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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
 
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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.


 
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.


 
Feb 13, 2024     Replacement Flap Parts - (.1 hour)       Category: Wings
Need to add shipping,

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.


 
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.


 
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.


 
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.


 
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.


 
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.


 
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.


 
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.


 
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.


 
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.


 
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.


 
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     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.


 
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.


 
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.


 
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.


 
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.


 
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.


 
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.


 
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.


 
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


 
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.


 
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.


 
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
 


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