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Builder Name:Matthew McCoy   -  
Project:   Vans - RV-10   -   VIEW REPORTS
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Start/Last Date:Oct 12, 2020 - No Finish Date
 
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Apr 15, 2021     Fiberglass work on the empennage fairings       Category: Empennage
Continuing fiberglass work on the fairings and attaching fairings. Had to start over after the first attempt. One layer of glass wasn't strong enough to support the structure.

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Mar 28, 2021     Cabin cover       Category: Fuselage
Continue to drill and countersink holes for cabin cover. Used right angle drill for countersinking.

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Mar 26, 2021     Cabin cover and shim for baggage door       Category: Fuselage
Continue fitting cabin cover. Match drilling cabin cover. Installed shim for baggage door top to skin joint.

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Jan 12, 2021     Baggage floors, access panels       Category: Fuselage
Spent most of a week designing and fabricating and install access panels. Installed doubler for comm antenna. Installed conduit.

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Dec 19, 2020     Section 29 complete       Category: Fuselage
Section 29
Final rivets for section 29. Had to use a few cherrymax rivets for hard to reach spots. Floor panels installed. Landing gear mounts installed. Repaired the dent after dropping bucking bar.

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Dec 04, 2020     Riveting under structure       Category: Fuselage
Section 29
Riveting ribs and longerons in place, attaching skins. Multiple rivets needed to be inserted not called out in the plans.

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Dec 02, 2020     Priming fuselage parts and beginning riveting       Category: Fuselage
Section 29
Primed parts. Cut out baggage door. River nutplates. Begin riveting under structure. Install tunnel access panel.

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Nov 26, 2020     Disassembly and deburring       Category: Fuselage
Section 29
Match drilling the firewall brackets. Dulled multiple drill bits. Disassembling the fuselage. Deburring.

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Nov 23, 2020     Screwing up the longerons       Category: Fuselage
Section 29. continue final drilling the skins into the ribs, firewall and longerons. Accidentally drilled an extra hole in the right longeron and gusset. Waiting for Van's support to give guidance.

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Nov 20, 2020     Bending and attaching forward fuselage skins       Category: Fuselage
Section 29
Continue bending the forward fuselage skins and attaching. Prepping ribs for attachment.

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Nov 17, 2020     Fuselage side skins       Category: Fuselage
Attaching and final drilling the mid fuselage side skins to frame and longhorns.

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Nov 15, 2020     Fuselage side skins       Category: Fuselage
Section 29-1 thru 29-4
Bending fuselage longerons and drilling. Making clamp for bending side skins. Forming clamps out of angle for side skins.

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Nov 04, 2020     More riveting and bolting       Category: Fuselage
Page 28-14
Continuing to rivet bottom skins to bulkhead. Bolting forward bulkhead sections in place. Had to drill out several nutplates because the wrong size was used. Cut myself multiple times.

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Nov 03, 2020     Mating Forward and Aft fuselage       Category: Fuselage
Page 28-14
Riveted aft bulkhead to forward and aft bottom skins. Help from Matt Willis. Need different bucking bar.

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Nov 02, 2020     Firewall and bottom skin riveting       Category: Fuselage
Page 28-13
Riveted Firewall assembly to forward skin. Attached ribs to firewall. Added "oops" rivets to bottom skin errors with good results. Attached forward center bulkhead assembly to forward fuselage assembly. Torqued bolts to final tightness (28 in/lbs).

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Oct 31, 2020     Riveting ribs to bottom skin       Category: Fuselage
Riveted skins and forward bulkheads to bottom skin. Had to drill out one row of rivets because rib put in backwards. Started assembling brake lines from firewall to tunnel, but seem to be too long.

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Oct 29, 2020     Fuselage parts prep       Category: Fuselage
Pages 28-9 to 28-10
Final drilling fuselage assembly. Disassemble. Deburr and dimple all holes. Attach nut plates. Mistakenly drilled nut plate screw holes to #19 instead of #12, had to remove and redrill and reattach. Countersunk VA-188 instead of dimpling because I thought it was too thick, but needed to order replacement.

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Oct 27, 2020     Fuselage attachment       Category: Fuselage
Page 28-9
Mates forward and center fuselage assemblies. Deburred spacers.

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Oct 26, 2020     Forward Fuselage Assembly       Category: Fuselage
Pages 28-3 to 28-8
Attach nut plates, assemble forward fuse. Attach fwd fuse bottom skin and final drill. Attach fwd center section bulkhead assembly to forward fuse subassembly.

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Oct 22, 2020     Mid fuse bulkheads       Category: Fuselage
Deburring and priming multiple parts

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Oct 20, 2020     FWD Fuse Ribs Category: Fuselage
Page 28-2
Deburr, final drill, machine countersink Attach angles and outboard forward seat rail supports.
 
Oct 06, 2020     Mid Fuse Ribs Category: Fuselage
Page 26-4 to 26-5
Attaching seat rib subassemblies to aft center section bulkhead subassembly. Rivet ribs to bulkhead. Create rear seat rib subassemblies.
 
Oct 05, 2020     Mid Fuse Ribs Category: Fuselage
Page 26-2 to 26-3
Continue assembly of inboard seat ribs. Create outboard seat rib subassemblies. Deburr all parts. Rivet assemblies.
 
Oct 04, 2020     Mid Fuse Ribs Category: Fuselage
Page 26-2
Create reinforcing angles. Assemble inboard seat rib subassemblies. Deburring all parts.
 
Oct 03, 2020     Mid Fuse Bulkheads Category: Fuselage
Page 25-7 to 25-8
Assemble and rivet Rear spar bulkhead assembly. Assemble, drill, disassemble, deburr, prime and rivet Fuselage bulkhead assembly.
 
Oct 01, 2020     Mid fuse bulkheads Category: Fuselage
Page 25-7
Cleco and drill Rear spar bulkhead assembly. Disassemble and deburr all parts.
 
Sep 25, 2020     Mid Fuse Bulkheads Category: Fuselage
Page 25-5 to 25-6
Assemble and rivet the aft center section bulkhead assembly.
 
Sep 24, 2020     Mid Fuse Bulkheads Category: Fuselage
Page 25-5
Create aft seat rail subassemblies. Assemble, match drill and disassemble Aft center section bulkhead assembly. Deburr and countersink.
 
Sep 23, 2020     Mid Fuse Bulkheads Category: Fuselage
Pages 25-3 to 25-4
Match drilling landing gear mounts. Had to purchase new mount after drilling a hole in the wrong place.
Countersink bulkhead. Assemble and rivet FWD center section bulkhead assembly.
 
Sep 22, 2020     Mid Fuse Bulkheads Category: Fuselage
Pages 25-2 to 25-3
Create stiffener angles. Match drill stiffener angles. Attach and final drill mid seat rail supports. Match drill bulkhead and seat rail support assemblies.
 
Sep 21, 2020     Mid Fuse Bulkheads Category: Fuselage
Inventory of slow build fuselage
 
Aug 11, 2020     Empennage Attachment       Category: Empennage
Pages 11-4 to 11-8
Attaching horizontal stabilizer. Attaching vertical stabilizer. Assembling pushrod. Attaching rudder.

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Aug 03, 2020     Tailcone riveting, battery mount assembly       Category: Empennage
Pages 10-23 to 10-24
Continue riveting tailcone skins

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Aug 02, 2020     Tailcone assembly Category: Empennage
Pages 10-20 to 10-22
Continue riveting skins to tailcone assembly. Attaching aft deck and stops/doublers/angles. Attaching aft top skin and riveting in place.
 
Aug 01, 2020     Tailcone assembly Category: Empennage
Page 10/20
Reassemble tailcone after priming. Rivet skins to bulkheads, frames and stiffeners
 
Jul 30, 2020     Tailcone bulkhead riveting Category: Empennage
Page 10-18 to 10-19
Riveting tailcone bulkheads together.
 
Jul 25, 2020     Tailcone assembly Category: Empennage
Page 10-16 and 10-17
Battery channel prep. Battery/bellcrank mount prep. Elevator bell crank assembly
 
Jul 23, 2020     Tailcone assembly Category: Empennage
Page 10-15 and 10-16
Trim right side skin. Deburr all holes and edges. Dimple bulkhead holes. Countersinking and dimpling longhorns, skins, frames and bulkheads
 
Jul 21, 2020     Tailcone assembly Category: Empennage
Page 10-14
Attach shoulder harness anchors. Drill cover plate.
 
Jul 20, 2020     Aft deck drilling Category: Empennage
Attaching stop/doubler and angles to aft deck and final drilling all holes
 
Jul 19, 2020     Tailcone assembly and skins Category: Empennage
Section 10 Pages 8-12
Fabricate and attach rudder stop brace. Attach tailcone skins to bulkheads and longhorns. Attaching aft deck and horizontal stabilizer attachment angle. Match and final drilling. Attach and final drill top skins.
 


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