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Builder Name:	Patrick Mayworm -

Project:	Velocity - XL/RG - VIEW REPORTS
Total Hours:	1417
Total Flight Time:
Start/Last Date:	Jul 28, 2001 - No Finish Date
Engine:	Continental IO 550N
Propeller:	Catto
Panel:	Garmin

Friendly URL:	https://eaabuilderslog.org?s=VelocityXLRG

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Jan 28, 2021 Nose Gear

Category: Fuselage

Test nose gear actuator, nose gear door hinges and cover for nose

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Jan 27, 2021 actuator

Category: Fuselage

Remake the actuator connection bracket

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Jan 26, 2021 Actuator

Category: Fuselage

Continue fitting and connecting actuator to main gear cables

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Jan 25, 2021 Actuator

Category: Fuselage

Connect actuator to main gear cables, build up nose gear door hinges

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Jan 24, 2021 Actuator

Category: Fuselage

Fitting actuator

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Jan 19, 2021 Main gear opening, micro on canard

Category: Fuselage

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Jan 15, 2021 Misc items

Category: Fuselage

Fresh air vent installation, flanges for main gear openings at fuselage, glass actuator brackets and micro wing tips on canard

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Jan 15, 2021 Close main gear opening, storage

Category: Fuselage

Continue to glass main gear opening, create hinge for storage in door and glass actuator support bracket

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Jan 12, 2021 Closing main gear opening, fabricate strake door

Category: Fuselage

Closing main gear opening, fabricate the door to the storage area in the strake on the door

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Jan 08, 2021 Close off main gear at fuselage

Category: Fuselage

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Jan 06, 2021 Canard and Cowlijng Glass work

Category: Fuselage

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Dec 18, 2020 Sanding & Actuators - (7 hours)

Category: Fuselage

Built doors and latches for storage compartment in doors; fabricated support flanges in keel access panel and continued to fabricate actuator support structure in keel

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Dec 17, 2020 Canard Wing Tips, Actuator - (7 hours)

Category: Canard

Glassed other side of wing tips on the canard where I made the cut to reset them; glued and glassed in place the base plate to attach the actuator supports; micro the areas around the hinges and door compartment

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Dec 17, 2020 Canard Wing Tips, Actuator - (7 hours)

Category: Canard

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Dec 16, 2020 Glassed Spots on Canard - (7 hours)

Category: Canard

Cut wing tips and reset them so the trailing edge fit when elevator is in neutral position; filled holes around hinges in canard

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Dec 15, 2020 Reset Elevator Hinges - (8 hours)

Category: Canard

Reset the hinges in the canard for the elevators and positioned the nose gear actuator

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Dec 13, 2020 Actuators, Doors - (6 hours)

Category: Fuselage

Cut opening in the keel to hold the brace for the two actuators; prepared the storage space in the doors and attached the struts to the doors

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Dec 12, 2020 Reset Elevator - (7 hours)

Category: Canard

Removed hinges from the canard and prepared to reset them; fabricated support for actuators; prepared hardware to attach door struts

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Dec 11, 2020 Nose Gear Actuator and Landing Light - (7 hours)

Category: Nose Gear

Continued to fabricate the nose gear retract system and worked on the co-pilot side landing light

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Dec 10, 2020 Nose Gear Actuator and Landing Light - (7 hours)

Category: Nose Gear

Began to pull together parts for the nose gear actuator; cut the leading edge of the wing for co-pilot side landing light

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Dec 09, 2020 Retract System & Landing Lights - (7 hours)

Category: Main Gear

Prepared to install Linak actuators for landing gears, prepared to cut out wing hole for landing lights

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Dec 07, 2020 Canard Glass work and Actuator Installation

Category: Fuselage

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Dec 06, 2020 Canard & Elevators - (5 hours)

Category: Canard

Sanded and filled elevator ends, canard wing tips and winglets

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Dec 05, 2020 Canard & Wings - (6 hours)

Category: Canard

Glassed and micro filled elevator ends, canard wing tips and winglets at rudder

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Dec 02, 2020 Door Gas Struts - (7 hours)

Category: Canard

Moved plane to new hangar; replaced hard point for door struts

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Nov 20, 2020 Sanding and micro work - (7 hours)

Category: Fuselage

Micro work and sanding doghouse, wings and cowling

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Nov 19, 2020 Sanding and micro work - (6 hours)

Category: Fuselage

Sanding and micro work on wings and cowling, repair doors

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Nov 18, 2020 Cowling fit and micro - (7 hours)

Category: Fuselage

More work fitting the back of the cowling. as well as sanding area where cowling meets the wing; more filling and sanding the wing/strake area and doghouse as well.

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Nov 17, 2020 Completed glassing cowling - (7 hours)

Category: Fuselage

Continued work on cowling building up the edges where the cowling meets the wing; more sanding and micro on doghouse and elevators

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Nov 16, 2020 Fit cowling - (6 hours)

Category: Fuselage

Used aluminum tape to build edge with micro where cowling meets the wing; began to repair where the upper winglet on co-pilot side was damaged years ago when shipping

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