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Builder Name:JAY TOWNSEND   -  
Project:   Companion   -   VIEW REPORTS
Total Hours:1317.5
Total Flight Time:
Total Expense:N/A
Start/Last Date:Oct 21, 2021 - No Finish Date
Engine:Barrow Lycoming O-360
Propeller:Sensenich 82” GA
Panel:Dynon
 
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Mar 21, 2023     Flying Wires - (2 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
Flying wires are on and tail is set. Both H-Stabs are within 0.1�f the datum point on the fuselage. I'll call that good

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Mar 20, 2023     Cotter Pins - (2 hours) Category: Tail Feathers
Installed all the cotter pins on the tail feather connections.
 
 
Aug 11, 2022     Finished covering Tail Feathers - (50 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
Tail Feathers are completely covered and stored. It was a long arduous process, but with the Oratex it is nice when you get the covering on it is finished, no pointed and such.

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Dec 03, 2021     Trim Tabs - (4 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
I used a hacksaw to remove the trim tabs from the elevators and then they required a lot of filing and sanding to get rid of welding residue. The elevator was the same, needed lots of sanding and filing. Once both were sanded to shape I primed the bare metal with two coats for corrosion protection.

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Dec 02, 2021     Rudder installation - (3 hours) Category: Tail Feathers
The rudder to a bit of sanding and as you can see some primer to protect the sanded areas. I had to sand in order to get the top attach point to slide up to mate the the vertical stabilizer
 
Dec 02, 2021     Setting the Angle of the Horizontal - (7 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
OK, this took me days, I would work on it and get frustrated then comeback to it after working on other things. In the end it was a combination of a water level, two digital levels and a LOT of trigonometry. NOTE: Trig works

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Dec 02, 2021     Leveling the fuselage - (2 hours)       Category: Tail Feathers
This was initially a massive task. Do not do what I did and try to level the fuselage with digital levels. After some frustration I called Mark and he educated me on a water level. WOW what a difference. Fuselage all leveled so I can start working on the horizontal stabilizer

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