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Builder Name:Steven Houck   -  
Project:   Supercub - Other   -   VIEW REPORTS
Total Hours:348
Total Flight Time:
Start/Last Date:Dec 17, 2020 - No Finish Date
 
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Apr 19, 2024     New Instrument Panel - (15 hours)       Category: Instrument Panel
Was unhappy with the look and layout of my first panel. Decided to make another. Much happier with the results.

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Apr 03, 2024     FAA Paperwork - (3 hours) Category: Paperwork
Submitted 8050-1 & 8050-88 to FAA to get Registration started.
 
Apr 02, 2024     Laying out wiring - (15 hours) Category: Wiring
Received most of my wiring supplies from B&C and Steinair. Starting to lay out wiring and aviation harnesses. Pics to come.
 
Mar 11, 2024     Instrument Panel - (5 hours)       Category: Instrument Panel
Got the Instrument Panel back together and complete other than the mixture cable.

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Mar 11, 2024     Last bit of Instruments installed - (8 hours)       Category: Instrument Panel
Picked up control cables for front heat, rear heat and card heat. Cut hole for ELT remote. Waiting on mixture cable but cut hole. Had to profile instrument panel for breaker clearance. Was a little too thick to engage threads.

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Mar 11, 2024     Fit up landing gear - (8 hours)       Category: Landing Gear
Got a smoking deal on a lightly used set of Acme Pro shocks. Got the fitted up and rigged. Still need safety cables and fab up a landing light mount.

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Mar 09, 2024     Cut Polycarbonate for windows - (15 hours)       Category: Fuselage
Picked up a sheet of .060 polycarbonate for windows. Cut sides for L21 windows, both upper and lower door and full sliding windows. Have dark lexan for upper windows.

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Feb 21, 2024     Instrument Panel - (25 hours)       Category: Instrument Panel
Made a carbon fiber instrument panel. Laid out avionics how I want it and got MGL Avionics ordered.

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Feb 05, 2024     Rear seat - (5 hours) Category: Interior Finish
Laid out rear seat.
 
Jan 25, 2024     Fuel lines - (15 hours)       Category: Fuel System
Ran all my fuel lines. Installed fuel selector switch and fuel flow transducer.

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Oct 18, 2023     Fusealage back from powdercoat - (20 hours)       Category: Fuselage
Finally got fuselage back from powdercoat. Started installing pulleys, nutplates for floorboards, fabric formers and trim system.

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Apr 18, 2023     Ordered Engine       Category: Engine
Finally decided on an engine. 12 month lead time.




 
Apr 18, 2023     Bootcowl - (10 hours)       Category: Firewall
Started fitting up bootcowl. Titanium firewall. Used high temp RTV to seal firewall to boot cowl. Just need to buck rivets to complete.

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Mar 23, 2023     Right Wing - (20 hours) Category: Wings
Installed Tank Bay Braces, Fit Fuel tank, riveted in tank cover strips and fitted ailerons on the right wing.
 
Jan 22, 2023     Aileron assembly - (25 hours)       Category: Wings
Completed both ailerons. Built a jig to keep them square. Can't have too many clecos when it comes to assembly.

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Mar 28, 2022     Wing Cradle - (8 hours)       Category: Tools
Built a wing cradle out of thin wall 1 1/2" square tubing. Very light and put it on rollers.

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Mar 26, 2022     Ailerons - (10 hours)       Category: Wings
Built jigs and then built up ailerons for both wings.

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Dec 05, 2021     Trailing edges (left wing) - (5 hours)       Category: Wings
Trailing edges all done on left wing. Few odds and ends and this wing will be ready for cover.

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Dec 04, 2021     Left wing leading edges - (10 hours)       Category: Wings
Built jig to add washout into wings. Used smart level to get 1.2 degrees washout into wings. About half of Piper specs. Installed leading edges on left wing. Also installed Atlee Dodge tie-down brackets.

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Nov 09, 2021     More parts from powdercoating - (1 hour)       Category: Paint / Decals
Aileron and flap hangars and a few other miscellaneous parts from powdercoating.

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Nov 08, 2021     Starter button       Category: Instrument Panel
Found a cool Australian company that specializes in custom billet buttons for pretty much any application (Billet Automotive Buttons). They are built very well. Took almost a month to receive it but I am very happy with how it turned out. Wanted to go with button start over key start for a few reasons. Will probably have a hidden master shutoff somewhere for security reasons. The button will light up blue when master switch is turned on.

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Nov 06, 2021     Trammel both wings - (5 hours)       Category: Wings
Trammeled both wings. Took my time and got them laser straight. Borrowed a trammel tool and also ran string on rib seam for visual. String never lies. Set drag wires at 1/4” deflection at 8 lbs pull. Torque seal on jam nuts.

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Nov 03, 2021     Right Wing - (7 hours)       Category: Wings
Right wing caught up with left. Installed compression struts, drag wires, ribs drilled and screwed to spar (130 total), torque every bolt and applied torque seal. Trammel both wings is next on the list.

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Oct 31, 2021     Left wing ribs/drag wires - (6 hours)       Category: Wings
( Left wing) Permanently attached ribs to spars with screws. 130 screws total per wing. Installed tank bay drag tube and all drag wires. Criss/crossed drag wires in each bay. Will trammel wing tomorrow.
(Right wing) Attached flap cable pulls and wing root compression tube.

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Oct 28, 2021     (Left wing) Wing assembly - (5 hours)       Category: Wings
Started assembling wings

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Oct 22, 2021     Parts to Powdercoating - (1 hour)       Category: Paint / Decals
Took huge pile of bare metal parts to local powdercoat guy. Turned out amazing.

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Oct 06, 2021     Sawhorses - (6 hours)       Category: Workshop
Built sawhorses to assemble wings. Spent extra attention to make them all as uniform as possible. Bought a new miter saw just to build these. Build 6 total.




 
Oct 01, 2021     Wing rib assembly - (13 hours)       Category: Wings
Got COVID so spent the weekend assembling my wing ribs. 34 ribs total.

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Apr 26, 2021     Javron parts       Category: Plane parts
Received all my Javron Parts. Basically everything but fuselage, engine and avionics. Drove to Wasilla to pick it up.

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Mar 26, 2021     PStol flaps       Category: Plane parts
PStol flaps arrived from Airframes. Very nice work. Will not show them off yet. Will leave them in this nice box until time to fit on wings.

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Dec 06, 2020     Building carbon fiber floorboards - (15 hours)       Category: Interior Finish
Trying my hand at constructing carbon fiber floorboards. Turned out pretty good. Watched hours of YouTube videos beforehand.

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Jul 12, 2020     Fuselage rotisserie - (4 hours)       Category: Tools
Built a simple rotisserie to better access my fuselage for welding.

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Jun 02, 2020     PA18 fuselage - (1 hour)       Category: Fuselage
Picked up a PA18 fuselage for my experimental cub project. Has a couple of bent tubes that will be very easy to replace.

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