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Empennage
- (67)
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Polished the stabilator
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Trimmed stabilator skin
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Stabilator - Fairing...
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Drilling emp fairing...
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Finished fairing...
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Prepped emp fairing...
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Drilled empennage...
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Finished cutting emp...
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Cut out the top emp...
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More marking up the...
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Finished VS and...
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Polished VS and rudder
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Started on VS and...
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Taking everything...
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More stabilator...
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Stabilator attached!!!
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How to waste another...
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How to waste an...
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Attached rudder
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Completed the...
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Assembled push rod...
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Fit control surfaces...
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Fit the vertical...
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Completed tailcone
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Began riveting top skin
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Fit the top tailcone...
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Completed side skin...
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Completed right side...
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More riveting of...
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Riveted side skins
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Prepped top corner...
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Installed some...
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Completed riveting...
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More riveting of...
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Riveted bottom skin...
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Fit side skirts to...
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Started work on...
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Fit aft bulkhead to...
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Finished riveting...
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Riveted aft bulkhead
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Made tie-down bracket
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Assembled bulkheads
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Stabilator completed
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Completed skinning...
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Began riveting left...
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Completed right...
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More riveting
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Reamed holes
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Fit skin on stabilator
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Completed stabilator...
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Riveted control...
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Riveting platenuts
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Spar box assembly
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Stabilator spar box...
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Stabilator parts prep
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Completed right anti...
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Started on right...
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Completed left trim...
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Completed rudder
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Primed anad riveted...
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Began work on rudder
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Completed vertical...
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Completed VS...
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Riveted upper spar...
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Completed other half...
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First parts for...
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Kit inventory
Wings
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Replaced right wing...
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Let's wait some more!
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More AOA work
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More odds and ends
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AOA Retrofit
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Attached wings
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Finished work on...
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Completed right...
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Flaperon skin riveting
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Riveted ribs etc to...
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Prep work on the...
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Started work on...
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Riveted skin to...
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Riveted ribs on...
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Flaperon work
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Started on left...
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Completed right wing
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Right wing closeout
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Riveted wing root...
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Started on wing...
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Fit the top middle skin
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Riveted bottom...
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Completed inboard...
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Completed inboard...
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Began skinning right...
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Finished the left wing
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Fluted and riveted...
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Worked on wing tips
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Drilled out some rivets
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Completed top of...
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Started on top skins...
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Completed bottom...
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Bottom left center skin
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Riveted inboard and...
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Began riveting wing...
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Wiring runs
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Installed stall...
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Completed rib...
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Began installation...
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Wing rib riveting
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Began mounting the ribs
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Completed nose ribs;...
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Started working on...
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Finished W-1208L rib...
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Started prep work on...
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Completed rear spar
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Countersinking and...
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Rivet hinge bracket...
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Riveted brackets
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Primed spar stub...
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Began rear spar...
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Riveted wing doublers
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Started work on wings
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Wing kit arrives
Fuselage
- (124)
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Fitting tail cone to...
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Prepping parts for...
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Assembling various...
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Repainted rollbar....
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Completed fuselage...
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Riveted angle...
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Added sealant to...
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Riveted handle to...
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Sealed side canopy...
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Finished riveting...
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Riveted canopy ribs on
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Rivet engine mount...
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Completed canopy ribs
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Adding remaining...
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Began working on...
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Installed upper...
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Riveted hinge on...
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Began work on upper...
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Section 29: Forward...
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Completed brake lines
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Started making brake...
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Drilled brake pedals
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Expensive brake...
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Brake pedal drilling
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Testing of the fuel...
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Finished sealing...
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Sealed fuel gauge
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Section 28: Rudder...
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Riveted bottom skin...
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More fuel tank sealing
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Started sealing the...
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Nutplates and fuel...
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Section 26: Started...
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Completed second...
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Started working on...
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Finished a seatback
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Seatback riveting
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Started on seatbacks
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Completed Section 24
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Roll bar support
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Rear bulkhead
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Painted parts of...
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Removed rollbar
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Riveted support bracket
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Side rollbar support
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Prepping rollbar for...
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Deburred rollbar
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Removed rollbar
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Finished drilling...
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Started drilling...
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Fit rollbar
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Section 24: Rollbar...
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Completed Section 23
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Assembled fuselage...
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Riveted left side skin
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Added nutplates to...
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Drilling right longeron
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Completed right side...
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Began riveting side...
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Finished nutplates...
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Deburred right side...
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Drilled longeron holes
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Finished wing...
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Longerons
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Riveted forward post
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Countersunk longeron
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Attached one...
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Countersunk wrong...
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Riveted on seatbat...
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Primed longerons
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Drilled top plates...
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Twisting the...
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Completed mating of...
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Completed forward...
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Bottom skin to firewall
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Completed firewall...
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Riveted bottom skin...
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Firewall work
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Section 22: Firewall...
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Completed Section 21
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The case of the...
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Prepped aft brackets
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Riveted forward floors
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Prepped remaining...
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Completed riveting...
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Riveting bottom skin
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Riveted...
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Fit bottom skin
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Prepped bottom skin
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Prepped up angles
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Riveted shark gills
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Began work on 'shark...
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Riveted forward...
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More work on forward...
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More riveting on aft...
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Fuselage rear bulkhead
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Added center section...
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Riveted right side...
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Riveted left side...
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Started fitting floors
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Riveted brackets
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More rib prep
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More seat rib work
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Started on seat ribs
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Pulley assembly and...
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Stuck with Cherry...
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Finished attaching...
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Finished riveting...
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Finished riveting...
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Attached left ribs...
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Finished right side...
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Started riveting...
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Attached nutplates...
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Various puttering...
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Riveted floors to...
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Riveted ELT bracket...
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ELT bracket
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More center section...
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Adding more parts to...
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Finished drilling...
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50 down. 74 to go
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Fit center section...
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Started on center...
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Fuselage kit arrives
Finishing
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Sealed rear window
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Reinstalled window
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Finished final...
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Window drilled
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Now back to the window
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Attached throttle...
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Drilling of rear...
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Fitting of rear window
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Installed gear leg...
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More gear leg...
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Gear leg cover prep...
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Attached flaperon...
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Catastrophe averted
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Riveted top skins
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Routed new fuel...
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Connected ADHRS
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Tail cone goes on
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Cotter pins in wheel...
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Starting over on...
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Cut notches in rear...
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More rear window...
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Fit rear window
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Doing stuff I...
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Attached oil door to...
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Finished inlets and...
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Sanded NACA and airbox
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Bonded air box and...
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Prepped filtered air...
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Bonded NACA vent to...
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Filled gaps between...
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Epoxied cooling...
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Cut out the cooling...
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Cowling closeout
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Completed riveting...
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Start riveting...
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Fiberglassing work...
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Drilled the side...
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Prepared to drill...
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Drilled side hinges...
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Drilled aft edges to...
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Preparing to drill...
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Trimmed aft sides of...
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Drilled top cowl and...
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More trimming and...
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Spacers for spinner...
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Finished cowling...
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Canopy trimming
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Brake fluid added
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Brake lines
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Finished main wheel...
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Main wheel and tire...
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Tired
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Attached engine mount
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Flap motor
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Attached flap...
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Riveted control arms...
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Drilled rod end...
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Bolted control rods...
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Tapped control rods
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Begin yoke installation
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Crontrol yoke...
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Installed pulleys
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Cable routing
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Added clamps to...
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Started working on...
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Installed control...
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Prepped control rod...
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Finishing kit arrived
Canopy
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Set up for canopy...
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Sanding foam block
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Bonded foam block
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Cut foam blocks
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Prepped for canopy...
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Canopy guide blocks...
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Removed struts
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Started on SB0000-88
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Riveted front of canopy
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Ran out of screws
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Resumed work on canopy
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Added canopy blocks
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Canopy latch odds...
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Guide block nonsense
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Painted skirts
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Canopy work
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Drilled canopy skirts
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Drilled front and...
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Drilled front frame
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Fit canopy
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Painted canopy frame
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Canopy prep
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Riveted side arms on...
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Fluted canopy frame...
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Mounted canopy frame
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Gas struts to canopy...
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Started on canopy frame
Fuel System
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Reinstalled fuel...
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Constructed new fuel...
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Added missing...
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Remade tank to vent...
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Fuel prefilter to...
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Fuel pump assembly
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Assembled fuel...
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Ran fuel lines to...
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Installed fuel valve
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Remade some fuel lines
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Started making fuel...
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Section 27: Fit the...
Firewall
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Heater cable...
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Heater vent assembly...
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Vent hinges
Controls
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Set ECO stop
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Attached throttle...
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Problem attaching...
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Prepped flap motor...
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Primed, painted...
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Routing throttle and...
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Throttle system work
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Started on throttle...
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Final holes drilled...
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Time to remove wings
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Drilled flaperon...
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Prepped flaperon...
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Attached flaperons...
Landing Gear
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Set breakout force...
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Final touches on...
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Finished (somewhat)...
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Drilled hinge to...
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Drilled gear leg...
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Started on nose gear...
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Finished nose wheel...
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Riveted nose wheel...
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Rivted side brackets...
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Oshkosh or no?
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Finished right...
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Fit right wheelpant
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Fit right wheelpant
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Started right wheelpant
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Completed left...
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Fixed left wheelpant...
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Identified left...
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Installed left...
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Left axle work for...
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Landing gear cutout
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Sand forward half...
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Adjust left...
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Trimmed wheelpant...
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Started on wheelpants
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Nose gear fork to...
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Bolted nose gear fork
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Main gear installed
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Left side axle
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Finished left side...
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Landing gear work
Lighting
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Riveted cockpit...
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Miscellaneous puttering
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Completed right wing...
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Completed AOA...
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Fixed some wire...
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Finished right wing...
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Completed left light...
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Started on right...
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Epoxied the lighting...
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Cut access hole in...
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Finished landing...
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Began installing...
Avionics
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Finished GPU...
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Made a bracket for GPU
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Wired up White...
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Mucking around the...
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Avionics are alive
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Ground power unit
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Closed up the panel
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Sealed wire...
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Nutplate for fuel...
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Prepped panel for MFD
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Removing AMP connectors
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Cleaning up things...
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Discovering errors
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Fitting panels
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Sealing grommets
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Installed platenuts...
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Tidying up some wiring
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My kingdom for a screw!
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Installed...
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Putting stuff back...
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Installed GEA 24
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Installed GTR 200...
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One step back
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Building supports...
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ProSealed rivet heads
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Finished firewall...
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Firewall drilling
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Prepped more G3X pieces
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Prepped G3X brackets
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Added instrument...
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Moved autopilot...
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Installed autopilot...
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Installed autopilot...
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Autopilot pushrods
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Prepped top baggage...
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Added chafing...
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Installed ADS-B IN...
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Reinstalled fuel...
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It's time to put...
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Not much of anything
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Installing equipment...
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Finished installing...
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Installing bushings
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Crimped on...
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Connected ELT, ran...
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ELT, Fuel pumps,...
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Snap bushings and...
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Two steps forward....
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Flap motor wiring
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Installed headphone...
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Connections to stick...
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Finished routing...
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Routed wires on the...
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GPS/XM wires routed
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Secured fuse block...
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Attached Generator A...
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Connected relay wires
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Connected G3x wires...
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Rerouting wires
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These instructions...
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Connected coax to...
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Installed autopilot...
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Connected trim wires...
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Routed fuel pump wires
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Finished pilot-side...
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Mounted AV-6000
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Began plotting the...
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Completed stick wiring
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Back to work on the...
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Expanded forward...
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Evaluated holes that...
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Enlarged holes
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The curse of the...
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Installed ELT.
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Canopy lock sensor
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Installed stick grips
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Drilled hole in stick
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Com and transponder...
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CPU fans installed
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Ordered avionics
Engine
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Finished trimming...
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Fitting bottom cowling
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Secured throttle cable
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Completed heating...
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Overflow bottle and...
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Installed oil lines...
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Attached oil tank
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Radiator hoses attached
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Installed oil cooler...
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Reinstalled muffler
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Stalled on the...
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Muffler/exaust...
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Assembled...
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Finished pitot tube...
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Started the cowling
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Completed Section...
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Clamped ECU wires
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Mounted ECU
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Fuse box work
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Heat shield and fuse...
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Cut firesleeve
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Retorqued engine bolts
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Hung the engine
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Drilled second...
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Solved CPS-1 and 2...
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Engine mount bolted...
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Engine mount to engine
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Removed coolant hoses
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Completed Section 27
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Reference pictures...
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Uncrated the ROTAX...
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Started putting...
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Started work on fuel...
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Powerplant kit arrives
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Engine shipped
Propeller
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Completed Section 47
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Set propeller pitch
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Reinstalled prop
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Drilled for...
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Drilled more holes...
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Fabricated spinner...
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Drilled spinner to...
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Drilled spinner to...
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Aligned spinner
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ProSealed the pitot...
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Made spinner cuts...
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Installed pitot...
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Started pitot tube...
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Fitting the top cowling
Interior Finish
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Prepped canopy frame...
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Primer and etching
Paint / Decals
Inspection
Research
Workshop
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Resurfaced hangar ramp
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Retired
Service B's
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Completed SB-00088
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Completed service...
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Prepped spacers etc
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Started on...
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SL-00070
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Complied with SB 00059
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Complied with...
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Complied with...
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SB fix kits arrive
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Completed SB-00058
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Started on SB-00058
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Preparing to undo...
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Reinstalled fuel...
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Began routing wires aft
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Completed SB-53
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Started on SB-53
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Getting ready to...
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Complied with SB-00013
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Complied with SB-00023
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Fully finished SD-00001
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Mostly finished...
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Began SD-00001 fix
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SB 19--08-26...
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Reinstalled flaperon...
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Stabilator service...
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Stabilator service...
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Stabilator service...
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Started on service...
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Service Bulletin...
Builder Name:
Bob Collins
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Project:
Vans - RV-12iS
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VIEW REPORTS
Total Hours:
1055
Total Expense:
$101645.34
Start/Last Date:
Jan 04, 2017 - No Finish Date
Engine:
Rotax 912iS
Propeller:
Sensenich
Panel:
Dual screen G3X, autopilot
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Dec 23, 2017
Finished attaching ribs to floor and bulkhead
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Category: Fuselage
Made good progress. Countersunk and riveted the bearing brackets. Attached the rear baggage bulkhead and riveted. Added more ribs and nutplates and riveted. The thing is getting pretty sturdy.
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