Apr 02, 2024     Learning to rivet - (2.0 hours) Category: Edu/Research

Set some rivets with a rivet squeezer

  Jul 28, 2023     Primer - (1.0 hour) Category: Tail Feathers

Prepped and primed 7 tail parts.

  Jul 15, 2023     Cleaning adhesive - (2.0 hours) Category: Gen Construc

Used Goo Gone to remove leftover adhesive on several parts.

  May 18, 2023     Bulkhead plate - (1.7 hours)       Category: Empennage

Drilled #30 holes in rear bulkhead plate. Clamped rear bulkhead plate to Former F5 and drilled the #30 holes as well as the 3/16” holes.

  May 17, 2023     Brackets 2 - (.7 hour)       Category: Fuselage

Finished drilling first batch of fuselage brackets.

  May 16, 2023     Brackets 1 - (11.0 hours) Category: Fuselage

Prepped and drilled 20 fuselage brackets. Still need bending.

  May 15, 2023     Former F5 - (1.3 hours)       Category: Empennage

Drilled 3/16” holes through Cap Plate, rear stabilizer spar attach brackets and rear bulkhead plate for (6) AN-3A bolts. Drilled 3/16” mounting holes in tail wheel swivel casting and rear bulkhead plate.

  May 14, 2023     Stabilizer - (.7 hour) Category: Tail Feathers

Bent forward stabilizer attach brackets 15 degrees.

  May 13, 2023     Tool Organization - (.6 hour)       Category: Tools

Organized solid rivets, clecos, cleco clamps

  May 01, 2023     Tailcone - (.7 hour)       Category: Tail Feathers

Glued full-size template to .020 material and rough cut it out.