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Builder Name:Martin Guinn   -  
Project:   Vans - RV-14A   -   VIEW REPORTS
Total Hours:1990.5
Total Flight Time:36.1
Total Expense:N/A
Start/Last Date:Aug 30, 2019 - Dec 06, 2021
Engine:Lycoming YIO-390-A3B6 Thunderbolt
Propeller:Hartzell
Panel:G3X Touch/GTN 650xi, SteinAir
 
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Jun 25, 2020     Brakes, Wheels, and Fuel Lines - (1 hour) Category: Wings
Ordered complete Beringer wheel and brake system from Aircraft Specialties. Also ordered custom fuel lines with duel wing-root filter.
 
Jun 25, 2020     Right Wing Finish - (6 hours)       Category: Wings
Completed installation of wing tip nav light and lens. Installed wing tip rib in wing tip. Right wing is now done!!


 
Jun 23, 2020     Right Wing Finish - (8 hours) Category: Wings
Installed trim servo to pushrod springs and attached cover plate. Fabricated and installed other two wing access plates. Installed landing light and wiring. Cut and completed initial installation of wing tip.
 
Jun 20, 2020     Right Wing Close Out - (6 hours) Category: Wings
Completed riveting of bottom skins to spars and ribs. Reinstalled flap.
 
Jun 02, 2020     Right Wing Close-Up - (2 hours)       Category: Wings
Tidied-up wiring, confirmed all nuts/bolts torqued to spec, in preparation for installing bottom wing skin.


 
May 31, 2020     Right Flap - (20 hours)       Category: Wings
Assembled right wing flap over about a week. TE came out looking great.


 
May 25, 2020     Right Fuel Tank - (7 hours)       Category: Wings
Cleaned and leak-tested tank, no leaks observed. Installed fuel tank onto main spar and completed assembly of aileron torque tube.


 
May 22, 2020     Right Fuel Tank - (6 hours) Category: Wings
Installed nut plates on tank attach zees and clecoed to tank baffle with pro seal. Completed riveting of fuel tank. Applied additional pro seal to all potential leak points.
 
May 20, 2020     Right Fuel Tank - (4 hours)       Category: Wings
Returned to complete installation of inboard rib and baffle with pro seal. Covered every rivet shop head inside tank with pro seal. Installed inboard rib, attached and torqued vent tube to bulkhead union, and installed tank baffle with pro-seal and 100% clecos. Finally, installed fuel sender with pro seal.


 
May 19, 2020     Right Aileron Actuation - (8 hours) Category: Wings
Fabricated aileron torque tube and push rod assemblies and connected to bell crank. Mounted Garmin servo and support bracket. Van's sent wrong bearings in servo mount kit so couldn't make servo pushrod. Ordered replacements. Fabricated aileron torque tube assembly and temporarily mounted to pushrod.
 
May 15, 2020     Right Aileron - (1 hour)       Category: Wings
Riveted trailing edge. Aileron came out very straight and tight.


 
May 14, 2020     Right Aileron - (4 hours)       Category: Wings
Completed assembly and riveting of right aileron. Installed countersunk trailing edge with double sided 3M tape and left overnight with weights.


 
May 13, 2020     Right Aileron - (4 hours)       Category: Wings
Prepared skin stiffeners and riveted to dimpled skins. Assembled aileron and match drilled common holes.


 
May 11, 2020     Right Aileron - (6 hours)       Category: Wings
Prepared leading edge from spar forward.


 
May 09, 2020     Right Wing, System Wiring - (4 hours) Category: Wings
Installed wing conduit and ran lighting harness. Installed servo harness in lower rib web openings. Ran short of bushing and ordered more from Vans. Ordered Garmin roll servo from SteinAir and servo install kit from Van's since it seems better to install before closing up bottom skin.
 
May 08, 2020     Right Fuel Tank - (4 hours) Category: Wings
Bent fuel sender wire and temporarily installed in fuel tank. Adjusted wire bend to meet travel and clearance specifications. Ordered more nut plates for tank-Zs.
 
May 07, 2020     Right Fuel Tank - (4 hours) Category: Wings
Completed riveting ribs with pro seal-dipped rivets.
 
May 06, 2020     Right Fuel Tank - (4 hours) Category: Wings
Riveted stiffeners to skin using pro seal-dipped rivets.
 
May 05, 2020     Right Fuel Tank - (4 hours)       Category: Wings
Dimpled skin and clecoed ribs and stiffeners with 220 g of freshly prepared pro seal. This went much smoother than for left tank. Made sure to add plenty of excess pro seal below tank attach bracket where I previous had leak on left tank.


 
May 04, 2020     Right Fuel Tank - (8 hours) Category: Wings
Prepared ribs, stiffeners, tank attach bracket, and all other parts and clecoed to skin. Preparation include match drilling, deburring, dimpling, edge filing and deburring, rounding the forward flange of the ribs, sanding the flange contact area to improve sealant contact, and finally cleaning with acetone.
 
Apr 30, 2020     Leading Edge - Right Wing - (4 hours)       Category: Wings
Completed riveting ribs and stiffener to skins. Started trimming and installing landing light lens.


 
Apr 29, 2020     Leading Edgeing Edge - Right Wing - (6 hours)       Category: Wings
Riveted skin to ribs and stiffener. Trimmed lens plastic.


 
Apr 27, 2020     Leading Edge - Right Wing - (6 hours) Category: Wings
Prepped leading edge ribs and primed. Prepared stiffeners and dimpled skins.
 
Apr 24, 2020     Right Wing, Upper Skin Completion - (4 hours)       Category: Wings
Completed riveting upper skin to ribs and spars, including outboard aileron hinge


 
Apr 21, 2020     Outboard Skin, Right Wing - (4 hours)       Category: Wings
Dimpled and began riveting outboard top skin to ribs and spars.


 
Apr 20, 2020     Inboard Top Skin, Right Wing - (6 hours)       Category: Wings
Countersunk and match drilled wing walk doublers. Dimpled and riveted inboard top skin to ribs and spars.


 
Apr 18, 2020     Right Wing, Rear Spar Assembly - (6 hours)       Category: Wings
Completed assembling rear spar including doublers and flap/aileron hinges and mounted to ribs.


 
Apr 17, 2020     14.2 Right Wing Ribs - (6 hours)       Category: Wings
Completed priming and riveting of wing ribs to main spar. Started rear spar prep, match drilled doublers and building modified outboard aileron hinge.


 
Apr 15, 2020     14.1 Right Wing - Rib Prep - (7 hours)       Category: Wings
Prepared ribs. Filed and deburred all edges and lightening holes, dimpled flanges, fluted as needed, assembled flap brackets and torque tube. Drilled holes for snap bushing and wing conduit for running system wiring. Mounted on main spar and match drilled bolt holes in forward flanges.


 
Apr 14, 2020     13.1. Right Wing - Main Spar Prep - (6 hours)       Category: Wings
Cut and match drilled short and long j-channels. Countersunk and riveted fuel tank and access panel nut plates to main spar. Countersunk all rib attach holes. Primed spar flanges.


 
Apr 13, 2020     Wing Tip Lens - (4 hours)       Category: Wings
Trimmed and installed wing tip lens. Left wing is now fully complete!! It took 3 mo and 250 hrs!


 
Apr 12, 2020     Wing Close Out Tip - (4 hours)       Category: Wings
Completed wing tip installation.


 
Apr 11, 2020     Wing Tip - (4 hours) Category: Wings
Finished trimming wing tip and installed position light. Temporarily mounted to wing outboard and sinched with strap. Match drilled and began installing nut plates.
 
Apr 10, 2020     Left Wing Closeout - (6 hours)       Category: Wings
Finally completed all bottom skin riveting. Trimmed wing tip to fit and temporarily fastened with tape.


 
Apr 08, 2020     Left Wing Closeout - (6 hours) Category: Wings
Completed most of riveting of outboard skin. Very challenging to reach all rivets.
 
Apr 06, 2020     Left Wing Closeout - (4 hours) Category: Wings
Riveted inboard skin to j-stiffener with some difficulty.
 
Apr 05, 2020     Fuel Tank - (2 hours) Category: Wings
Inserted and torqued bolts holding fuel tank to main spar. Inserted #6 screws to secure fuel tank. Lengthened stall warning lead and connected to indicator.
 
Apr 04, 2020     Leading Edge - (2 hours) Category: Wings
Riveted upper side of leading edge to main spar with Cate's help. Leak tested fuel tank using balloon method and it held pressure for several hours confirming the repair was successful. Clecoed the fuel tank to the main spar.
 
Apr 03, 2020     LL Lens - (4 hours) Category: Wings
Fabricated landing light lens and installed in leading edge. Riveted bottom side of leading edge.
 
Mar 31, 2020     Wing Wiring, Tank Leak Test - (5 hours) Category: Wings
Rerouted conduit through new holes in ribs and re-installed harness wiring. Removed pitot/AoA support bracket previously installed, deciding it was not necessary and would complicate any future maintenance. Re-routed AoA and pitot tubing to bulkhead fittings to simplify run and remove any kinks or tension. Twisted pair of black/red wiring for pitot heat and threaded through conduit. Riveted leading edge section to main spar. Pressure test of fuel tank failed due to significant leakage where the tank attach bracket mates with the rib and skin, an area I could not reach easily with sealant. I cleaned the outer seam and applied fresh pro-seal from the outside. I used the shopvac held at the fuel filler to carefully apply vacuum to the tank in an effort to suck some of the sealant into the gap. I expect this should seal the leak.
 
Mar 27, 2020     18.11 Left Fuel Tank - (6 hours)       Category: Wings
Sealed and clecoed baffle and z-brackets to ribs and skin. Installed fuel sender and float per directions.


 
Mar 25, 2020     18.9 Left Fuel Tank - (4 hours)       Category: Wings
Wet riveted end rib, Bent and tested fuel sender.


 
Mar 24, 2020     18.9 Left Fuel Tank - (6 hours)       Category: Wings
Riveted j-stiffener and clecoed attach bracket sub-assembly to skin with pro-seal. Installed fuel tank vent line. Build cradle for wings and relocated.


 
Mar 23, 2020     18.8 Left Fuel Tank - (4 hours) Category: Wings
Completed wet riveting of second side of fuel tank and sealing shop heads on all rib rivets.
 
Mar 23, 2020     18.7 Left Fuel Tank - (4 hours) Category: Wings
Riveted one side of rib to skin attachments.
 
Mar 20, 2020     18.6 Left Fuel Tank - (4 hours)       Category: Wings
Pro-sealed and clecoed ribs.


 
Mar 19, 2020     18.5 Left Fuel Tank - (4 hours) Category: Wings
Riveted skin stiffeners.
 
Mar 18, 2020     18.4 Left Fuel Tank - (4 hours)       Category: Wings
Finished dimpling skin. CS fuel flange and installed along with stiffeners to skin using pro-seal with 100% clecos.


 
Mar 17, 2020     18.3 Left Fuel Tank - (8 hours) Category: Wings
Cut and prepared tank attach zees. Match drilled and dimpled j-stiffener. Dimpled skin stiffeners. Machine countersunk skin at baffle attachment. Started dimpling skin.
 
Mar 16, 2020     18.2 Left Fuel Tank - (5 hours) Category: Wings
Wet riveted flanges and anti-rotation plate....very messy operation. Deburred and dimpled all ribs. Cut skin stiffeners.
 
Mar 15, 2020     18.1 Left Fuel Tank - (3 hours) Category: Wings
Prepared ribs for assembly. Installed fuel flanges and anti-rotation plate with pro seal with 100% clecos and allowed to cure overnight.
 
Mar 15, 2020     23.3 Aileron Actuation - (3 hours) Category: Wings
Completed installation of aileron torque tube and pushrods. Cannot complete until fabrication of fuel tank.
 
Mar 14, 2020     23.2 Aileron Actuation - (4 hours)       Category: Wings
Fabricated aileron to bell crank push tube and torque tube. Temporarily installed aileron torque tube and modified pitot/AoA tubing route to clear.


 
Mar 13, 2020     23.1 Aileron Actuation - (7 hours)       Category: Wings
Completed TE riveting and mounted aileron to wing. Fabricated torque tube and aileron push rods.


 
Mar 06, 2020     Fuselage - Placed Order - (1 hour) Category: Wings
Placed order for fuselage. Expect delivery end-May
 
Mar 02, 2020     22.3 Left Aileron - (8 hours)       Category: Wings
Continued assembly up to riveting bottom skin and TE. Back-riveted skin stiffeners on 2'X4' steel plate, worked well. Went slow and double-checked often...many opportunities to make a mistake!


 
Feb 29, 2020     22.2 Left Aileron - (2 hours) Category: Wings
Completed drilling and mounting counterbalance.
 
Feb 28, 2020     22.1 Left Aileron - (2 hours) Category: Wings
Started assembly of left aileron.
 
Feb 27, 2020     21.5 Left Flap - (4 hours)       Category: Wings
Back-riveted trailing edge on a 2'X4' steel plate...came out very well. Completed final riveting of bottom skin and mounted to wing.


 
Feb 26, 2020     21.4 Left Flap - (3 hours)       Category: Wings
Riveted bottom and top skin to leading edge and spar. Riveted top skin to ribs. Glued trailing edge with 3M tape and secured overnight with clecos and weights.


 
Feb 24, 2020     21.3 Left Flap - (8 hours)       Category: Wings
Continued to work on left flap. Very tedious, lots of match drilling, countersinking, jig fabrication, priming, and fabrication of sub-assemblies.


 
Feb 22, 2020     21.2 Flap - (6 hours)       Category: Wings
Finished prepping ribs, trailing edge, and clecoed entire assembly.


 
Feb 21, 2020     21.1 Flaps - (2 hours) Category: Wings
Began prepping parts to assemble flaps
 
Feb 20, 2020     20.1 Bottom Wing Skins - (7 hours)       Category: Wings
Prepared and primed aileron gap fairings and riveted to rear spar and top skin. Prepared and clecoed ADAHRS mount. Dimpled bottom skins.


 
Feb 19, 2020     19.4 Wing System Routing - (6 hours)       Category: Wings
Decided to modify pitot/AoA routing by removing the service loop and installing a mounting bracket for the unions. Was concerned for moisture getting trapped in the service loop. Also plan to install bulkhead fittings on the wing root for connecting pitot/AoA.


 
Feb 18, 2020     19.3 Wing System Routing - (4 hours)       Category: Wings
Planned power wiring to pitot. Ran wiring plan by Chris at SteinAir. Ordered parts from SteinAir. Will run black and red 14AWG twisted pair from pitot, through the conduit, terminating the red power lead to pin #4 in C400P and coiling enough black wire to ground to the fuselage, avoiding interference that might occur by grounding to the wing. Completed bottom skin modification for accepting pitot mast.


 
Feb 17, 2020     19.2 Wing System Routing - (6 hours)       Category: Wings
Fit pitot/AOA and routed tubing. Routed wing tip lighting harness through conduit and ADAHRS harness through rib snap rings.


 
Feb 16, 2020     19.1 Wing System Routing - (2 hours)       Category: Wings
Prepared Gretz pitot mounting plate and fit to bottom wing in bay adjacent to access opening.


 
Feb 15, 2020     17.5 Outboard Leading Edge - (4 hours)       Category: Wings
Forward-riveted assembly and clecoed to main spar clamped across the narrow side of my workbench with a little help from my wife.


 
Feb 14, 2020     17.4 Outboard Leading Edge - (8 hours)       Category: Wings
Identified too-heavy primer application as cause of blistering. Apparently, in a heavy initial application of a fast-drying primer like SEM, the outer surface dries first sealing the wet primer adjacent to the part, causing the trapped solvent to lift the primer off the surface. Re-priming using 2-3 light coats resulted in far better adhesion and no blistering. Completed the stall warning subassembly and fit. Re-installed all ribs and began riveting to skins.


 
Feb 13, 2020     17.3 Outboard Leading Edge - (5 hours) Category: Wings
Match-drilled J-stiffener and prepared nutplate parts. Dimpled skins.
 
Feb 12, 2020     17.2L Outboard Leading Edge - (4 hours)       Category: Wings
Finished preparing all ribs. Had serious issue with primer pealing that I now suspect is bad primer and not surface prep procedure. Each piece was sanded with Scotchbrite pad and cleaned thoroughly with SEMSolve until no residue remained. The primer came from a new case of SEM self-etching primer I purchased on Amazon.


 
Feb 10, 2020     17.1L Outboard Leading Edge - (4 hours)       Category: Wings
Moved the main left wing assembly off my workbench to make room building the outboard leading edge. Fabricated the LE supports from the template drawn on the shipping crate lid at Vans per instructions. Initially fit and numbered all ribs. Ribs flanges are square and required little to no fluting, owing to the process Vans is now using to make the ribs ( these arrive without vinyl and have machining marks and scratches). Starting with the outboard rib, nearest the landing light, I filed, deburred, and polished the edges, inserted into the skin resting in the cradle, fully clecoed and match drilled the #40 flange holes to skin. I then removed the rib, deburred the holes, dimpled the flanged, applied a single coat of primer, and then reinstalled with alternating clecos.


 
Feb 09, 2020     16L. Top Wing Skins - (20 hours)       Category: Wings
This was a challenging section to complete, mainly due to the size and weight of this wing section and large number and location of rivets. My effort to use a 2'X4' 1/4" cold-rolled steel plate for back-riveting was only partially successful since the rib rivet stems were hard to reach with an extended back-riveting attachment and completely unacceptable for the wing-walk sections. Here, the expanded rivets tended to catch the wing walk doublers and stand proud above the top skin when fully riveting. Many rivets had to be removed. In the end, I normally bucked or squeezed all the rivets I could reach and back riveted those I could not, mainly those forward toward the main spar. Overall, the results are acceptable, with tight skins and only a few dings that will either be covered with wing walk fabric or painted so they won't be noticeable. Finally, I glued Van's conduit to the edge of the lighting hole of each rib with pro seal and secured with cable ties.


 
Feb 02, 2020     15.2 Rear Spar - (8 hours) Category: Wings
Completed assembly and riveting of doublers and rear spar to wing ribs. Primed all doublers and spot primed areas that were deburred. Riveted inboard aileron bracket following Fig 14 of SB 16-03-28.
 
Jan 31, 2020     15.1 Rear Spar - (8 hours)       Category: Wings
Fabricated and primed the replacement inboard aileron bracket assemble per SB 16-03-28, which took a little extra time to understand. Fabricated and primed the outboard aileron bracket. Match drilled rear spar doublers and clecoed all parts to wing ribs.


 
Jan 30, 2020     14.3 Wing Rig Installation - (8 hours)       Category: Wings
Match drilled bolt holes. Enlarged system holes and installed snap bushings in all wing ribs. Drilled #30 hole in each rib for supporting wing conduit. Spot primed each rib. Installed bolts as per drawing, torqued to 25 in-lb, and applied torque seal on each nut. Riveted each wing rib to main spar. Installed Van's wing conduit through second forward lightening hole.


 
Jan 28, 2020     14.2 Wing Ribs, continued - (6 hours)       Category: Wings
Bouncing around the instructions a bit, riveted both flap hinge assemblies and torque tube support bracket to corresponding wing rib webs. Filed and deburred all wing ribs, including lightening holes, and dimpled lower rib flanges. Cleaned each rib with acetone. Checked that each rib web was perpendicular to flanges and only needed to flute the upper flange of the far inboard rib.


 
Jan 27, 2020     14.1 Wing Ribs - (6 hours)       Category: Wings
Temporarily installed ribs and removed and stored bolts. Assembled and temporarily installed torque tube support and flap hinge assemblies.


 
Jan 26, 2020     13.3 Main Spar Wrap-Up - (3 hours)       Category: Wings
Primed flanges, installed snap bushings, nutplates, and aileron bellcrank bracket.


 
Jan 18, 2020     13.2 Nutplate Installation - (8 hours)       Category: Wings
Hours and hours of nut plate riveting and countersinking.


 
Jan 15, 2020     13.1 J-Channels - (4 hours)       Category: Wings
Prepared upper and lower wing box j-channels. Lots of match drilling and clecoing. Deburred all holes in j-channels and set-aside for later.


 
Jan 14, 2020     Delivery and Inventory - (6 hours)       Category: Wings
Received delivery of wing kit. Crates were damaged but to internal damage. Discovered Van's sent wrong wing tip LEDs, otherwise inventory was accurate.


 
Oct 17, 2019     Kit Order - (10 hours) Category: Wings
Ordered wings kit from Vans. Expected crate date is 12/30/19.
 


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