Feb 01, 2021     Continued work on multiple parts - (2 hours)       Category: Empennage

Fuselage 1 (Josh Weiss): We deburred some of the skins. We got some of the skin attached to the parts.
Fuselage 2 (Rebecca Colwell): We counter sunk and lubricated cherry rivets. We also read the plans.
Right Wing (Margaret Colwell): We tapped the right wing and we deburred ribs. Made minute progress on the 54 ribs that need to be deburred and fluted.
Left Wing (Holden Glass): We put the attack brackets onto the left wing. We also riveted a bunch of them and are not quite done yet.
Mentors: Careful progress is appreciated. Especially around these complicated fuselage parts. We found out that the plans did not specify the direction of the rivets, but asking and foresight made sure we put the rivets in the correct direction to reduce parasitic drag.
Extra: Steve came in for ground school today. They discussed airspace restrictions.

  Jan 25, 2021     Section work began - (2 hours)       Category: Empennage

Right Wing (Harsh Patel): Our team leader (Maggie Colwell) got quarantined, so we decided to start the prep of the 52 wing ribs. We did about 14 of them with 4 people working for 2 hours.
Left Wing (Holden Glass): Continued work on both spars. Me and Jadrien match drilled the rib doubler onto the spar. We drilled and tapped the tiedown attachment point (to tie the airplane's wings when in storage so that the wings are not damaged by wind or other external forces; literally a rope tied around the air craft).
Fuselage 1 (Josh Weiss): We worked on the ford lord. We got some of the firewall attached. We are putting on nutplates and we are going to start assembling the piece. We had to lubricate the mandrills for the cherry rivets.
Fuselage 2 (Richard Glidden): Team leader (Rebecca Colwell) got quarantined. We finished counter sinking the the mid center bulk head (which connets the wings to the fuselage). We learned like how to roughly gauge the counter sinker against the holes. Mentor Adam taught us how to dimple.
Logger (Harsh Patel): Finally had a chance to properly update the builders log. I had to catch up a lot of the previous ones. Also due to a lack of people showing up, Steve Krog did not give a ground school lesson.

  Jan 24, 2021     Started Parts Assemblies - (3 hours)       Category: Empennage

All teams began assembling and clecoing parts together after a thorough review of the blueprints. Blueprints were annoted and color coded.

  Jan 18, 2021     Continued Work on deburring, prepping parts for sections - (3 hours) Category: Empennage

Fuselage team 2 (lead by Rebecca): We worked on prepping the parts, however we countersunk the wrong side.
All other teams: Continued part prepping.
Ground School: We discussed the steps needed to get a pilots license. Some perquisites include: Physical, Proof of Identity, among others.
No photos were taken today. We met earlier because there was no school.

  Jan 17, 2021     Started New Sections after Inventory - (3 hours)       Category: Empennage

All teams: We looked over all the plans for our respective sections (wings, fuselage) and began deburring and snipping the parts.

  Jan 03, 2021     Connecting Assembly       Category: Empennage

Assemblies were connected and finished. The tail cone was then displayed in the front lobby of the HUHS building.

  Dec 29, 2020     Inventory and crates unpacking - (8 hours)       Category: Empennage

We met at Larry's hanger, inventoried every part atleast twice, and then drove them to HUHS. Each part was put in a container, with ALL other parts that are within that section. For example all parts relating to the stub spar assembly section 14, were all stored in the same box. This will make it easier when we start assembling the parts. The parts were not logged on a ledger.

  Dec 22, 2020     Christmas + Back From Break Work       Category: Empennage

Students assembled tail cone. The tail cone was on display at the front lobby of the high school shortly after completion.

  Dec 21, 2020     Worked on multiple parts - (3 hours)       Category: Empennage

Shirts Team: We stayed after school to make shirts with Mr. Whitlow for an hour. All mentors and students received a founding crew member shirt.
Tail Team: Did mass riveting. 200+ rivets, 0 mistakes.
Part Prep team: Got the lock head on the servo tab. This will help connect it to the plane. We will test the servo motor with a 9 volt battery before proceeding.
Stabilator Team: Finished getting the skins on the aft edge of the stabilator. Will work on getting the faring on the ends of the stabilator to make it more aerodynamic.
Management Team: We had steve krog talk to the kids about ground school. He showed some videos to the students. The topic matched the tail cone, as it was about the pitot static system and how it works on the pilot's dashboard.

  Dec 20, 2020     Worked on multiple parts - (3 hours)       Category: Empennage

Stabilator Team: We riveted the gussets and worked on the hinge brackets. The gussets weren't lining perfectly and we had line it up rivet by rivet. We also installed the hinge stop hardware. Next time we will rivet the hinge brackets in. We had to use a torque wrench to install the hinge stop correctly, there was some difficulty in using it correctly.
Tailcone Team: We did a lot of riveting and we had some difficulty with riveting. When you rivet with a hydraulic pump there is bounce back and if not aligned securely, the rivet would be half out. We did hundreds of rivets and had to drill out 4. When we were putting in the ribs, we were having difficulty making sure the flanges of the rib would be flush with the skins. We had tiny metal burrs/chips around the reams. We did not notice and riveted, now those are stuck between the rims. We used a vaccum + pocket knife to get them out.
Parts Prep team: Worked on the servo tabs they are pretty much done.

  Dec 14, 2020     Worked on multiple parts - (2 hours)       Category: Empennage

Tail Cone Team: We did mass riveting on the tail cone part that we clecoed yesterday.
Prep Team (prepping parts): Dimpled the front edge that's going to connect the vertical stabilizer and got the nut plates on.
Stabilaor Team: We finished all the pop riveting the main skin to the skeleton. We have still have to do the gussets. Continued prep on the servo that's going to go on the push rod.
Programming/Management Team: Programming team will be dissolved after this meeting. Certain functions that the program was going to meet, was too late. It was time vs usability. We will be receiving the wing parts and need a storage mechanism soon, we are planning on using google sheets instead. Steve Krog continued lessons and ground school. Several students received their second session. This is intended to be an adjunct to an online ground school rather.

  Dec 13, 2020     Teams Worked on Various projects - (3 hours)       Category: Empennage

Tail Cone Static Port Team: We worked on getting the static tubing on. We used the heat gun to seal the system air tight.
Tail Cone Construction Team: We got the bulkhead on, and we inserted strings, so we can pull the wires through small holes when we assemble this. We clecoed the skins and structure together.
Stabilator Team: We continued work and will be ready to rivet tomorrow.
Push rod assembly: We deburred and prepped some parts for clecoing with the servo. This will be the control arm for the anti servo tab. These trim tabs will be electrically controlled by the servo motor.
Programming / Management Team: We arranged for Steve Krog to come in tomorrow to do ground school for those of the kids who missed out last week. Programming progress is continuous, further accommodations for user errors were completed. For example, if a user tries entering the same name for a part twice, the program will detect this and accommodate.

  Dec 07, 2020     Worked on multiple parts - (2 hours)       Category: Empennage

Stabilator Team: We clecoed all the skins on the skeleton frame. We put the gussets on both sides and then match drilled + deburred. We made sure the skins overlapped to make sure it is water tight. We also put the hinge stop hardware in. The bulkhead will be used to connect this to the tail cone.
Holden glass: We will now save all mandrills from pop riveting for a project
Tailcone Team: Riveted the tail cone and only had to remove one bad rivet. Next step is to put the bulkhead on.
Tailcone + static tubing team: We worked on the static tubing (which is used pitot static system) and worked out how that is going to fit in the tail cone.
Programming/Management Team: Easily implemented last week's idea of a main file. Added some features and more usability refinements to make sure users do not add incorrect data. We had a new guy from EAA, Steve Krog, come in to begin with groups of four to five students learn ground school. He trained some of the students in the overview/basics of ground school. He has a cub air flight school where he teaches students to fly.

Thanks to all the people for photos!

  Dec 06, 2020     Worked on multiple parts - (3 hours)       Category: Empennage

Stabilator Team: Riveted all the ribs on and prepped the coverings (deburred them) and clecoed them for riveting next time. (image below)
Tail Cone Team: Put the stiffener in and riveted their first stiffener. (image below)
Rudder Team: Got the fiberglass farings (cover caps on the ends of the vertical stabilizer) to fit properly in the vertical stabilizer. Ready to rivet it and assemble with rudder.
Larry: We are going to expand to the fuselage and combine these parts to start assemble things.
Programming/Management Team: Continued work on programming. Plans on adding a master file that will save all parts and make the old system void. Plans on meeting over Christmas meeting.

Multiple people took photos. Thanks!

  Nov 30, 2020     Worked on empennage and control surfaces - (2 hours) Category: Empennage

Stabilator Team: Prepped the stabilator sub parts and skins for riveting together. We got the horns onto the stabilator assembly(riveted).
Tailcone Team: Focused on getting the interior ribs and skins ready for riveting (deburring, cleaning, etc.) together to make the actual tail cone.
Vertical Stabilizer Team: Got the caps on the vertical stabilizer and rudder to final size. The fiberglass caps were not the correct size and did not fit.
Programming/Management Team: Continued programming, creating functions and mostly repasting and repurposing existing code. This process is slightly faster and development is going easier. Reorganized the way this builder's log was updated to make it more readable and specific. Each team was asked what they were doing so this update could be more accurate.

No pictures were taken today.

  Nov 29, 2020     Worked on empennage and control surfaces - (3 hours)       Category: Empennage

Izzy: Worked on the Spar Cap Assembly of the stabilator.
Larry: A bearing incases the bolt to allow it to spin without wearing out. Bearings prevent damage to moving parts. This bearing allows the stabilator to change pitch.
Garret: Went through the plans and clecoed the tail cone skin and rip portions to see how they fit.
Larry: This tailcone part has special lines that determine atmospheric pressure and help modulate the cabin pressure in the plane.
Harsh Patel: Finished the [addANewPart] module and users can now add new parts. As I worked on the next module, [browse], I decided to add some pictures to make it look nicer. I also updated the builders log. This time I discovered that there are categories for different locations. "Empennage" means tail avionic surfaces.
Thank Wayne for the pictures!

  Nov 23, 2020     Continued Work on Tail Part - (2 hours)       Category: Empennage

Holden Glass: I continued work on Bulkhead part with brady. We attached the brackets and some nutplates. The brackets will be fitted onto the stabilator's brackets.
maggie Colwell: We finished final riveting the rudder. It is completed. We then started work on the skins of the skeleton of the tail cone. Place parts better so they don't fall off racks.
Rebecca Colwell: We were match drilling, but our drill dulled. We used pressure and oil to drill through the steel eventually. We are putting together the hardware for the outboard assembly for stabilator.
Larry: Things are starting to come together. We will have to do a repair on the scratch we had from yesterday. We discussed some processes we could do to help fix some of the mistakes.
Harsh Patel: Started setting up the Patreon Page: To be posted soon
Continued work on the program and optimized some aspects incase the users mess up and enter invalid stuff

  Nov 22, 2020     Continued Work on Tail Part - (3 hours)       Category: Empennage

Damion Cherney: me and a couple kids riveted the rudder, however we failed to interpret that the drawing was showing the top view instead of the bottom view. We will look into fixing this mistake if need be.
Holden Glass: Worked on the bulkhead. We started with pieces and match drilled and deburred the part. Did half of the riveting for the part. An issue we had was with the angle of the squeeze riveter. We had to get a new one with a longer yoke.
Rebecca Colwell: worked on the stabilator. Got some match drilling and riveting to connect the horn and multiple pieces together. Drilled and connected the counter weight. Did deburring for all of those steps as well.
Larry Sullivan: We will check with Vans about the rudder skin overlap issue. We put a shallow scratch in the stabilator spar (picture below) and we will look at sanding and priming to prevent corrosion from damaging the structural integrity.
Harsh Patel: Was forced to actually work on the plane. Worked on Rebecca's and Damion's teams. Wasn't bad for me, I enjoyed it. Was bad for trying to actually meet the deadline of finishing my database program by December. Will probably take the computer home to work on it from home.

  Nov 16, 2020     Continued Work on Tail Part - (2 hours)       Category: Empennage

Harsh Patel: programmed. Felt too lazy to update this even though I heard all about some people doing stuff. Mr. Murphy talked about the difference between stabilizer and rudder.
For those weak minded like me (part: affect)
Stabilizer = vertical motion
Rudder = yaw motion
Horizontal Stabilator: stabilizer, elevator (changes pitch)
Flaperon: Flap, Aileron (changes Roll)

Mrs. Colwell took pictures, thanks Mrs. Colwell

  Nov 15, 2020     Continued Work on Tail Part - (3 hours) Category: Empennage

Harsh Patel was not included in the discussion, hence this is information - less.

  Nov 09, 2020     Continued Work on Tail Part - (2 hours)       Category: Empennage

Mentors: discussed torque and its affects on bolts
Izzy Klink: finished pop riveting the entire vertical stab and screwed in some of the nut plates as well. Then we bolted the hinge brackets on in the bad
Josh Weiss: deburred skins, and added brake to skins (braking creates a seal)
Maggie Colwell: We put in rivets attaching 3 of the parts together, we got seven of them in and we have to take out one.
Harsh Patel: I deleted the branch label I started last week and started a more organized approach using functions today. Do good programming as you continue. Created some good functions, I had a good base idea, need better organization and more thorough approach. Thank Mr. Murphy, Wayne, and Holden for helping me spot my mistakes and letting me talk through my programming. Drew some diagrams and had good input from friends. Also updated today's builder's log

  Nov 08, 2020     Continued Work on Tail Part - (3 hours) Category: Empennage

Rick: plans on beginning scaffolding to hold the tail piece together
Everyone: basically a repeat of last week working on the same parts --> continued deburring, riveting etc.
Harsh Patel: got nothing done except diagnose that a large section of my code is too buggy and faulty to be fixed and must be redone tomorrow. It had major inconsistences between what variables mean and how they are used and the format they are stored and received.

  Nov 02, 2020     Continued Work on Tail Part - (2 hours) Category: Empennage

Teams worked on parts of the Tail cone, and other parts of the tail. Deburring, riveting, and other tasks were done.
Harsh Patel: made some good work, was completely unprepared to type a full builder's log entry.
Future: Started agenda for price tag of new flight simulator. Current expected total is $1,481.90. Will contain a RTX 3070 (too be launched this November! This $500 GPU contains the power of a $1200+ GPU of previous generations! Brand new technology of a new generation!). Potential prospects of creating a website with a GoFundMe were weighted on Harsh Patel.

  Nov 01, 2020     Continued Work on Tail Part - (3 hours)       Category: Empennage

Izzy's team: added to the top 2 ribs to the vertical stab skeleton
Rebecca: dimpled all of the nut plates on the part of the vertical stab (not skeleton) that was removable after assembly
Holden: finished the 2nd servo tab with Nick, difficulty understanding how the hinge pieces worked together. Found out both hinge pieces are the same size, but one is meant to be offset. Completed servo tabs to ready for assembly
Josh Weiss: riveted the parts together for the spar, found out they needed to orient them correctly and had to redo that.
Summary: people missed minor details in the plans such as orientation and stuff
Harsh Patel: Continued work on programming the parts storage system with an average amount of difficulty. Much easier now that the logic and base idea is done, just re purposing code. Will remain like this until I start the browsing feature: new feature, new code, new problems. Also took attendance and wrote this description.
Future: Mentors hope to start ground school soon.

  Oct 26, 2020     Teams Worked on Various projects - (2 hours) Category: Empennage

Izzy Klink: We riveted the 2 lower ribs on the vertical stabilizer onto the back piece. We had to drill out a few rivets, however we developed a very good riveting technique and have improved greatly. We now have a system with Rebecca, Sophie, and I.
Holden Glass: I completed deburring the parts for the first page of the stabilator. We successfully completed both inboard hinge brackets. We made progress on the outboard hinge brackets as well.
Team Tape: We got 1 rivet done, and we had to drill it out twice at that. We had to remove this because some human errors damaged the part.
Harsh Patel: Finally got the directory creator to work. Will work on adding new parts tomorrow. I also decided to take this builder log thing more thoroughly, and it will hopefully document our progress better.

  Oct 19, 2020     Vertical Stabilizer trial Assembly - (2 hours)       Category: Empennage

Students trial fitting parts, sharing lessons learned.