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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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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 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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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 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 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 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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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 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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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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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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