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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
 
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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 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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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
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 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 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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Nov 15, 2020     Fit cowling - (8 hours)       Category: Fuselage
Glassed the inside of the cowling to create a flange; more sanding and micro filling doghouse and wing/strake area

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Nov 14, 2020     Cowling fit and micro - (7 hours)       Category: Fuselage
More sanding and micro filling of doghouse and the seam connecting the wing to the strake using plastic (Mike, the painter's idea)

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Nov 12, 2020     Sanding and micro work - (7 hours)       Category: Fuselage
Lots of sanding and micro filling again! Cut the molds for the landing light lenses

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Nov 11, 2020     Landing Light - (7 hours)       Category: Fuselage
Various sanding and micro work and cut the mold for the pilot side wing landing light

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Nov 10, 2020     Micro work - (8 hours)       Category: Fuselage
Filled spots with micro around the doors and on the canard; did a layup one the leading edge of the wing to create a mold for the landing light lens

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Nov 09, 2020     Doghouse, Nose Gear Boot - (7 hours)       Category: Canard
Continued working on fitting the doghouse to the canard; placed the rubber boots in the keel to provide insulation to the cabin from the nose gear

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Nov 08, 2020     Doghouse - (7 hours)       Category: Canard
Continued work on fitting the doghouse to the canard and fuselage; filled the back of the doghouse to refit it to the canard

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Nov 07, 2020     Doghouse - (8 hours)       Category: Canard
Continued to glass the base of the doghouse to the canard; did more sanding and micro filling

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Nov 06, 2020     Sanding and micro work - (7 hours)       Category: Fuselage
Micro work on fuselage and canard; fitting doghouse is not easy!

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Nov 05, 2020     Sanding and micro work - (7 hours)       Category: Canard
Micro work on door and add doghouse

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Sep 15, 2020     Sand and micro - (7 hours) Category: Fuselage
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sep 05, 2020     Wheel Well & Other Paint - (2 hours) Category: Wings
Prepared to continue to paint the wheel wells, inside gear doors, and inside wing bolt covers, as well as other its in the nose.
 
Sep 04, 2020     Primed Bottom of Plane - (6 hours)       Category: Wings
Primed the bottom of the wings and fuselage, as well as many accessories. Began prep to paint the inside of the wheel wells and other accessories, including the wing bolt covers.

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Sep 02, 2020     Prep for Prime - (6 hours)       Category: Wings
Cleaned and glassed the inside of the winglets where the rudder cables will meet the rudders. Also continued to fill holes with micro and did more sanding.

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Sep 01, 2020     Prep for Prime - (6 hours)       Category: Wings
Continued sanding and filling holes and uneven spots, especially around the wings where the bottom cowling meets the wing.

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Aug 31, 2020     Prep for Prime - (6 hours)       Category: Wings
Strengthened the edges of the cowling with an additional layer of BID over the micro. Sanded and filled the mains with micro. Spend time doing a 3 BID layup around the windshield to support the upholstery. I should have done 5 or 6 sheets of BID instead of 3. May add more layers next week.

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Aug 30, 2020     Cowling - (1 hour)       Category: Fuselage
Spent one hour sanding the edges of the bottom cowling and applying another layer of micro.

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Aug 28, 2020     Cowling - (6 hours)       Category: Fuselage
Cut and sanded the flanges. Sanded the top cowling and applied micro to spots on the wings. Continued sanding.

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Aug 27, 2020     Cowling - (7 hours)       Category: Fuselage
Formed the flange to both wings where the lower cowling will be attached to the wing. Applied one layer of carbon fiber BID with one layer of regular BID to the inside edges of the top cowling to reinforce the edges where I took off too much material when I cut the cowling to fit the wings.

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Aug 26, 2020     Sanding - (7 hours)       Category: Fuselage
Sanded bottom of wings, as well as the bottom of the fuselage with 180 grit. Cut cowling in two and applied a stip of carbon fiber BID with one layer of regular BID to the inside edges of the bottom cowling to reinforce the edges.

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Aug 25, 2020     Cowling - (6 hours)       Category: Fuselage
Applied two BID layup to the insides of the cowling connecting the top and bottom together. Sanded bottom of wing again where kingbolt covers are placed. Applied another coat of micro.

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Aug 24, 2020     Cowling - (7 hours)       Category: Fuselage
Applied two BID layups to cowling sides along length of the cowlings. Applied micro to bottom of wings at the points of the wing bolt covers. Cleaned and covered bottom windows and applied micro to the edges of the windows.

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Aug 22, 2020     Cowling - (7 hours)       Category: Fuselage
Cut and fit the bottom and top cowling to the fuselage and secured with clecos. Applied several layups of BID between cowling and wing as first step in forming the seam between the two.

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Aug 21, 2020     Sanding - (6 hours) Category: Main Gear
Sanded second gear leg. Applied more micro to the bottom of the strakes and wings to create a smooth transition and fit.
 
Aug 20, 2020     Sanding - (4 hours) Category: Main Gear
Applied micro to second gear leg. Sanded and cleaned lower strake windows.
 
Aug 19, 2020     Wing Bolt Covers - (6 hours)       Category: Wings
Sanded one gear leg. Applied micro to the edges of the lower strake (shelf) windows. Sanded the bottom of wing and strakes again while fitting the wing bolt covers.

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Aug 18, 2020     Sanding - (5 hours)       Category: Wings
Applied micro to one of the gear legs in prep of painting. Sanded bottom of wings and applied another skim of micro. Fabricated flanges for the three remaining covers for the wing bolts.

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Aug 17, 2020     Sanding - (6 hours) Category: Wings
Sanded wings and applied coat of micro to the joints between the strakes and wings, as well as filled areas near the winglets.
 
Jul 31, 2020     Wing Bolt Covers - (4 hours) Category: Wings
Glassed over the two attachment points for the wing bolt covers. Sanded the one wing bolt cover that has the flange.
 
 
Jul 29, 2020     Sanding - (4 hours)       Category: Wings
Reattached both wings and noticed how well the strakes met the wings on the bottom. Will require very little micro fill. Sanded bottom of fuselage. Began to create a flange for one of the covers to see if they would work.

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Jul 28, 2020     Gear doors - (4 hours) Category: Main Gear
Trimmed the gear doors at the top far enough to enable the gears to be lowered fully without having the doors hit the fuselage.
 
Jul 27, 2020     Gear doors - (4 hours) Category: Main Gear
Spent the day fitting the gear doors to the openings now that the booties are on.
 
 
Jul 23, 2020     Booties - (8 hours)       Category: Main Gear
Cut gear legs off at the bottom to accommodate the new aluminum booties. Leveled wheels with the booties on. Fit both booties and used structural cement to permanently attach booties to legs.

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Jul 22, 2020     Drain pipe - (4 hours) Category: Fuel System
Decided not to combine the water drain to the fuel drain in case the water ever froze in the drain line. Drilled a separate water drain hole for the separate aluminum line.
 
Jul 21, 2020     Vent lines - (4 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Completed vent line connections. Fit center ceiling overhead fresh air duct and clecoed it in. Fit a drain tube from the fresh air duct where water can enter to connect to the fuel vent line that extends through the bottom of the fuselage. Sanded new opening for fuel drain.

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Jul 20, 2020     Sanding - (8 hours)       Category: Fuselage
Cleaned layups from Saturday. Tapped sump tank fuel line connectors and re-installed. Now the gear can move fully without interference. Replaced paper and tape covering over bottom windows. Cleaned windows and recovered. Cut out and replaced PVC pipe used to cover drain valve because the angle changed when bolting in the sump tank after sanding more of the area around the tank to provide more clearance for the gear.

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Jul 18, 2020     Sump Tank - (7 hours) Category: Fuel System
Tried to fit sump tank but fuel line connectors still are in the way of full gear movement. Glassed the 4 areas on the ceiling where the door hinges are. Seems people are getting water leaks when it rains so now this area is completely closed.
 
Jul 17, 2020     Sump Tank - (7 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Installed PVC pipe around fuel drain on bottom of fuselage. Removed sump tank and re-installed vent and fuel connectors so that the sump tank would not interfere with the gear legs when retracting

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Jul 16, 2020     Sanding - (5 hours) Category: Fuselage
Did sanding and micro filling of the bottom of the fuselage, as well as other small tasks.
 
Jul 15, 2020     Gear doors - (6 hours) Category: Main Gear
Did an initial fit of the co-pilot side gear door More micro filling and sanding.
 
Jul 14, 2020     Gear doors - (5 hours) Category: Main Gear
Cleaned the glass work from the previous day. Cleaned both gear doors. Did second layup on the co-pilot side wheel well. Fit the pilot side gear door. Filled in spots with micro.
 
Jul 13, 2020     Gear doors - (7 hours)       Category: Main Gear
Did second layup on the pilot side of the wheel well. Sanded bottom of fuselage (100 grit). Glassed 2 BID on each gear door because I didn't do a layup over the entire gear door as I should have previously.

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Jul 02, 2020     Gear doors - (6 hours)       Category: Main Gear
Fit the co-pilot side main gear door. Glassed reinforcing layups on the door. Corrected pilot side gear door opening at strake by adding glass layup. Sanded and cleaned small door cover to potentially use to cover wing bolt access hole. Sanded inside of cabin.

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Jul 01, 2020     Gear doors - (6 hours)       Category: Main Gear
Fabricated and glassed support for main gear doors on each gear leg. Fabricated potential door cover for access hole to wing bolts.

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Jun 30, 2020     Gear doors - (7 hours) Category: Main Gear
Glassed the inside of the fuselage in the morning, including both NACA scoops, fresh air scoop and both shelves (back, sides and front). Prepared to fit main gear doors on legs. Shaped the foam for reinforcing gear doors.
 
Jun 29, 2020     Fuel strakes - (8 hours) Category: Fuel System
Sanded interior of cabin in preparation for glassing. Painted with Jeffco both wheel wells. Prepared the four baffles to eventually be placed between the fuel bulkhead and spar. Will install following fuel leak test. Glassed the engine bulkhead where it meets the spar. Prepared all the glass and plastic templates for the layups in the morning.
 
Jun 27, 2020     Micro and sanding - (6 hours)       Category: Fuselage
Micro filled the leading edges of the strakes on both sides, as well as created a bead and filled the space where the strake meets the fuselage on both sides. Sanded and prepared all the glass work that needs to be done on the inside of the cabin on Monday.

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Jun 26, 2020     Fuel strakes - (6 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Worked on the inside of the wheel wells - cut triangular space (top glass and foam only), then glassed space and around the edge of the wells on both gears.

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Jun 25, 2020     Fuel strakes - (7 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Glassed co-pilot side connecting the spar to the fuel bulkhead (succeeded on first try!). Glassed Triax on bottom of the ends of the inside ends of the strakes. Glassed the leading edge of the strakes.

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Jun 24, 2020     Fuel strakes - (8 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Sanded previous day layups. Sanded and prepared area between fuel bulkheads and spar. Glassed pilot side only. Prepared and glassed ends and inside ends of strakes.

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Jun 23, 2020     Fuel strakes - (7 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Sanded and cleaned previous day's work. Glassed the other side of the back of the wings at the strake line and the back of the strakes where it meets the wings. Glassed the exhaust area where the oil cooler air leaves the nose.

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Jun 22, 2020     Fuel strakes - (6 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Cut the micro where the wings meet the strakes. Removed the wings and turned the plane upside down. Glassed one side of the back of the wings at the strake line.

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Jun 20, 2020     Fuel strakes - (3 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Sanded and added micro to upper wing and at where wing meets the fuselage.

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Jun 19, 2020     Fuel strakes - (5 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Cut tip of co-pilot side strake to fit on door. Glassed co-pilot side top strake at fuselage. Sanded both wings at strake and applied micro to begin to even top of strakes to top of wings.

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Jun 18, 2020     Fuel strakes - (8 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Painted and installed co-pilot side top strake. Cut tip of pilot side strake to install on the door. Glassed top of pilot side strake. Applied Veloxipoxy with Cabo and flox to joint between wing and strake on pilot side. Cleaned and sanded bottoms of both rudders.

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Jun 17, 2020     Fuel strakes - (7 hours) Category: Fuel System
Cleaned bottoms of both rudders and glassed ends over each hing arm. Painted and installed pilot side top strake.
 
Jun 16, 2020     Rudder installation - (8 hours) Category: Controls
Cut and formed hardpoint for rudder hinge arms. Installed hinge arm and hardpoint to the bottom of both rudders with Cabo. Test fitted rear bench and decided to wait until after the vanity firewall is installed before finalizing location of bench.
 
Jun 15, 2020     Rudder installation - (6 hours)       Category: Controls
Installed spring mechanism and latch in both winglets and rudders. Added one more layup of BID to the insides of the fresh air vents.

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Jun 13, 2020     NACA Air Vents - (2 hours) Category: Fuselage
Glassed co-pilot side vent.
 
Jun 12, 2020     Vent lines - (7 hours) Category: Fuel System
Glassed pilot side vent. Glued co-pilot side vent. Installed all fuel vent lines in cabin.
 
Jun 11, 2020     NACA Air Vents - (7 hours)       Category: Fuselage
Fit and glued the co-pilot side NACA scoop to the fuselage. Removed pilot side scoop from mold and fit to pilot side vent. Cut and glued 1-1/2” aluminum pipe to NACA scoop. Fit cover for rudder hing and tapped four screws to hold the cover. Riveted, glued and glassed flange to the cover to hold the warm air cable. Began installing vent lines inside the cabin.

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Jun 10, 2020     NACA Air Vents - (5 hours)       Category: Fuselage
Continued to spray paint nose compartment. Cut NACA opening on both sides of the fuselage to provide fresh air to the cabin. Glued the 1-1/2” aluminum pipe to the NACA scoop.

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Jun 09, 2020     Nose section - (6 hours)       Category: Fuselage
Painted trunk spray paint to nose compartment. Ran out of spray paint. Fabricated a small flange in glass to hold the cabin heat pull-to-open handle.

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Jun 08, 2020     Nose section - (6 hours) Category: Fuselage
Painted primer on interior of nose section of the plane. Performed other clean up activities.
 
Jun 07, 2020     Gear doors - (2 hours) Category: Nose Gear
Removed pilot side nose gear door, cut and sanded excess glass off and micro filled both sides. Added additional micro to the co-pilot side gear door.
 
Jun 06, 2020     Gear doors - (4 hours) Category: Nose Gear
Removed co-pilot side nose gear door, cut and sanded excess glass off and micro filled both sides. Set pilot side nose gear door in place with 2 layers of BID to widen the door. Made a small flange in glass to hold the cabin heat pull-to-open handle.
 
Jun 05, 2020     Gear doors - (6 hours)       Category: Nose Gear
Identified location of nose gear door closing mechanism but realized that I trimmed the nose gear doors to narrow. Cut 2 layers of BID for both doors and glassed the co-pilot side door and set it in place to dry.

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Jun 02, 2020     Oil cooler - (6 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Cleaned previous days glass work on the bench (bottom and back). Glassed the two sight gauges. Cut and wrapped two 13' tubes for oil cooler.

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Jun 01, 2020     Fuel strakes - (4 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Glued the cover of the sight gauges to the backs in the shelf area of the cabin. Glassed the bottom of the bench (support to base of bench) and re-glassed the hinge bar to the larger back of the bench.

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May 29, 2020     Fuel strakes - (6 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Applied two layers of Triax to each side of the end of the strake (outside the fuel cells) to strengthen the ends. Fit the vertical support for the bench in the cabin. Glued (Cabo) the bench seat to the vertical support.

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May 28, 2020     Fuel strakes - (4 hours) Category: Fuel System
Sanded areas where I missed with the Jeffco and applied two coats. Sanded the tops of both strakes in prep for painting next week. Drilled openings in all pin holes in the sight gauges. Another sleeve came out and needed to be glued in with Cabo.
 
May 27, 2020     Fuel strakes - (3 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Painted two coats of Jeffco on the remaining two larger fuel cells on both strakes.

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May 26, 2020     Fuel strakes - (4 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Painted the back fuel cells in both strakes. Drilled openings in the pin hole sight gauges. One sleeve came out and I had to glue it in the Cabo this time.

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May 24, 2020     Fuel strakes - (4 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Painted two fuel strake cells with Jeffco (2 coats). Mixed too much in the first batch and within 45 minutes had an exothermic reaction. Second batch was much smaller and applied second coat easily.






 
May 23, 2020     Sight gauges - (4 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Glued white plexiglass in place and glued pin hole flange to allow fuel to enter the sight gauge. Prepared rest of strake for painting.

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May 22, 2020     Fuel strakes - (6 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Sanded the bulkhead and measured and cut two new holes in each bulkhead to fill with Cabo and eventually fit the pin hole flange for the fuel to enter the gauges. Did more sanding.

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May 21, 2020     Sight gauges - (7 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Cut holes in the fuel bulkhead and filled with Cabo to accommodate the brass fitting for the sight gauges. Chad mentioned he had two sight gauges for the Standard Velocity and I looked at them. While smaller they are more professionally made. I calculated that if placed at the bottom of the bulkhead the sight gauges could register between 8 gallons at the bottom to 26 gallons at the top for each wing. That's 20% at the bottom (or 1 hr at max burn) to 75% at the top. This is sufficient for the purpose at hand.

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May 20, 2020     Sight gauges - (6 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Sanded and cleaned the strakes. They are ready for painting. Heated and formed two sight gauges using the molds built. They came out ok but not great.

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May 19, 2020     Canard flanges - (7 hours)       Category: Canard
Cleaned the canard flanges and sanded the shelf windows. Will need a small amount of micro to make the boarders for the windows look good. Prepared more molds to see if I can form the sight gauges by applying heat only to the plexiglass and squeezing the plexiglass to the shape of the mold.

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May 18, 2020     Canard flanges - (6 hours)       Category: Canard
Received the adjustable jacks for the airplane. Assembled one and realized they stood too tall. Instead of returning and getting a new set, I hired Tyrone in the machine shop here in Sebastian to cut 15 inches off of the legs. Removed the canard, sanded and cleaned the canard flanges and filled the holes with Cabo. Prepared a male mold and tried to heat a small piece of plexiglass to see if I can form the sight gauges.

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May 01, 2020     Flange - (6 hours)       Category: Canard
Cleaned the sump tank and temporarily installed it in the fuselage. Drilled bolt holes and hole in the bottom of the fuselage to enable draining. Glassed the front flanges for the canard with 6 layers of Triax.

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Apr 30, 2020     Flange - (6 hours)       Category: Canard
Glassed the sides of the fuel sump tank. Prepared and installed the canard cabin side flanges with 6 layers of Triax.

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Apr 29, 2020     Engine Firewall - (7 hours)       Category: Firewall
Cut and install engine firewall insulation and metal cover. Cut and glassed the fuel filler caps into the two upper strakes. We were shown that the sump tank need to be modified (cut) to accommodate the Continental engine mounts. The two sides were cut and new sides were formed and glued in with Jeffcoc paint.

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Apr 28, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (5 hours) Category: Fuel System
Cleaned the hard points from the glass layup of the previous day. Installed the shelf windows.
 
Apr 27, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (7 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Sanded and prepared the fuel gauge and fuel vent hard points for glassing. Glassed with 2 layers of BID. Glassed the other sides of the shelf window covers. Cut the shelf windows and covered them to protect them and prepared them to be installed.

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Apr 25, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (6 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Cut holes for fuel vents on both sides. Prepared hard points for both fuel gauges and fuel vents and glued them in place. Cut shelf window cover forms in foam and glassed one side. Will use them to cover the shelf windows when I want to use the shelf for storage.

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Apr 24, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (6 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Cleaned the two front shelf bulkheads and sanded areas inside fuselage to install the fuel gauge and fuel vents on both sides. Measures and cut holes for both. Sanded and cleaned shelf window areas in prep to install 1/8��windows.

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Apr 23, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (7 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Sanded and prepped the front shelf bulkhead for glassing and also the two fuel strainer faces inside the fuselage. Cut four sheets of UNI for each shelf bulkhead back side (internal side) and prepared them on a sheet of plastic. Installed both on the backs of each bulkhead and spent a lot of time getting the bubbles out! Placed two layers of BID over the fuel strainer hard point. Spent time cleaning the interior of the pilot door.

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Apr 22, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (6 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Routed out foam from the ends of all the fuel bulkheads and baffles. Sanded and cleaned fuel area again. Cut and formed foam core with heat gun to fit and become the forward bulkhead at the door. Glassed one side with BID.

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Apr 21, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (5 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Rough sanded all compartments in both strakes for excess glass and prep for painting. Put 2 layers of BID over bottom ends of flanges installed to hold strakes at back ends of the strake at the fuselage. Glassed also back edge of aft fuel bulkheads behind gear from inside the fuselage. Cut hole and installed fuel strainer threaded hard point.

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Apr 18, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (5 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Designed and fabricated a pattern for the strake windows out of plywood. Using the pattern we cut and removed the glass and foam from the lower stakes in prep for installation of the plexiglass (to be installed at a later date).



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Apr 17, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (5 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Cleaned and sanded the strake baffles, and installed the flanges on the top, back of the strakes. Began design of strake windows. Installed and checked installation of front seats.

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Apr 16, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (8 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Assembled front seats. Glassed all the sides of the baffles on the co-pilot strake.

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Apr 15, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (8 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Fabricated a 5-layer BID lay up on a right angle steel beam to make a flange for the top strake along the fuselage and spar on each side of the plane. Continued glassing the fuel bulkheads. Set in the 3 fuel baffles on each tank. Glassed the bolts and washers to the seats so they would be permanent attached to the seat base.

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Apr 14, 2020     Seats - (6 hours)       Category: Fuselage
Fit the front two seats on their respective frames. Cut the bold holes, cleaned out area around where bolts will be placed and put Cabo on the holes to creat a hard point. Glassed a few more corners in the strakes.

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Apr 13, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (5 hours) Category: Fuel System
Glassed the remaining bottoms of the strake bulkheads and started on the vertical sections of the fuel bulkheads.
 
Apr 11, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (5 hours) Category: Fuel System
Glassed more of the bottoms of the fuel bulkheads.
 
Apr 10, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (7 hours) Category: Fuel System
Glassed the bottoms of 3 of the longest (and hardest to do) bulkheads on the co-pilot side today, as well as more on the pilot side.
 
Apr 09, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (7 hours) Category: Fuel System
Sanded all sealed contact areas at the base of the fuel bulkheads. Glassed the bottoms of 3 of the longest (and hardest to do) bulkheads on the pilot side.
 
Apr 08, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (7 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Filled the slots on the bottoms (and sides) of all the fuel bulkheads with Cabo and glued them in place on both lower strakes of the plane.

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Apr 07, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (8 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Trimmed and fit the tops of all the baffles and fuel bulkheads on the co-pilot side and hot glued them in place. Cut mouse holes in all the baffles. Sanded all forms and cleaned

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Apr 06, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (6 hours) Category: Fuel System
Trimmed and fit the tops of all the baffles and fuel bulkheads on the pilot side and hot glued them in place.
 
Apr 04, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (4 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Continued cutting and forming the baffles for the fuel tanks. Now all baffles are fit together but for the fit to the top strake. Will cut all the pieces to fit the top strake over the next few days.

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Apr 03, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (7 hours)       Category: Fuel System
I went to the airport and worked solo on my bird. I wear a mask at the airport (due to the dust) and outside (to adhere to standards we all should follow due to Covid-19). Then I continued cutting and forming the baffles for the two fuel tanks.

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Apr 02, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (8 hours) Category: Fuel System
I cut and formed some of the bulkheads and baffles for the two fuel tanks. Will take a while to get these right before I glass them in.
 
Apr 01, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (8 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Glassed the two wheel wells to the lower strakes on the inside of the wells. Built the other side of the composite sheet to be used for the fuel baffles and bulkheads. Florida's governor issued a stay-at-home order effective Thursday at midnight. Will see how this affects my build.

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Mar 31, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (7 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Glassed the two wheel wells to the lower strakes on outside only. Built one side of the composite sheet to be used for the fuel baffles and bulkheads. Will do the reverse side tomorrow.

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Mar 28, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (2 hours) Category: Fuel System
Sanded and prepared the wheel wells to be glassed on Tuesday.
 
Mar 27, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (8 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Glassed the outsiders of the pilot gear leg housing and the seam of the pilot side wheel well. Worked on the doors by replacing the knobs and repairing the closing mechanism.

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Mar 26, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (7 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Glassed the outsiders of the co-pilot gear leg housing and the seam of the co-pilot side wheel well. Fit the pilot side wheel well and created the fairing for the well.

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Mar 25, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (7 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Cleaned the glass work from the previous day and the fit the co-pilot side wheel well and glassed the fairing.

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Mar 24, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (8 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Glassed the insides of the gear door housing. Glassed the opening where the strakes meet the fuselage.

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Mar 23, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (6 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Began fitting the housings in the strakes for the gears. Worked on the openings for the gears to ensure there is space in the wheel well.

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Mar 21, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (6 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Sanded upper strake on pilot side and set aside. Cut gear openings on both lower stakes to accept gear and wheels. Sanded and rounded the area where the fuselage meets the lower strakes in prep for layup.

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Mar 20, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (7 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Removed pilot side wing and prepared upper strake on pilot side for glassing. Removed both doors and I need to replace the door latches as they are weak and will break. Cut openings in fuselage on both sides above bottom strakes.

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Mar 19, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (8 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Used laser lever and re-plumbed the plane in both dimensions. Adjusted pilot side lower strake slightly. Bonded it and glassed it. Removed co-pilot side wing. Cut co-pilot side main gear opening in lower strake. Fit co-pilot side upper strake, sanded and did end layup to prepare to fit. Cut access hole in lower strake on co-pilot side.

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Mar 18, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (8 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Fit both strakes and glued to spar. Glassed both on inside too to spar and glassed bottom side of co-pilot strake to fuselage. Was concerned the fitting on the pilot side was off so will re-measure on Thursday.

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Mar 17, 2020     Fuel Strakes - (6 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Installed both wings to spar. Prepared both lower strakes to install (sanded and glassed ends where they fit on spar). Sanded both sides of fuselage to prepare to install stakes.

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Mar 16, 2020     Fitting Gear Legs - (5 hours)       Category: Main Gear
Opened bolt holes at bushing for main gears inside the cabin at the gear bulkhead and on the exterior of the engine bulkhead. Re-installed the gears and leveled the fuselage. Cut openings in fuselage on both sides for gear to retract fully.

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Mar 10, 2020     Doghouse - (8 hours)       Category: Canard
Cleaned glass work on canard doghouse, moved airplane and all parts to other side of the hangar in preparation to put the wings on the fuselage, then did Triax layups to main landing gear bushings on inside landing gear bulkhead and outside engine firewall.

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Feb 29, 2020     Hangar Rental Category: Workshop
 
Feb 28, 2020     Fit Doghouse - (8 hours)       Category: Canard
Cut the ��oghouse��to fit on the canard. Cut holes for torsion bar. Temporarily glued doghouse to the canard and did the layups to attach the doghouse to the canard (6 Triax and 2 BID to each side).

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Feb 27, 2020     Installed Gears - (7 hours)       Category: Main Gear
Spent the day preparing and installing (gluing bushings) the main gears.

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Feb 26, 2020     Installed Flanges - (4 hours)       Category: Instrument Panel
Installed the layup for the panel flanges.

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Feb 25, 2020     Installed Brake Line Straws to Legs - (7 hours)       Category: Main Gear
Prepared main gear legs for attachment of straws to hold the brake line. Sanded, glued and glassed the straws to both legs. Began to install the flanges to hold the instrument panel and received side sticks to install after panel is leveled.

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Feb 24, 2020     Main Gear Installation - (4 hours) Category: Main Gear
Installed two 4-ply BID layup between the engine bulkhead and the gear bulkhead (under the foam cover between the bulkheads) as part of the torsion box reinforcement. Cleaned the seat frames.
 
Feb 23, 2020     Spar - (4 hours) Category: Fuselage
Did 6��layer layup of Triax on each side of the cabin at the spar as part of the torsion box reinforcement. Removed the molded main gear sleeves from each gear and removed the aluminum foil from the gear legs.
 
Feb 22, 2020     Spar - (3 hours)       Category: Fuselage
Sanded interior by the spar, glued the foam parts between the engine and gear bulkheads to make up the torsion box. Filled and did glass layups on the aft side of the engine bulkhead where the spar meets the bulkhead (each side).

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Feb 21, 2020     Sleeve to Support Gear in Fuselage - (6 hours)       Category: Main Gear
Cut and glassed 6 layers of Triax for each molded gear sleeve and placed them on the aluminum foil covered gear legs. Sanded and prepared the internal spar area for the next set of layups to secure the spar to the fuselage.

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Feb 20, 2020     Spar - (7 hours)       Category: Fuselage
Prepared and installed the spar and wrapped the main gears to create a molded gear sleeve to be installed in the fuselage later.

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Feb 19, 2020     Wrapped Main Gear in Carbon Sleeve - (7 hours) Category: Main Gear
Wrapped the second main gear and sanded and redrilled the holes in the first landing gear leg. Worked on the fuselage for an hour.
 
Feb 17, 2020     Wrapped Main Gear in Carbon Sleeve - (8 hours)       Category: Main Gear
Sanded each of the main gears and wrapped one in three layers of glass sleeves: two carbon fiber and one regular glass. Finished taping up the interior windows for micro.

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Feb 14, 2020     Windows       Category: Fuselage
Taped the interior windows in prep for micro slurry finishing.

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Feb 13, 2020     Bench Back and Spar Leveling - (8 hours) Category: Fuselage
Took apart bench back and the tube wrapped in aluminum foil stuck hard to the glass. It took me a while to get one of the backs (smaller one) free of the hinge tube. Will try to free the other back from the tube. Don't know if I can. I turned the plane around and removed the landing gear. Placed the fuselage on slides and leveled the plane (pitch and roll). Sanded the inside of the engine bulkhead and put the spar in and leveled the spar with the plumb laser level. Will glue the spar in tomorrow after I measure the tips of the spar from the nose.
 
Feb 12, 2020     Sump Tank, Rear Bench and Windows - (7 hours) Category: Fuselage
Glassed the braces on the sump tank. Glassed the hinge tube to the back of the rear bench. Applied micro slurry to one of the door windows. I did a very bad job. Frustrated and went home.
 
Feb 11, 2020     Sanding Canard and Elevator - (4 hours)       Category: Canard
Sanded elevator hinge and applied one more small amount of micro to the canard tips. Done with the canard for now.

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Feb 10, 2020     Windows - (6 hours) Category: Fuselage
Glassed the edge around the sump tank. Removed more old masking tape from interior window and from each of the two doors. Re-taped the two door windows in preparation for applying micro slurry. Sanded and applied more micro to elevator hinge areas.
 
Feb 09, 2020     Clean Interior Windows - (4 hours)       Category: Fuselage
Cut edges and sanded sump tank; sanded canard tips and continued to clean masking tape from interior windows. The combination of soaking the tape in WD-40 for a day or more and then using a heat gun at low heat works great to remove old masking tape on plexiglass.

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Feb 08, 2020     Sump Tank - (6 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Put brass plugs in sump tank (required re-tapping several of the tank openings), painted interior of tank, placed on back and put weights on the tank to secure until cured.

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Feb 07, 2020     Micro and Sanding - (6 hours)       Category: Canard
Sanded canard wingtips and applied more micro. Purchase WD-40 and began the process of removing the masking tape on the windows that has been there for 19 years.

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Jan 31, 2020     Hangar Rent - January 2020 Category: Workshop
 
Jan 24, 2020     Wing Area for Ailerons - (2 hours) Category: Controls
Sanded aileron areas of the wings and wingtips.
 
Jan 23, 2020     Wing Space for Ailerons - (8 hours)       Category: Controls
Prepared and glassed both internal wing areas for the ailerons. Slurried wing tip repair areas.

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Jan 22, 2020     Repaired Wing Space for Ailerons - (7 hours)       Category: Controls
Cut the fiberglass out of the internal cavity of the pilot side wing at the aileron. Cut out the foam to make room for the full motion of the aileron. Applied slurry in prep for glassing tomorrow. Sanded opposite side of the wings and filled where needed and filled the upward side of the top of the pilot side wing where it was repaired. Finally, installed tubing (Cabo) to the inside of the cabin to channel the rudder wires. I will glass them tomorrow.

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Jan 21, 2020     Changed Gap in Wings for Aileron Movement - (7 hours) Category: Controls
Installed two hard points to the sump tank and glassed; evaluated the degree of movement in the ailerons and realized the factory manufactured the wings with insufficient space in the inside structure where the ailerons go. I had to cut out glass and foam, then prepare the space for re-glassing. Put micro slurry on them foam. Hopefully will be able to glass the co-pilot wing tomorrow. Temperature in Sebastian is cold (40's tonight). I will cut out the pilot wing area also tomorrow.
 
Jan 20, 2020     Sump Tank - (7 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Prepared sump tank by drilling fuel and vent holes and glued sensor plate in side of sump; glassed with triax inside the engine bulkhead and on the outside of the bulkhead to prepare for the Continental IO 550 braces; prepped spar (sanded) before installing.

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Jan 18, 2020     Wingtip Repairs - (4 hours)       Category: Wings
Micro slurry wing tips and canard.

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Jan 17, 2020     Gear Door Plates - (6 hours)       Category: Main Gear
Installed pulleys. Fabricated two aluminum main gear doorplates; sanded canard and both wings.

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Jan 16, 2020     Main Gear Pulley - (6 hours)       Category: Main Gear
Fabricated main gear retract pulley system and fit in plane; glued ����plate as part of pulley system.

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Jan 15, 2020     Rudder Pedals - (6 hours)       Category: Controls
Completed assembly and installed ruder pedals. Beautiful evening in Sebastian.

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Jan 14, 2020     Continued Repair of Wing Tips - (6 hours)       Category: Wings
Correctly installed the metal bracket to the canard bulkhead; continued sanding and filling wing tips with micro slurry; began assembling the rudder pedals.

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Jan 13, 2020     Nose Gear Brackets - (8 hours)       Category: Nose Gear
Glassed the brackets; continued slurry work on the wing tips and the canard; installed metal gear bracket in the canard bulkhead (initially I rushed and it was not level so I removed it and filled the one hole), then re-installed the bracket.

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Jan 12, 2020     Error in Nose Gear Door Opening - (4 hours)       Category: Nose Gear
Error!! I installed the ����brackets before ensuring and checking the gear door opening was wide enough for the nose gear. I realized I needed to open the width of the gear door 3/8��more, so I removed the glassed brackets, cleaned them and spent several hours widening the opening in the nose gear; then glued the cleaned brackets back in.

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Jan 11, 2020     Nose Gear & Keel Access Hole - (6 hours)       Category: Nose Gear
Glassed aluminum brackets in wheel well; cut access hole wider in the keel to allow for the cover to be flush; fabricated a cover (though it may not work.

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Jan 10, 2020     Nose Gear & Wing Tips - (6 hours)       Category: Nose Gear
Glued aluminum brackets to wheel well; sanded and continued repair of wing tips with micro slurry.

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Jan 09, 2020     Nose Wheel Guides - (4 hours)       Category: Nose Gear
Fabricated nose gear channels and also aluminum ����brackets to attach them

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Dec 31, 2019     Hangar Rent - December 2019 Category: Workshop
 
Dec 13, 2019     Repair Winglets - (4 hours)       Category: Wings
Sanded and did additional glass work to finalize damaged winglets; repaired leading edge damage

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Dec 12, 2019     Prepare and Attach Ailerons to Wings - (5 hours)       Category: Wings
Fit completed ailerons to wings (gap will require more space to be done after the holidays)

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Dec 11, 2019     Repair Winglets - (3 hours) Category: Wings
Sanded and prepped both winglets to repair them from damage caused when moving the airplane kit to California
 
Dec 11, 2019     Prepare and Attach Ailerons to Wings - (5 hours)       Category: Wings
Glue hinges to ailerons

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Dec 10, 2019     Prepare and Attach Ailerons to Wings - (2 hours)       Category: Wings
Prepare ailerons for hinges

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Dec 10, 2019     Prepare and Attach Rudders to Winglets - (4 hours)       Category: Wings
Final set rudders to winglets (pilot side rudder hinge set needs to be fixed when i return after the holidays)

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Dec 10, 2019     Prepare Canard and Elevators - (2 hours)       Category: Canard
Complete attaching elevator to canard and finalize glass work

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Dec 09, 2019     Prepare and Attach Rudders to Winglets - (3 hours) Category: Wings
Glassed remaining rudder hinges
 
Dec 09, 2019     Prepare Canard and Elevators - (5 hours)       Category: Canard
Set up and align elevators on canard, cut space for counterweights and do all glass work

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Dec 08, 2019     Prepare and Attach Rudders to Winglets - (6 hours) Category: Wings
Glassed hinges to rudders
 
Dec 07, 2019     Prepare and Attach Rudders to Winglets - (8 hours) Category: Wings
Prepared and fit rudders to winglets
 
Dec 06, 2019     Prepare Canard and Elevators - (10 hours)       Category: Canard
Glue hinges in canard and prepare and attach counterweights

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Dec 05, 2019     Prepare Canard and Elevators - (10 hours)       Category: Canard
Set hinges on elevators and cut holes in canard for hinges

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Dec 04, 2019     Cut Keel - (4 hours)       Category: Fuselage
Cut keel to adapt to RG-5

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Nov 30, 2019     Hangar Rent - November 2019 Category: Workshop
Hangar rental for the month of November 2019
 
Nov 29, 2019     Oil Cooler Category: Misc. Parts
Purchased oil cooler for installation in nose compartment
 
Nov 14, 2019     Keel & Sanding - (6 hours)       Category: Fuselage
Marked keel to cut and sanded all new glass areas before leaving for Thanksgiving

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Nov 11, 2019     Oil Heater, Seat Hardpoints and NACA Scoops - (16 hours)       Category: Fuselage
Installed oil heater and battery tray, prepared and glassed in seat hard points (pilot & co-pilot) completed battery tray installation and cut NACA scoops

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Nov 10, 2019     Oil Cooler & Battery Tray - (6 hours)       Category: Fuselage
Cut inlet and outlet ducts for oil cooler and prepared for battery tray, glued oil cooler ducts

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Nov 09, 2019     Nose Gear Door Assembly - (8 hours)       Category: Nose Gear
Finalized gear door assembly and fitting

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Nov 08, 2019     Nose Gear Door Assembly - (16 hours)       Category: Nose Gear
Cut and formed nose gear hinges, cut door and fit, glued hinges to doors

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Nov 07, 2019     Set Up Shop - (4 hours)       Category: Workshop
Unloaded and set up parts and tools in hangar

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Nov 01, 2019     Transport project from Virginia to Sebastian, FL - (15 hours)       Category: Research
Rented a truck and drove the project to Florida over 3 days (November 1-3, 2019).

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Jul 06, 2002     Hangar Rent - June 30 through July 23, 2002 Category: Workshop
Hangar rental
 
Jun 29, 2002     Hangar Rent - June 2002 Category: Workshop
Hangar rental for June-July Head Start program (summer vacation 2002)
 
Jun 07, 2002     Install Nose Gear - (14 hours) Category: Nose Gear
Installed nose gear assembly but not permanent
 
Jun 06, 2002     Position Canard & Spar - (16 hours) Category: Fuselage
Set and position canard to fuselage, set and leveled center spar
 
Jun 05, 2002     Triax Keel to Bulkhead - (16 hours) Category: Fuselage
Triax keel to bulkhead, BID keel to floor
 
Jun 04, 2002     Keel & Hydraulics - (16 hours) Category: Fuselage
Installed hydraulics and keel hard points
 
Jun 03, 2002     Prepare Keel - (6 hours) Category: Fuselage
Removed center keel and prepared for control system
 
Jul 28, 2001     Purchased Kit Category: Purchase Kit
Purchased kit at Oshkosh, 2001
 
Jan 12, 2001     Demo Ride - (1 hour) Category: Research
First demo ride on course to purchase kit
 


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