: Lighting

Finished Installing Taxi Light Lens

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Nov 12, 2023 Right Wing Taxi Light - (8.75 hours)

Category: Lighting

Cut the opening in the wing and did all the necessary work to get the duckworth taxi light installed including building the mounting brackets and intiial trim of the lense. Will need about an hour or so to finish the install but i wll do that when i take off the skins to do the wiring and to drill out the tiedown.

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Oct 28, 2023 Right Wing Tip Light Mount Pt 2 - (1.0 hour)

Category: Lighting

Competed install of the nut plates and opening the holes on the newly installed light mount that we afixed to the wing tip last week, test fitted the light and we are now ready to wire the lights.

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Oct 28, 2023 Pitot Tube Installation Part 2 - (2.0 hours)

Category: Avionics

Finished fabricating and then installing the GAP-26 mount into the right wing. I had to order some tools to flare the Pitot tube ends for the fittings i will be using but otherwise it was a fairly easy correction after addressing the clearance issues encountered the last time.

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Oct 28, 2023 Flaring Tool and Tubing Bender - (.25 hour)

Category: Tools

Ordered a flare tool for the Pitot tube fittings for the Gap-26 also ordered a tubing bender i will be able to use both when creating brake lines and/or hard fuel line in the future.

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Oct 14, 2023 Whole Saw Pilot and Saw Mount. - (.5 hour)

Category: Tools

Had to get another center section for the whole saw i purchased to cut out the inspection panel for the pitot tube, Unfortunately the original one i bought looked like it was mislabeled as being compatible with a 4" hole saw and it was not.

Original was 3/8th but this only fits up to 1 1/4 sized hole saws, even though it was labeled up to 6", The 1/2" one is the one that fits the larger hole saws.

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Oct 14, 2023 Pitot Tube Installation - (4.25 hours)

Category: Avionics

Worked on the Pitot Tube mount and inspection plate creation for the Garmin GAP-26. I decided to utilize the original mounting location of the pitot tube per the plans but with the garmin install kit bracket that location on the inspection plate does not work. Since I did not test fit the mount on the inspection plate before doing all the work to install the mount onto the inspection plate i did not realize this until i went to install the inspection plate on the wing. Since it did not fit i will need to rework the inspection plate bracket mount installation, but the installation of the nut plates into the wing and the cutout of the mount inspection hole will not need to be redone.

For anyone doing this in the future do not use the doubler plate as it will not fit the 4" hole called for in the plans or at a minimum modify it, and do not offset the pitot tube in the inspection plate, you will need to center mount it.

4.75 was the cost of the replacement inspection plate, no shipping included since i already had an order they are going to add this to.

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Oct 14, 2023 Right WIng TIp Light Mount - (2.75 hours)

Category: Lighting

Added wing tip light mount to the wing tip including the fiber work, will still need to do some sanding, and drilling to install of nut-plates prior to final install of lights but the big fiberglass work is done.

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Oct 10, 2023 Ordered Dual Stick Upgrade kit - (.25 hour)

Category: Controls

Ordered Dual Stick Upgrade Kit, This kit has a couple of nice features beyond just the dual sticks it also comes with a removable Avionics access panel for AP servos and other items.

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Oct 10, 2023 Ordered Leather Upholstery - (.25 hour)

Category: Interior Finish

Cost of kit was 1940.00 + 62.00 Shipping

Ordered Gray Heated Leather Interior, with black bulkhead panel and Baggage Sling.

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Jul 08, 2023 Right Wing - Root Doubler, Tip Rib - (9 hours)

Category: Wings

Finished drilling the root ribs, installed the root doubler, Installed the tip Rib, and finished off by updrilling all of the holes in prep for deburing, dimpling and riveting,

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May 28, 2023 Right Wing Leading Edge & Root Doubler - (8.2 hours)

Category: Wings

Attached the right wing leading edge after marking the centerline of the ribs, then i did the pilot drilling of the ribs to the leading edge, once that was secure, we moved on to finishing the right wing root doubler assemble and that was also completed minus the drilling to the skin.

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May 20, 2023 Left Wing Final Inspection and Riveting. - (5.5 hours)

Category: Wings

Double checked all my work on the left wing to make sure i didnt forget anything and then spent the next few hours installing approximately 700 rivets. The only items not riveted are the tip rib as i want to paint that item and the root doubler as that does not get riveted until the wings are installed and rigged.

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May 14, 2023 Left wing leading edge - (4.5 hours)

Category: Wings

De burred and dimpled left wing leading edge skin

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May 14, 2023 Installed wiring In left wing - (3 hours)

Category: Electrical

installed conduit, and wiring in left doing including seal all connectors

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May 14, 2023 Step bit - (.5 hour)

Category: Tools

Had to buy a step bit to finish installing the wiring in the wing

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May 10, 2023 Ratcheting Wire Crimper - (.1 hour)

Category: Tools

Got a pair of ratcheting wire crimpers and a pair of jaws for insulated and heat shrink connectors.

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May 06, 2023 left Wing Lower Aft Skin Rivet Prep - (5.7 hours)

Category: Wings

Finished installing the Tie Down, removed and prepped the lower aft wing skin for riveting, Predrilled and prepped the access plate cover for screws (I dont know how i feel about machine screws for this i may end up installing nut plates here) also removed the root doubler and prepped that for riveting. Deburring is a long and tedious process.

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May 01, 2023 Electrical Crimper, Connectors, and Misc Hardware

Category: Tools

Ordered a standard electrical crimper, Some sealed butt splices to extend the navigation light cables, and also ordered some misc fasteners to install the nav lights an pitot tube.

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Apr 29, 2023 Left Wing Upper Aft Skin Rivet Prep - (3 hours)

Category: Wings

Spent Way more time than i expected deburing the Left Aft Upper Skin and related ribs and spars. Also did the initial drilling of the tie down bolt hole.

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Apr 29, 2023 Left Wing Navigation Light - (1 hour)

Category: Lighting

Installed the Left Wing Nav Light into the Wing Tip and Tested the light for function.

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Apr 17, 2023 Cutoff wheels for dremel Category: Tools

Ordered some extra cutoff wheels for the dremel as i used the last on on the left wing landing light installation.

Apr 16, 2023 Hand Rivet Squeezer, Dimple Die Set, and Safety Wire Setup - (.1 hour)

Category: Tools

Ordered a rivet Squeezer for the install of the next landing light so that i dont struggle as much From Brown Tool and then ordered a safety wire kit and some cherry rivets from Aircraft Spruce.

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Apr 15, 2023 Left Wing Landing Light Intallation - (10.3 hours)

Category: Lighting

Installed the left wing landing light, including the wing cut out and mounting. One of the biggest challenges was doing solid rivets without a squeezer

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Apr 01, 2023 Inventory part 3 - (3.2 hours) Category: Fuselage

Completed final inventory of the remaining kits minus backorder parts as always sonex does an amazing job of packing stuff and I have to rely on human tetris to try and make stuff fit in my garage,

Only one missing part and 2 parts with a slight variation on pn that I am confirming are usable overall for the number of parts an amazing accuracy percentage.

Mar 23, 2023 Inventory part 2 - (3.5 hours) Category: Fuselage

Inventoried the last box, still need to inventory the flat pallet but that should be done tomorrow

Mar 23, 2023 Transportation and inventory Part1 - (7.0 hours) Category: Fuselage

Rented a truck and picked up the fuselage along with the rest of the kits that we ordered previously.
Completed inventory on 2 of the 3 boxes, still have 1 box and the flat packed pallet to inventory spent 3 hours getting the truck and kits and 4 hours on the inventory and storage of the kit parts

Feb 19, 2023 Wingtip Light Mount and control surface hinges - (8.4 hours)

Category: Wings

We started off by attaching and applying fiberglass to the wing tip light mount in addition to some filler to smooth out the mount cut out in prep for gel coat next week and mounting of the light fixture.

We then proceeded to cut out all of the control surface hinges as some of them are needed for finishing off the wings. Once that was done we mounted the hinges we needed to mount and finished updrilling all but 5 holes on the wings those we will updrill once we are ready to mount the wingtip on as the wingtip is underneath and i didnt want to drill them without the wingtip in place.

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Feb 19, 2023 Tools and Fiberglass Supplies - (2.0 hours)

Category: Tools

Ordered 2 large drill bits one for the wiring conduit, and one for the tie down hole, Also got the Hole Saw i am going to need for the pitot tube installation, I also got a pair of calipers that we have run into the need to have for various measurements. In addition we bought a bunch of suplies to work with fiberglass and to tools to sand so we can refinish the wingtip light mounts.

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Feb 12, 2023 Left Wing Leading Edge, Root Rib, and Tip Rib - (7.5 hours)

Category: Wings

Finished drilling the root rib, then drilled the leading edge skin in prep for having to dimple, and finally installed and drilled the tip rib, finally after that placed and cut out the wing tip light mount in prep for having to fiberglass it in place and then filling the gaps with some filler material.

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Feb 04, 2023 Left Wing Leading Edge Skin and Root Rib Installation - (9.5 hours)

Category: Wings

We started by attaching the leading edge skin, we then pilot drilled and clecoed all the interior ribs, After that we started to install the root rib, The original plan was to do both leading edge skins on both wings but it turns out from this point forward it makes for sense to finish out this wing before moving to the left wing. At least for all the drilling and dimpling and what not that is still to be done. We did have to remove the mount brackets in order to install the root rib.

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Jan 29, 2023 Ordered More Clecos and Drill Bits - (.2 hour)

Category: Tools

Ordered Some more tools, 200 Additional 1/8 clecos, ran out due to building both wings at the same time. In addition i picked up some acrylic drill bits and some more number 40 Jobbers as i am getting low on those and tend to go through those alot quicker than the 30s this is probably due to the fact that initial holes tend to get drilled by the 40's and also that they are smaller so more susceptible to overheating.

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Jan 28, 2023 Right Wing Lower Aft Skin - (6.5 hours)

Category: Wings

Installed the aft lower skin on the right wing.

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Jan 23, 2023 Wing Wiring Schematic Design - (2.5 hours)

Category: Electrical

Design of Wing Wiring and Connector Distribution

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Jan 11, 2023 Wing Wiring and Connectors - (.8 hour)

Category: Electrical

Stein Air Cable 73.33 Shipped, Connectors, tubing, and pin kits 165.83 shipped from spruce.

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Jan 11, 2023 Pitot Tube Installation Kit from Garmin - (.2 hour) Category: Avionics

Gap-26 Installation kit i originally ordered the generic mast but upon additional inspection i decided to order the official garmin kit as it included backing plates and other features that pair up well with the kit in addition to the ability to change the angle if required. 212.32 from stein, 12.00 for hardware from spruce

Jan 11, 2023 Ordered Some Electrical Tools - (.5 hour)

Category: Tools

Flush cutters and tubing cutter from stein air was 16.01 shipped Seal-All Crimpers and pin tool 200.01 Shipped

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Jan 07, 2023 Right Wing Upper Aft Skin - (5 hours)

Category: Wings

Squared and leveled the wing the attached the aft upper wing skin. After that it was alot of drilling and clecoing aft upper skin in now attached and we are ready to do the aft lower skin.

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Nov 19, 2022 Left wing Lower Aft Skin - (5.5 hours)

Category: Wings

Attached and drilled the left-wing lower skin, we are now ready for the leading-edge skin.

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Nov 12, 2022 Clecos and Drill Bits For Wings - (.5 hour)

Category: Tools

Was running short on clecos while building out the wing skins so I ordered 200 more 1/8 since those tend to stay on skins until its time to rivet. and 100 more 3/32 since i was running a bit low on those as well and plan to keep some on the skins until its time to up drill them.

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Nov 12, 2022 Left wing Upper Aft Skin - (8.5 hours)

Category: Wings

Squared the wing ensured no twist i then attached the upper aft skin on the wing sub structure, we got all the ribs lined up with the skin and drilled and clecoed, then proceeded to drill the front edge of the wing skin that goes through the spar cap. Once that was done, we went ahead and drilled the brackets that strengthen the aileron bell crank bracket. After that we up drilled all the rib holes to final size but did not up drill the leading and trailing edge as we will need to overlap the leading-edge skin and control hinges later, so we wanted to keep those holes small for accuracy.

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Nov 12, 2022 Tools for Wings - (1 hour)

Category: Tools

Purchased a laser level as well as a builders square, wood shims, and some rachet straps. these will be needed to square and skin the wings.

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Nov 05, 2022 Left Wing Sub Structure Part 3 & Right Spar Pitot Static Inserts - (3.5 hours)

Category: Wings

We completed the left wing substructure assembly and then proceeded to install the pitot tube routing brackets in the right wing. We are now ready to start attaching skins to the wings but will need to pick up a few tools and work on setting up the wing assembly so that it is square and has no twist before we start the skinning process.

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Nov 05, 2022 Right Angle Drill - (.5 hour)

Category: Tools

Had to buy a right angle drill becasue i built the substructure first before the pitot tube instalation and was not able to rivet the brackets in the tight space.

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Oct 30, 2022 Ordered Pitot Static Installation Kit - (.2 hour)

Category: Avionics

While ordering the bolts that i needed to replace that were used to install rib 1 on the left spar i decided to also order the Pitot Static Installation kit i was going to need for the Pitot Tube and AOA Sensor for the garmin panel. This includes all the necessary line and fittings to connect the pitot tube and the static lines. I suspect i might also order a Alternate static valve later for the static side but we will see.

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Oct 29, 2022 Left Wing Sub Structure Part 2 - (6.0 hours)

Category: Wings

Completed deburring and riveting the ribs to the main spar, I had to steal some screws to get the proper fit up on Rib 1 so i ended up ordering some additional hardware from spruce hence the 7 dollar cost which was mostly shipping as the screws were a little over a dollar and shipping was about 6. When it came time to rivet the rear spar i got through ribs 1 and 2 before getting to rib 3. When reviewing the plans there seemed to be a callout discrepancy in the plans as to what size rivets i should be using for the remaining ribs so i went ahead and stopped and sent an email to the factory to confirm. I am pretty sure it should continue to be CCP-41's similar to the other spar but its better to check then be sorry.

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Oct 24, 2022 Low Profile Riviter - (.3 hour)

Category: Tools

On the Suggestion of other builders i ordered a 400 series pop riveter by USM,

For other builders the usual suggestion is a PRG 410, I think any of the 400 series works my personal preference is the 412 its very similar to the 410 but has replacable nose pieces for different rivet sizes and is the same price they are all roughly about 20 dollars on ebay.

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Oct 22, 2022 Left Wing Sub Structure Part 1 - (6.0 hours)

Category: Wings

Completed the fabrication of the spar web spacers, then match drilled and up drilled the fwd and aft rib assemblies, completed the night with a test fit of all parts, next build session i will deburr and rivet the test fitted pieces and complete the drilling and assemble of the rear spar.

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Oct 21, 2022 Ordered Final Kits Canopy - (.1 hour) Category: Canopy

Estimated Canopy Cost (Including Hardware) 1000

Note this cost was subtracted from the Fuselage kit price.

Oct 21, 2022 Ordered Final Kits Controls - (.5 hour) Category: Controls

Multiple Entries for Cost Record Keeping.

Since Gear and Controls are combined i did a 50/50 Split

Total for Kit was 5207.00 so split in half = 2603.50

Oct 21, 2022 Ordered Final Kits Gear - (.5 hour) Category: Landing Gear

Multiple Entries for Cost Record Keeping.

Since Gear and Controls are combined i did a 50/50 Split

Total for Kit was 5207.00 so split in half = 2603.50

Oct 21, 2022 Ordered Final Kits Engine Bay - (.5 hour) Category: Firewall Forward

Engine Bay Component Kits Ordered. Price Breakdown as follows. Note Multiple posts to accurately track expenses.

Engine Mount Tri Gear Jab 1965.00
Cowling 1005.25

Total 2970.25

Oct 21, 2022 Ordered Final Kits Fuselage - (.5 hour) Category: Fuselage

Placed the order for the final remaining kits as Sonex was going to increase prices in two weeks. Making multiple entries to track cost all crating and shipping will be under the fuselage kit.

Cost break Down is as follows:

Fuselage 9849.00
Crating 200.00
Shipping 2021.43
Subtracted Estimated Canopy Cost (Including Hardware) 1000
Total 11,070.43

Oct 05, 2022 Fixed two bad rivets - (1.7 hours) Category: Wings

Has to drill out and replace two rivets that did not fully seat plus pulled the 6 other rivets that were not pullable previously

Oct 01, 2022 Pop Rivet Wedge and Swivel Head Rivet Gun - (1.0 hour) Category: Tools

Rivet Wedge 28.48
Swivel Head Pop Rivet tool 26.92
I was able to pull the close clearance rivets with the new swivel head tool as its a little bit lower profile but i still want the wedge for the next wing sub structure as it was still borderline with this toll

Oct 01, 2022 Right Wing Sub-sturcutre - (10.0 hours)

Category: Wings

Almost completed the right wing sub- structure minus 6 rivets that i ordered a rivet wedge tool to try and get to as i cannot pull them in the location next to the spar channel. This was an interesting part of the build where things are finally starting to look like really wings, It tool a little planning to drill both sets of ribs as they shared holes so you really had to go back and forth between them and being selective with which holes your drilled out i tended to drill the outside holes leaving the two center holes for alignment of the other rib in the smaller cleco size and then using smaller clecos with the larger holes to hold the now aligned ribs as a drilled out the already large holes to match on the new parts. This allowed for both ribs to be drilled without compromising alignment.

With the new swivel head rivet puller i was able to get the last 6 rivets but i also noticed i had 3 bad rivets i need to drill and redo when we get back to building. The rivet wedge will also make those hard to reach rivets less dicey as even with the new rivet puller it was still marginal at best for being able to put enough pressue on the rivet head all though they both pulled cleanly.

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Sep 19, 2022 6061 Sheet Stock Ordering - (.2 hour) Category: Wings

Needed to order some flat sheet stock of 6061 for some of the spacers I need to fabricate for the wings i probably could have grabbed some scrap from a flap or aileron scrap of aluminum but since those are not yet fabricated and the flat stock is not to expensive i went ahead and ordered to 2"/48" sheets that should be more than enough to make the spacers and leaves a little for any other small miscellaneous parts i need to create.

If you order your wing kit before the fuselage you will not get the flat stock you need for these spacers i reached out to the factory and they shipped me a peice of flat stock so make sure if you are working on your wings to reach out for the flat stock before you need it as it will take a week for you to get it via USPS

Sep 18, 2022 Created spacers for wing substructure assembly - (1.0 hour)

Category: Wings

Created some spacers after building my band saw but was unable to create all of them as I was missing some material the 03 call out as shown in the pictures I can probably grab some left over sheet from scrap to make these but I would expect the plans to call that out.

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Sep 18, 2022 Bandsaw for the workshop - (3.8 hours)

Category: Tools

Bought and Assembled a bandsaw, swapped the glad to a metal blade, and got two extra batteries for the portable drill

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Jul 30, 2022 Mating of Main Spars - (5.5 hours)

Category: Wings

Joined Both spars aligned and clamped them up drilled both of the bolt/pin 1/2 inch slots, attached the alignment stops/caps, up-drilled alignment holes.

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Jul 23, 2022 Completed Right Main Spar Assembly - (5.5 hours)

Category: Wings

Started and completed assembly of Right-Hand main spar.

Next step will be to mate and close out spar assemblies so we can start the wing substructure assembly.

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Jul 02, 2022 Larger Clamps - (.5 hour)

Category: Tools

in order to clamp some items for the main spar assembly i needed clamps with more clearance than the 6 inch clamps so we got a par of 9 inch clamps and those did the job.

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Jul 02, 2022 Replacement Hardware - (1 hour) Category: Wings

Replacement screws to make up for the broken screws from removing and reinstalling the misplaced spar attachement point, and extras that will be needed to attach the rib to the location where i drilled the holes that will no longer be viable for rivets.

Took about an hour due to identifying number and types of screws then ordering it all on WBPartsExpress only to see 40 dollars for a shipping charge so instead i went to Aircraft Spruce as their shipping was only 3 bucks a little more expensive per unit but i was going to pay more for shipping than the parts.

Apr 30, 2022 Left Main Spar (Plus What Might be a Big Oppsie) - (6.5 hours)

Category: Wings

Did most of the work i needed to on the left spar prior to mating with the right spar for final items, Then i realized that i placed the root rib attach angles in the wrong place, This might compromise the spar and also ruins the primary way to attach rib 1 to the main spar. I have sent out an email to the factory to see if i can salvage the spar without having to replace it. but we will see what they say the oppsie is in the last 4 pics. Oh and i also striped a bolt that i ended up drilling out and replacing.

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Mar 05, 2022 Sawhorses - (.5 hour)

Category: Tools

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Mar 05, 2022 Main Spar Component Preperation - (2.7 hours)

Category: Wings

Had to drill and clean up Main Spar Attachment blocks and related items. I also unboxed the main spars but need to pick up some sawhorses to continue building out the spars due to the length of the spars.

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Feb 27, 2022 Aileron Bellcrank Assembly Part 2 - (4.5 hours)

Category: Wings

Finished assembling the aileron bellcranks this took some finessing as i had to work on getting ample clearance of the bell crank once everything was assembled. Once the aileron bellcranks were done i worked on the the aft rib assemblies that hold the aileron bell cranks.

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Feb 03, 2022 Ordered Duckworth LED Landing/Taxi Lights - (.5 hour)

Category: Lighting

Ordered 2 LED Landing Light Kits from Duckworth Aviation.

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Jan 29, 2022 Aileron Bellcrank Assembly Part 1 - (3.5 hours)

Category: Wings

Started to assemble the bell cranks and prep the left side bell crank assembly, unfortunately when trying to ream a hole using my drill press i realized it had some runout and what should have been a press fit hole became a loose fit hole, I suspect i will need to replace the part so that will probably be another 30 dollars since it is a machined part but waiting on the factory to give me some advice.

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Jan 25, 2022 Ordered Air Data Sensors - (.5 hour)

Category: Avionics

Ordered a heated and regulated version of the Garmin Gap 26 Pitot as well as a mounting kit, a cover for the pitot tube, and two static ports.

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Jan 25, 2022 Ordered 3in1 Lights - (.5 hour)

Category: Lighting

Ordered a set of Aveo 3 in 1 Nav/Pos/Strobe Wingtip lights.

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Jan 22, 2022 Foward Wing Ribs - (6.7 hours)

Category: Wings

Created Rib Reinforcements, and then attached and riveted reinforcements in addition to deburring all forward wing ribs.

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Jan 22, 2022 Updating Drawings - (1.0 hour) Category: Research

Scrubbing all drawing updates to ensure we are building to the latest specification.

Jan 10, 2022 Ordered Canopy Latch - (1.0 hour)

Category: Canopy

Ordered the Canopy latch made by Peter with the carbon fiber reinforced handle.

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Dec 17, 2021 Purchased Vans Vent Kit - (.2 hour) Category: Fuselage

Ordered the vans RV 14 vent it, it is a little more effective and has cleaner controls than the sonex model i will just adapt them to the sonex fuselage when we get there.

Aug 07, 2021 Aft Rib Assembly 3 - (4 hours)

Category: Wings

Completed the last gusset pair for the aft rib assemblies and deburred all of the remaining aft ribs that needed to be deburred.

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Jul 18, 2021 Aft Rib Assembly 2 - (3.00 hours)

Category: Wings

Continued Assembling Aft Ribs 1 set left to assemble, 14 Additional Ribs to clean up.

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Jul 07, 2021 Reamer Set Ordered - (.2 hour) Category: Tools

several holes require press fit and or precise holes particularly in the control bell cranks and other items that take oil impregnated bushings so I had to order a set of reamers to that those holed are precise

Jul 04, 2021 Aft Rib Assembly 1 - (6.5 hours)

Category: Wings

Assembled 4 of the needed root rib assemblies with the extra stiffening doubles. Doublers also needed to be fabricated from flat stock

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Jun 29, 2021 Got The Drill Press - (.7 hour)

Category: Tools

Received, Assembled and Mounted the Drill Press onto its new stand.

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Jun 24, 2021 Grinder Stand - (1.2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Grinder stand built and installed grinder on to it.

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Jun 20, 2021 Added a stand to my workshop - (1.5 hours)

Category: Workshop

Added a new mix use stand it can hold a grinder or a benchtop drill press. I intend to mount a drill press to this one have a separate one for the grinder.

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Jun 13, 2021 Rear Spar Assembly Left and Right - (5.5 hours)

Category: Wings

Assembled the rear wing spar assemblies, its been a while since i looked at the plans so it was a bit of a struggle to get back into the swing of it but its like riding a bike it comes back to you.

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Jun 02, 2021 Ordered Wingtip Light Mounts - (.2 hour)

Category: Lighting

Ordered Wing Tip Adaptor for mounting my lights.

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May 29, 2021 Inventory of kit and unpacking - (2.5 hours)

Category: Wings

Performed an Inventory of the aircraft parts, I was missing two ribs but other than that everything arrived undamaged and as expected.

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May 29, 2021 Hardware Kit - (2.5 hours)

Category: Tools

Received and Inspected the Hardware Kit, overall there were minimal errors 8 total discrepancies.

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May 29, 2021 Storage Shelving Build - (1 hour) Category: Workshop

Built and arranged the workshop with new shelving.

May 28, 2021 Purchased a new Shelving unit to store wing parts. - (.5 hour) Category: Workshop

May 28, 2021 Wing Kit Arrival and pickup - (3 hours) Category: Wings

Rented a truck from Homedepot but the wings are now in my garage after about 3 hours.

Mar 05, 2021 Wing Kit Ordered - (1 hour) Category: Wings

Ordered Wing Kit and Plans

Feb 16, 2021 Panel Design - (4.5 hours)

Category: Avionics

Initial Design of the Instrument panel.

Left to Right

Left sub-panel
Ignition Switch, Coil, Fuel Injector, and ECU circuit breakers
Panel/Interior lighting dimmer switch, Alternator warning light, Warning/Caution Light, G5 Standby Instrument

PFD
GDU460 PFT

Avionics Stack
GMC 507, GNX375, GMA 245

Avionics Power Switches and Circuit Breakers
Alt/Bus1, Avionics, Pitot Heat (Regulated Gap 26), Nav, Strobe, Landing/WigWag, Fuel Pump 1, Fuel Pump 2

MFD
GDU 470

Radio Stack
MGL Vega Radio Heads attached to V16/N16 Set to GNC 255 Protocol x2

Right Sub Panel
ELT, Bus 2 Power, Cockpit Lighting, Aux Power Switch(USB Charging ports)

Rear Stack
Not Pictured but plan to do something similar to another builder with Circuit Breakers for the Servos and powered Bose Audio plugs + non powered standard plugs.

The plan is to do a vertical extension in the center.

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Feb 04, 2021 Engine Choice is Done - (13 hours) Category: Research

After about 2 days of solid research and some recent communications with the owner of Aeromomentum I have decied on an AM15 which flavor is still up in the air but I am currently leaning toward the 147 HP variant.

After all the crazieness of covid and the last 6-10 months we will be ordering the tail kit in the next few weeks the goal is to have the order in by the end of the month.

Jun 20, 2020 Left Stabilator - (7.5 hours)

Category: Tail Feathers

Final drilling of the left stabilator, then deburring riveting and finishing the last of the tail kit.

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Jun 13, 2020 Left Hand Stabilator Final subframe assembly and skin attachment - (6 hours)

Category: Tail Feathers

Left hand stabilator sub frame assembled and riveted. skin attached and pilot drilled and stabilator tip constructed and attached to stabilator.

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Jun 06, 2020 Left hand ruddervator and Stabilator Sub Frame - (6.5 hours)

Category: Tail Feathers

Finished closing out the ruddervator and assembled the stabilator frame.

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Jun 06, 2020 Second light for the work benches - (.5 hour) Category: Workshop

Second light for the work benches

May 30, 2020 Left Ruddervator - (5 hours)

Category: Tail Feathers

Cut ruddervator skin to shape, installed the ribs and root rib assembly, Pilot drilled then up drilled all holes. Next step is to deburr and assemble.

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May 30, 2020 Work Light Added - (.5 hour)

Category: Workshop

Added a light over one of the work benches it works great i think i am going to pick up a second one and hang it over the other work bench next week

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May 17, 2020 Right Hand Ruddervator Part 2 - (9 hours)

Category: Tail Feathers

Remade the Ruddervator drive horns with the replacement parts, then cut the right ruddervator skin prepped the ruddervator ribs, proceeded to pilot drill both then final drill all of them and finally rivet them together to finish off the ruddervator.

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May 09, 2020 Right Stabilator Skin Install - (6.5 hours)

Category: Tail Feathers

Right Stabilator Skin Install, Final Drill, Debur, and Initial riveting, Final Riveting will happen when ruddervator is installed and the stabilator is installed on the fueselage.

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May 02, 2020 Right Stabilator part 3 - (7.5 hours)

Category: Tail Feathers

Rivited stabilator skeleton, attached right stabilator skin, and prepped and attached stabilator tip.

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Apr 28, 2020 Right side stabilator part 2. - (3.5 hours)

Category: Tail Feathers

So today i finished the hockey stick portion got that all riveted to the leading edge rib and also got my first set of flush rivets installed. I am thinking this is going to be a weekend only project since i feel pretty mentally drained after all this.

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Apr 26, 2020 First Mistake and Moving on to other Things. - (5 hours)

Category: Tail Feathers

So after a post on the forums and getting extra detail i will need to replace the ruddervator root rib assembly i bent it in the wrong direction. The parts are ordered from the factory and just waiting on confirmation monday.

I moved on to start work on the right stabilator to make sure i wasnt losing my mind and to feel better about bending parts i went ahead an clecoed the skeleton together so i could see how the stabilator root rib should be orientated. I then proceeded to bend and start to assemble the stabilator root rib, unfortunately i was missing a 3/16th drill bit i needed to the root rib clips so i match drilled all the rivet holes and debured the two parts in prep to buy the drill bit and finish off the last two holes before riveting all the items together.

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Apr 25, 2020 Ruddervator root ribs and confusion - (6 hours)

Category: Tail Feathers

I got the ruddervator root rib assemblies complete and stoped working on the skin because i was confused and wanted some clarity.

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Apr 25, 2020 We got a Press and other goodies to bend. - (2.5 hours)

Category: Tools

So the even the tail kit requires the bending of a few items so in order to facilitate this i had to go out and get a hydraulic press.

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Apr 25, 2020 Mat for standing fatigue - (.5 hour) Category: Workshop

Bought a mat to minimize fatigue while standing in the workshop.

Apr 24, 2020 Kit Inventory and unboxing - (3 hours)

Category: Tail Feathers

Unboxed the Tail Kit and did a full inventory there are two items on back order but i also got an email from sonex today so i am expecting to receive that in the next day or two.

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Apr 24, 2020 Storage Shelving - (5 hours)

Category: Workshop

Bought two separate storage racks one plastic one metal needed the different sizes to fit between the panels in the garage. Set them up in the garage and left space for a second set of racks in the garage.

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Apr 23, 2020 Table Number 2 - (4 hours)

Category: Workshop

Finished building the second table next thing on the docket is more shelving and doing an inventory of the kit.

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Apr 18, 2020 First EAA Table - (4.5 hours)

Category: Workshop

Built the first of two EAA tables I am going to make.

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Apr 18, 2020 Air Tools are Set up - (2 hours) Category: Tools

Got the last set of fittings for the air filter and the air lines we are good to go tool wise.

Apr 18, 2020 Set up the Compressor and the Tool Box - (10.5 hours)

Category: Tools

Got all of the following done. Setup the Compressor. I still need a handful of fittings to finish setting up the air filter and a few air lines but the compressor is broken in and all the tools and random air items have been configured with fittings. I also set up the double tool box, Inventoried the shipment from Brown tools and cleaned up and wrangled all of the tools throughout the house and from the various shippers and organized and stored them. Everything now has a place.

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Apr 18, 2020 The Tail Kit has Arrived - (3 hours)

Category: Tail Feathers

Well this was a bit eventful after calling the logistics company and them telling me the kit was there i drove down waited an hour and a half only to have them tell me it was 100 miles away on a truck. After a long afternoon and picking up the tools and what not i got the call that the kit had finally arrived a second drive down to the logistics company and I have my kit. It looked intact and the next step will be the dreaded inventory.

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Apr 15, 2020 EAA Table Materials Ordered - (1 hour) Category: Workshop

Ordered all the lumber and hardware for the EAA tables from Chapter 1000. Plans attached for those that are interested.

Apr 15, 2020 Rest of the Tools Ordered - (1 hour) Category: Tools

Ordered All the other major items I needed for the work shop including the Air compressor, Bench Grinder, Tool Storage, and a few misc items. Like a saw for building EAA Tables as well as the majority of the non aircraft specific tools. I.E. Measuring devices, the plastic mallet, sharpies. Etc.

Apr 14, 2020 Major Kit Building Tools Ordered - (5 hours) Category: Tools

Ordered Most of the Recommended tools from the sonex list. Still missing the Larger Shop Tools I.e. Air compressor, bench grinder, Band Saw, etc.

Mar 10, 2020 Tail Kit Ordered - (1 hour) Category: Tail Feathers

Tail Kit was ordered today, So this is officially my jumping off point, up until now it was always a plan and a dream with the first official purchase the journey has officially started.

Aug 29, 2019 Researching Kit and Tool Needs - (7 hours) Category: Research

Spent several hours researching the Kit and Kit options as well as tool needs and pricing out the cost of tools for both the tail kit and the full project, I then proceeded to get price quotes from several purveyors of tools and equipment and categorizing cheapest location of acquisition in addition to consideration for quantity discounts etc. Based on this research the best path forward is to order items from several different suppliers although I worry that this may result in some early bottle necks in regards to progress on the project as I wait on tools and necessary items needed for the project. I am hoping to have the kit ordered either by the end of this week or the end of next month depending on how my finances work out. Although in all honesty might be better to wait until the new year since realistically I have a lot of upcoming travel and other expenses for the holidays.