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Builder Name:	Wayne Wendorf -

Project:	Vans - RV-12iS - VIEW REPORTS
Total Hours:	495.6
Total Flight Time:
Total Expense:	N/A
Start/Last Date:	Sep 12, 2022 - No Finish Date
Engine:	Rotax912iS

Friendly URL:	https://eaabuilderslog.org?s=KMYA22

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May 14, 2024 Tuesday Session - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Ryan worked on installing and replacing a battery on the ELT light on the dash.
Quinn and Addison worked on tensioning the front nose gear.
Quinn and Arron worked on the brake lines.

Apr 29, 2024 Monday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Stihl moped and cleaned out the bathroom.
Matt and Ryan sanded and trimmed the wings so they could be sealed.
Logan and Aaron put on seal for the fuselage.
Addison traced out where the wing would properly fittted.

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Apr 28, 2024 Sunday Session - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Stihl and Brady sanded the cockpit to flush.
Addison helped install the avionics system updates.
Ryan helped put the wing on the plane.
Logan also helped put the wing on.

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Apr 23, 2024 Tuesday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Addison and Jacob put oil and they burped the engine.
Ryan sanded down more of the canopy.

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Apr 22, 2024 Monday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Addison, with the help of Larry and Brandon, pitched the prop and put one the nose cone.
Logan and Stihl sanded and cleaned up the canopy fiberglass.
Ryan removed the protective plastic cover on the rear window.

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Apr 21, 2024 Sunday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Ryan and Stihl did a flight plan.
Troy installed the interior carpet and panels.
Brady worked on the fiberglass on the canopy.
Addison worked on bolting down the radiator.
Zach and Quinn worked on the avionics bay install.

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Apr 15, 2024 Monday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Stihl, Logan, and Addison started a fire with the leftover recycling.
Matt and Ryan started putting the seats and covers over the interior of the plane.
Ethan sanded the canopy to flush fitting.
Addison also finished making the bracket for the radiator, and installed Gremits.

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Apr 14, 2024 Sunday Session - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

We all sanded extra fiber glass off the plane.
Stihl, Ryan, and Logan washed off some of the excess tape with alcohol.
Addison and Cali worked on the service bolts in the radiator.

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Apr 09, 2024 Tuesday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Jacob, Ryan, and Aaron started to sand and shape the fiberglass.
Addison created some sanding sticks and studied the safety bulletin for the radiator.

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Apr 08, 2024 Monday Session - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

We added strips of fiberglass so that there is a smoother transition on the sides, and added microbeads to fill out low spots on the middle.

Mar 18, 2024 Monday Session - (1 hour)

Category: Workshop

Addison, Troy, Ryan, Stihl, and Logan worked on prepping the canopy for fiberglass by lining up the fiberglass template and scuffing the correct surfaces with 80 and 100 grit sandpaper.

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Mar 17, 2024 Sunday Session - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Ethan and Quinn did prep work for fiberglass.
Stihl and Ryan planed fights.
Addison Brady and Zach shaped foam inserts for the canopy and masked off the canopy for fiberglass.

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Mar 12, 2024 Tuesday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Today Ryan masked up the canopy and the interior of the plane so there would be no mess with the fiber glass.
Addison and Zach made a spacer for the fiber glass on the top of the instrument bay.
Jacob trimmed up the cowling, so it fit better.
Quinn remade spacers out of foam for the gas struts on the canopy.

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Mar 11, 2024 Monday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Logan and Stihl riveted the bottom of the canopy, drilled #19 holes into the bracket of the canopy, and deburred them.
Matt and Ryan worked on tightening all of the brackets in the engine bay and cowling.

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Mar 10, 2024 Sunday Session - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Zach put the Couling back on the cub.
Troy and Ethan continued work on the canopy.
Brady and Adison worked on the air intake and the lower Couling.
Ryan and Logan planned flights from Hartford to Timmerman.

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Mar 05, 2024 Tuesday Session - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

ARHIHGKYON AND RION RIVEDTED, THE CANIPY ME AND ADDISON WORKED ON CATE PRACTISE KIT ZACK HELPED WITH THE CTHA TRUMAN WORKED ON THE CANIPY.

Mar 04, 2024 Monday Session - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Brady, Adison and Troy worked on the canopy.
Stihl, Logan, and Ryan planed flights.

Mar 03, 2024 Sunday Session - (3 hours) Category: Workshop

Quinn and Zach drilled and countersunk holes.
Stihl and Ryan planned a flight from Indianapolis to lawrence.

Feb 27, 2024 Tuesday Session - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Quinn, Troy. Zach, Jacob, Arron, and Ryan worked on trimming the canopy on both sides to fit with a proper gap.

Dec 17, 2023 Sunday 12/17/23 - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Addison worked on routing and connecting wire on the firewall.
Brady worked on the bottom cowling alignment for the landing gear.
Stihl, Matt, & Ryan worked on preparing parts for a vent assembly.
Troy worked on Pro sealing the gas filler for the fuel tank.

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Dec 12, 2023 Tuesday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Matthew, Troy, Quinn put in insulation on the turtle deck window.
Zach worked on installing the oil maintenance cover.
Ryan installed the radiator coolant line.
Cassie installed a plate on the throttle cable and handle.

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Dec 11, 2023 Monday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Stihl and Ryan worked on the oil and cooling system and attached overflow hosing.
Addison worked on avionics and filling in spaces that were not completed.
Matt worked on preparing the metal around the canopy for sealing.
Quinn taped the turtle deck glass for sealing.
Aaron worked on the throttle components and double checking everything.
Zach and Brady worked on the nut plates and rivetted on the bottom cowling.

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Dec 10, 2023 Sunday Session - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Stihl found parts and screwed in the hardware for an oil hose, and then Loctite the overflow tank to set overnight.
Cali and Ryan and brady worked on squeeze riveting the top and bottom cowlings.
Addsion was working on the electrical bay.

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Dec 05, 2023 Tuesday Session - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Ryan pro-sealed with Larry on his RV-14.
Aaron and Jacob worked on mounting the oil reservoir and connecting the oil lines.
Quinn, Zach, and Troy worked on riveting and countersinking nutplates on the bottom cowling.
Addison and Cali worked on cleaning the turtle deck glass.

Dec 04, 2023 Monday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Brady and Zach drilled the upper cowling hinge holes. Ethan and Addison finished the edges of the turtle deck window, drilled a stop in a small crack in the aft window and installed the turtle deck window with screws. Truman assembled the oil tank vent line. Matthew, Ryan and Stihl, planned a flight from HXF to ETB to MWC and flew it on the simulator.

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Dec 03, 2023 Sunday Session - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Ryan finale drilled holes in the turtle deck glass for handwear to be installed. Eathan started to finish sizing the back edge of the turtle deck. He also camphor the edges of the turtle neck. Zack and brady drilled out for the top cowling hinge rivet holes.

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Nov 28, 2023 Tuesday Session - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Today, Aaron, Zach, Quinn, and Ryan worked on drilling and fixing the scribed holes on the hinges for the cowling.
Addison worked on final drilling and taping the holes for the turtle deck glass.
Larry, Shane and Andrew worked on sorting bins for the airplane parts.

Nov 27, 2023 Monday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Stihl and Troy worked on organizing and finding parts for the fuel system.
Aaron helped brady drill the hinge holes on the bottom cowling.
Ryan, and Matthew helped Addison drill holes into the rear fuselage window.

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Nov 21, 2023 Tuesday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Zach, Troy, Quinn, and Ryan were drilling holes into the rear canopy glass.
Nate marked out hinge holes for the bottom cowling.

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Nov 21, 2023 tues Category: Workshop

Nov 20, 2023 Monday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Ryan and Matt worked on getting a flight plan as well as working on the engine with Shane.
Quinn, Zach, and Addison worked on drilling the rear Canopy glass.
brady, began fitting foam for canopy.
Ethan trimmed and set up the bottom Cowling.

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Nov 19, 2023 Sunday Session - (3 hours) Category: Workshop

Ryan, Matt, and Stihl safety wired, and taped the end of the rear canopy to make sure everything was in line.
Ethan finished getting the throttle cable finished, then checked the flap motor, was no issues. Then, he started trimming the bottom cowling to fit on.

Nov 14, 2023 Truman was here. >:) - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Ethan worked on the throttle cabler Ryan worked on starting to safety wire items on the engine. Truman and Ryan worked on RTV'ing springs on the muffler. Calli worked on the t shirt design. Quin and Zach worked on the cup holders and torqued down nuts. Quin put in the bottom seat belt strap.

Nov 13, 2023 11/13 - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Nate Zach and Quinn mounted the GPS to the fire wall and attached maintenance covers and started working on seat belts
Addison and Brady worked on the Plexi glass that goes over the turtle deck
Ryan and Matt secured engine components with safety wire

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Nov 12, 2023 Sunday Session - (3 hours) Category: Workshop

Ethan worked on the throttle and routing the electronics.
Jacob worked on the bottom cowling.
Ryan and matt practiced flying on the sim.
Cali, Addison, and Stihl worked on the yearly t-shirt design.
Quinn and Zach straightened some electrical cables, worked on covers, and painted the cup holder.

Nov 07, 2023 Tuesday Session - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Jacob worked on the lower cowl attachment to the upper cowl. Quinn and Zach worked on checking all the electrical connections. They secured the stabilator trim connection. Ryan and Matthew worked on the turtle deck canopy fit. Ethan and Truman worked on the throttle connection.

Nov 06, 2023 Monday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Truman and Logan worked on the bottom cowling and countersunk for rivets being ready to be put on.
Ryan also worked on the cowling: Drilling holes and attaching them to the hinge.
Aaron deburred with Ryan.
Stihl and Addison logged some flight time, and got missions done.
Brady accidentally riveted the wrong part, so he drilled them out, and fixed it.

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Oct 31, 2023 Tuesday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Ryan and Coy worked on drilling and match drilling the cowling to the hinges.
Quinn worked on torquing down the landing gear spacer plates.
Hayden, Zach, and Quinn worked on attaching the fuel tank to the plane.
Hayden connected the fuel fittings to the fuel tank.

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Oct 30, 2023 10/30/23 Builder's Log - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Addison and Zach worked on debugging the flight sim.
Zach, Quinn, and Matt worked on installing gromets for the wiring harness and d-sub connectors for the autopilot.
Hayden installed the new stick grip.

Oct 29, 2023 10/29/23 Builder's Log - (3 hours) Category: Workshop

Ryan and Matt prepped and primed the turtledeck panels.
Ethan and Brady worked on wiring.
Addison, Cali, and Stihl figured out how to install the fuel tank and installed a plate for fuel tank.

Oct 24, 2023 Tuesday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Ian, Ryan, and Aaron worked on the nacelle on the lower engine Couling. The Nacelle protects stuff from getting in the intake.

Quinn, Hayden, and Zach worked on the fuel tank. They started torquing down bolts that didn't have toque seal. They found that the right landing gear leg was not torqued in the spacer plate.

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Oct 23, 2023 Monday Session - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Addison found a part that was not made correctly and marked of on the filled tank brady worked on the cable steel worked on installing their fuel tank Ronald added plates on the wing s they added parts to the lower cowling Truman checked the plane and did the inspection of the inside of the plane and checked the battery if it was lose coy and him worked on the coaling than paint had a gap so they need to sand it logon worked out drilling out the rivets on the fire was an

Oct 22, 2023 Sunday Session - (3 hours) Category: Workshop

Aaron and Ethan worked on the rubber for the landing gear.
Addison worked on the cowling.
Matt and Ryan deburred parts.
Stihl and Logan cleaned up the area that Matt and Ryan debured.

Oct 17, 2023 Tuesday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Zack and Andrew worked on the stick wire and wing root wires. Truman worked on Pro ceiling the plane. Ryan and Matthew worked on bolting in auto pilot control systems. Addison was trimming Couling.

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Oct 16, 2023 Monday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Logan, Addison drew a line to trim the upper cowling so that it fits with the correct width with the nose cone. Zach routed the ELT cables and attenes aswell as routing the canopy latch and overhead light wires. He also continued to do maintenance on the cub.

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Oct 15, 2023 Sunday Session - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Matthew deburred a part of the tailpiece. Ryan, Addison, and Logan deburred parts and fitted the top Couling. Steel helped Quinn install the ADSB. Aaron and shane procieled the rubber for the landing gear.

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Oct 10, 2023 Tuesday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Today Ian and Quinn worked on putting the torque tubes in and then finishing installing the side skins and the empennage. Zach, Andrew, and Dan worked on replacing the cubs brake lines. Ryan put nutplates on the gear side skin cover. Coy worked on fitting and attaching the engine cowling onto the plane.

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Oct 09, 2023 Monday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Ethan finished installing a usb system in the avionics.
Brady continued routing wiring through the fuselage.
Zach started fixing the brake lines on the Cub.
Truman, Stihl, and Logan started aligning and rough placing the cowling.
Ryan worked on the main gear seal assembly.
Troy helped Zach with fixing the brake lines and Hayden with riveting as well as routed and attached the AOA tube.
Quinn and Hayden continued riveting the fuselage.

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Oct 08, 2023 Sunday Session - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Nate worked on the fuel shutoff connection. Addison worked on the wiring harness. Ian and Ryan worked on the skin at the wing root. Troy riveted the empennage bottom in place.

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Oct 03, 2023 Tuesday Session - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Jacob made 3 modified gromets for firewall cable linkage and found parts for throttle cable. Coy worked on the flight control stick and worked on the forwards lower fuselage. Ryan Started to work on riveting the emphanage to the fuselage.

Oct 02, 2023 Monday Session - (3 hours) Category: Workshop

Ethan Worked on the electric harness.
Zach helped with electronics.
Quinn helped take off the prop and fill in missing rivets.
Ryan deburred parts and helped take off the prop.
Addison sanded off the paint on the cup holder so it can be powder coated. Logan helped with shaping rubber pieces.
Stihl helped sand the cupholder.
coy worked on fixing the joystick grip.

Oct 01, 2023 Sunday Session - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Ian is worked on reviewing the plans for the tailcone. Eathen and Joey worked on the electrical work. Nate worked on routing the pedo tube. Addison and Cali worked on the cupholders. Stihl and Logan worked on the wheel tensioner and horizontal stabilizer control rods.

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Sep 26, 2023 Tuesday Session - (3 hours) Category: Workshop

Jacob worked on installing the throttle cable, and cockpit panels. Zach and Quinn worked on fixing some past errors made. Ryan, and Coy drilled and tapped parts. Cali helped with common electrical.

Sep 25, 2023 Monday Session - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Addison worked on the spinner as the gap between the prop and the spinner was to close together.
Hayden, Logan, Zach, Quinn worked on the electrical for the headset plIug, wing lights, and fuel pump lines.
Coy worked on the cowling as the vents on top needed to be finished.
Ian and Ryan reviewed instructions on how to put the emp. on

Sep 24, 2023 9/24/2023 - (3 hours) Category: Workshop

Zach, Addison, and Cali: Started routing the electrical system through the front of the dashboard.
Troy and Quinn attached the Prop and spinner.
Ryan and Matt assisted with the prop.
Jacob worked on the throttle cable.
Aaron, Stihl, and logan prepped and deburred parts

Sep 19, 2023 Tuesday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Wing removed. OAT, fuel shutoff cable, AOA and Pitot tubes routed to empennage. Coy and Ryan worked on finishing spinner gap fillers. Replaced thin pieces with .032" per instructions. Ethan and Addison mounted radio bracket and moved avionics bundle into cockpit for placement.

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Sep 18, 2023 Monday Session - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Eon worked on attaching the outside heat prob to the bottom of the plane. Coy worked on the spinner today, and he had to remake the spiner gap attachment plates. Ethan worked on the torque arms for the flaperons. Quinn and zach worked on the cowlings and used a belt sander for most of the long edges. Zach also worked on the cub to try and get the comms working.

Sep 17, 2023 Sunday Session - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Ryan and Matt worked on attaching the final bolts to the stabilizer control cables and the rudder control cables
Ian worked on riveting the instrument support panels and also the front spinner plate
Ethan prepped the torque arm for installation
Nate attached the rutter control cables to the pedals
Aaron worked on deburring parts and troubleshooting the radio

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Sep 12, 2023 Tuesday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Ethan was attaching the cables to the rudder pedals. Addison was making brackets for the radio. Ryan and Matthew were preparing the empennage. Cali and Coy were machine countersinking on the spinner backing plate.

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Sep 11, 2023 Monday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Truman deburred some parts
Trenton worked on his practice kit
Logan worked on the video
Addison attached the screen and the ignition
Ian, Brady, and Ethan added the tail cone
Coy worked on final drilling the spinner attachment

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Sep 10, 2023 9/10/2023 - (3 hours) Category: Workshop

Aaron, put nut plates on the throttle quadrant and installed the Eco stop mechanism.
Ryan helped Matthew, debur parts.
Ethan installed part of the torque tubes and removed a portion of them. he then prepped them for next time.
Joey and Ian deburred more parts for the access covers.
Stihl also deburred for a majority of the time and helped to find parts.
Addison installed the ADAHRS and pitot static system.
Quinn, trimmed the spinner and refabricated the plate placement parts.

Sep 05, 2023 Tuesday Session - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Continued work on canopy frame, remounted.
Addison mounted the ADHRS unit
Quinn removed nutplates from the console to reapply to the finished console.
Matt worked on his practice kit.

Aug 28, 2023 Monday Session - (3 hours) Category: Workshop

Ryan helped matt on his starter kit.
Oliver riveted parts of the empennage and started preparing to install the ADAHR system with Ryan
Matt and Lauren worked on their starter kits which Addison helped with

Aug 27, 2023 Sunday Session - (4 hours) Category: Workshop

matt worked on his starter kit
Ethan worked on flaperon torque tubes.
Jacob and Ryan worked on the priming the canopy.
Zach and Quinn worked on rudder cable connection.

Aug 22, 2023 Tuesday Session - (4 hours) Category: Workshop

Ethan epoxied spacers on the controls for the flaperons, put the flaperon motor in its up position and temporarily locked the flaperons in place.
Jacob and Ryan worked on the canopy latch and reattached the canopy frame.
Ryan started prepping the canopy guides.
Ian deconstructed crates.
Lauren continued working on her practice kit.
Aaron installed part of the throttle quadrant.

Aug 21, 2023 Monday Session - (4 hours)

Category: Workshop

Everybody helped put the wings on. Ethan helped file down welds on the canopy rack and is currently working on controls for the flaperons. Coy drilled holes in the spinner. Addison worked on the empennage connection. Jacob and Joey worked on deburring the lower fuselage.

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Aug 20, 2023 Sunday Build session - (4 hours)

Category: Workshop

Aaron, Zach, Nate, and Troy worked with Robert and Wayne to install the eco stop assembly. They also installed the clamps for the main brake lines. Ian placed the spinner onto the plane and match drilled. Lastly, Joey and Ryan worked on fluting, riveting, and drilling for parts on the canopy.
Today's build session was very productive and everyone worked hard!

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Aug 15, 2023 Tuesday Session - (4 hours) Category: Workshop

Aaron and Ethan worked on section 49iS. Finished steps one and two and started step three.
Ryan and Coy worked on section 39iS through steps one and two on page three.
Ian filed the prop cone.
Trenton worked on his practice kit.
Lauren worked on her practice kit.
Coy cut out several air holes on the bottom cowling.
Addison helped Lauren with her practice kit.
Truman helped Trenton with his practice kit.

Aug 14, 2023 Monday Session - (4 hours)

Category: Workshop

Ryan and Joey installed an AV unit and reinstalled the ECU in a different set of mounting holes. Coy installed the oil, and engine radiator. Jacob worked on repairing the J3 cub and worked on washing it. Ethan finished the cowling hinge pins and assembly..

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Aug 13, 2023 Sunday Session - (4 hours) Category: Workshop

Ryan and Joey worked on 42msi/u completed step one started three.

Brady worked on 50 one to seven.

Quinn and Nate did section 37 page 17 steps one.

Aug 13, 2023 Sunday Session - (4 hours) Category: Workshop

Jacob Dan and Zack took off and inspected the landing gear on the J3 cub after a collision on landing. no parts are damaged

Aug 08, 2023 Tuesday Session - (4 hours) Category: Workshop

Quinn and Troy worked on the propeller assembly and searched for a lost bolt. Keep track of parts!
Ryan and Richard installed the EMS box and the battery backup.
Aaron and Ethan installed the cowl hinges and the hinge pin.
Zach, Nate, and Joey, Trimmed and prepped the prop spinner.
Addison worked on the flap actuator.

Aug 07, 2023 Monday Session - (4 hours)

Category: Workshop

Ryan deburred parts for the avionics bay.
Oliver started practice kit.
Ethan, Zach, Jacob and Quinn worked on the brake lines.
Ethan and Zach also worked on the hinge pins.
Addison worked on installing the control rods and test fitted the roll servo.
Coy worked on the muffler.

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Aug 01, 2023 8/1/2023 - (4 hours) Category: Workshop

Zach and hayden attached the brake lines to the struts
quinn and troy prepped the spinner and pitot tube
coy began work on the canopy

Jul 31, 2023 Monday Session - (4 hours)

Category: Workshop

Ethan and Ryan worked on the engine hose clamps to secure the ECU lanes to the engine mount

Zack and Quinn worked on the gas struts for the canopy. He drilled them to a larger diameter with a drill press.

Ryan routed the angle of attack lines through the fuselage and mounted the brackets for the wing spar pin mounts.

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Jul 30, 2023 Sunday Session - (4 hours)

Category: Workshop

Quinn and Aaron worked on the aluminum brake lines. Quinn then hopped into the Rv-12 and started installing the rudder and brake pedals with Tyler and Aaron. Richard Supervised Aaron and Quinn working on the brake lines.
Zach worked on installing the battery into the ELT into the j3. He then biked to Cub Air and grabbed the checklist and then copied it.
Ryan installed the ELT into the Rv-12. He also did the wiring for the engine/computer.
Troy added stickers to the flight controls. He then installed the antenna for the ELT and transponder.
Ethan put the protective baffle piece on the engine.

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Jul 18, 2023 Tuesday Session - (4 hours)

Category: Workshop

Ethan installed the ELT mounting bracket
Troy installed the grips on the control stick
Multiple people installed the brakes and landing gear
tThe engine was attached to the fuselage

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Jul 17, 2023 Monday Session - (4 hours)

Category: Workshop

Coy and Ryan finished the rough trimming of the cowling pieces. They then mounted the engine on the temporary stand and attached the engine mount. Quinn and Zach worked on the landing gear. unfortunately the brake fittings were not yet mounted so the axles will have to be removed to attach them. Joey attached the stick control to the pilot side. Jacob completed two more fuel lines. Ethan finished the oil access door.

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Jul 16, 2023 Sunday Session - (4 hours)

Category: Workshop

Coy Eathan Ryan worked on the hood of the plane, troy Brenden worked on the control rods zach w and aaron and other people worked on the brake plates and landing gear. Quinn worked on the avionics unit. A bolt broke and will need to be replaced. brady worked on the wiring bundles.

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Jul 11, 2023 7/11/2023 - (4 hours)

Category: Workshop

Zach assisted Aaron in finishing his practiced kit
Ryan finished his kit as well
Jacob installed fuel lines and pumps with filter
Quinn organized the electronics and installed cooling fans
Ethan finished his kit as well and began working on the engine cowling
tucker worked along with ethan

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Jul 10, 2023 Monday Session - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

The new students are working on their practice kits. Stihl worked on deburing and priming the cowling hinge. He also step drilled the cowling door holes for the hinge. Jacob worked on the fuel lines for the fuel pump. Richard, Cali, and Zach opened the avionics packages. Joey riveted and dimpled panel strips to the avionics cowling cover.

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Jul 09, 2023 Sunday Session - (3 hours) Category: Workshop

Brady and Joey rivetted the forward fuselage ribs. Addison and Cali worked on attaching the flaperons to the control arms. Stihl and Logan worked on connecting the bottom and top brackets onto the fuselage for the landing gear, also known as the landing gear mounts. Nate worked on starting the nose carbon fiber, and cutting/trimming some of the slabs off for a rough cut.

Jun 27, 2023 Summer Tuesday session - (4 hours)

Category: Workshop

Quinn and Troy worked on the wheels and landing gear. primed parts for the gear. Addison fabricated the aileron control rods and riveted the threaded fittings on. Primed both rods. Joey worked on the fuselage. Put proseal along canopy attachment unit.

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Jun 26, 2023 6/26/2023 - (4 hours) Category: Workshop

Zach and Quinn began landing gear nose wheel is complete.
Others bent fuel lines for the bulkhead
quinn tapped a control rod for the plane

Jun 25, 2023 Sunday Session - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Today Quinn and troy finished the assembly of the empennage. Nate and Zach put the flaperons on to the wings. Joey and Jacob put fuel pipes in. Brady put a piece of the firewall into the fuselage. Troy Quinn and Larry tried tapping a control horn, but the control horn was slipping in the vice.

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Jun 20, 2023 Tuesday Session - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

joey and rick worked on fabricating a bracket that was drilled incorrectly. Jacob and Shane worked on fabricating a fuel line and installing it into the fuselage. Zack and Quinn worked on the stabilator. Richard continued to work on some brackets for the fuselage.

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Jun 11, 2023 Sunday 6/11/23 build session - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Quinn and Troy worked on the tail cone fairing. Cali, Joey, and Stihl worked on routing the stabilator cables through the correct holes. Brady worked on match drilling the forward fuselage. Zach worked on flaring the fuel lines.
Today is also Stihl's birthday. Happy birthday Stihl!

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Jun 06, 2023 6-6-23 Build Session - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Addison installed cushion clamps to hold the plastic protector of the rudder cables.
Harsh did parts prep on the canopy rib assembly.

Jun 05, 2023 6/5/23 Session - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Cali machine countersunk holes on pieces on the Canopy Assemblies. Harsh countersunk and dimpled holes, and cut a single bracket. Stihl and Truman drilled out rivets and reemered on a bracket.

Jun 04, 2023 Sunday Session - (3 hours) Category: Workshop

Stihl fabricated pieces for the fuselage and continued work on the hinge pins.
Harsh mixed a batch of pro-seal for the wings and fuselage.
Addison and Zach routed cables for the fuselage and used Zach's facetime strategy to install the wires!
Quinn and Troy sanded, filed, and cut the tailcone fairings and installed nutplates on the piece.
Zach and John worked on the wingtip fairings/navigation lights, they corrected steps that were not complete. The difficulty was the large gap between working on the piece.

May 30, 2023 Tuesday Session - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Jacob Practiced bending fuel line pipes, while Truman helped work on the J3-cub

May 23, 2023 5/23/23 - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Nate and Zach attached washers and nuts for the yoke control bar
Brady Skin supports on Fuselage
Harsh Worked on fuel lines. Made a mistake in the end where he was hurrying, wrecking the part. Do not hurry to finish.
Troy and Quinn Continued work on tail cone fairing's
Joey was helping Dan.

May 21, 2023 5-21 Builder's Log - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Addison worked on fitting the torque arm into the fuselage.
Joey installed the rear storage compartment.

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May 16, 2023 Tuesday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Today, Addison worked on assembling pieces for the controls. Adam worked on the upper fire wall and riveted it on to the rest of the fuselage. Joey and Jacob worked on assembling pieces for the fuel tank attachment points. Zach, Quinn, and Logan worked on fitting the tail cone fairings.

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May 08, 2023 5/8/2023 - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Izzy, Cali, and Addison studied material from the club's library.
Logan and Stihl deburred and prepped parts.
Troy, Jacob, Truman, and Joey continued work on getting the fuel tank installed on into the fuselage

May 07, 2023 5/7/2023 - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Today, Quinn, Zach, and Troy finished sanding down the top tail cone fairing, they also started to cut off excess material from the bottom tailcone fairing with logans help. Brady worked on riveting the hinges on the forward fuselage.

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May 02, 2023 5/2/2023 - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Not much to do today,
Quinn and joey trimmed the tail fairings and Zach and logan prepped the other fairing

May 01, 2023 5/1/2023 - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Zach, Troy, Hayden, and Quinn utilized the oscillating saw to cut the fiberglass tail fairing.

Addison assembled the front dashboard and mounted cherry rivets and assembled the firewall.

Apr 30, 2023 Sunday Session - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Stihl and Logan worked on upper and lower fairings. They made 3/4 inch tape by using a 3/4 inch electrical tape and razor blade to get it down to size.

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Apr 25, 2023 4-25-2023 - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Quinn, Zach, Stihl, and Joey filed down the vertical stabilizer. Quinn and Stihl marked lines for the tail cone fairing. Joey and Richard worked on deburring parts for the electronics shelf.

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Apr 24, 2023 Monday Session - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Cali, and Addison match drilled parts for the firewall. Cali did deburring on the hinge of the upper fire wall. They both then squeezed rivetted the back side of the fuselage. Addison also cut down parts on the hinge because they were hitting on the spots of the hinge. Stihl and troy finished riveting the anti-servo tab., We then took the stabilator out.

Apr 23, 2023 Sunday Session - (3 hours) Category: Workshop

Addison and Brady worked on the upper forward firewall. Brady attached nutplates and match drilled the hinges.
Addison worked on the avionics bay floor panel. The trim tab horns were filed and drilled with a 1/4" step drill to correct the misaligned holes. The trim motor arm will attach to the horns with a rod end bearing and the slightly canted bolt will be OK per Van's tech support.

Apr 17, 2023 4-17-23 Builder's Log - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Addison and Cali matched drilled screw holes in the upper firewall assembly and then dimpled that match drilled holes.
Joey P and Mentor Shane countersunk holes in parts for the roll bar.
Zach, Quinn, Troy, Hayden, and Nate tried drilling out anti-servo tab hinge but was drilled incorrectly so began building another one.

Apr 16, 2023 4-16-23 - (3 hours) Category: Workshop

harsh, brady, and addison worked on attaching the roll over structure. Harsh and Jacob worked on the attachment point for the tailcone. Quinn and zach worked on the trim tabs. they found an issue were one hinde wasnt drilled correctly, so they re drilled it and are ready to fix the trim tab. Trumen worked on the other airplane with greese bairings.

Apr 11, 2023 Tuesday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Jacob glued washers on the stabilator flanges and we attached and torqued the stabilator to the tailcone. Zack prepared the trim tab hinge pins and mounted the trim tabs. Some misalignment was noted on the R tab, where it was constructed slightly wrong. It should be fixable with removal of the inboard rib and reassembly. Joey and Logan worked on the fuselage roll over bar. Match drilled the mounting pieces. Quinn worked on the position light fiberglass mounts.

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Mar 28, 2023 working - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Hayden, Nate worked on the preparing the role bar for primer and paint, and primed 3 coats.
Zach, quinin repaired nut plates on vertical stabilizer
Addison riveted nutplates onto the fuels lodge skins.
troy worked on trim tab servo.
Harsh used the wrong hinges for making the cowling connections. The AN257-P_ corresponds to MS20257 - _, take note as the hinges and plans use different naming conventions.

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Harsh and howard looking at the internet to figure out what size the hinges are.

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Mar 27, 2023 Monday Session - (4 hours) Category: Workshop

Troy worked on the pushrod assembly and trim tab servo motor.
Zach, Quinn, Nate, and Hayden worked on the vertical stabilizer and riveted wing tips.
Richard worked on and dimpled the fuselage side skin.
Cali worked on the fuel pump bracket.
Hayden and Nate worked on the dome light assembly.

Mar 26, 2023 March 26th - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Zach, Troy and Quinn trimmed the fiberglass wing caps.
Addison and Calli deburred and read plans for the bulkhead, and Addison flew in a helicopter.
Logan, Adam, Stihl and Richard deburred fuselage skins
Harsh worked on the air conditioner.
Brady dimpled holes in the fuselage skins.

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Mar 21, 2023 Tuesday Session - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Worked on the trim servo tray, Exhaust muffler, fuselage side skins continued

Mar 20, 2023 3/20/2023 - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Today,
Quinn, Nate, Joey, and Zach gathered all of the empennage pieces to be assembled and completed the service bulletin for the counterweight.
Stihl, rick, and john assembled the heat muffs on the exhaust.
Truman attached the side skins to the fuselage.
Addison and Cali deburred the 'air conditioning' doors and mounts.

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Mar 13, 2023 Continued Work on the RV-12 - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Quinn and Troy worked on mounting the strobe light to the right wing tip. Stihl and Logan worked the exhaust system and fluted the heat clamp. Zach and Jacob began riveting on the wingtip. Addison and Joey worked on some riveting. Richard and Truman worked on riveting the ribs to the fuselage. Tonight was a very productive build session.

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Mar 12, 2023 3/12/2023 - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Brady and Truman continued work on the side skins of the fuselage. The wing team worked on the access panel for the lights on the wings. we were able to experience a great presentation from a helicopter piolet that has worked with fighter fighters and the world food project.
Addison tapped holes on the rollover structure.
Stihl and Logan worked on the exhaust system and found parts for it.
Jacob worked on the access panel for the for the AOA and Stall Warning system. Hew also worked on the brakes.

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Mar 06, 2023 Monday Session - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Jacob and Truman attached the wing skin panel and de burred and clencoed another Pannel on. Cally matched drilled and riveted the rollover bar. troy and quin finished the wing tip skip. harsh put more parts on the Folasade logon and steel worked on the seats and are ready to put the seats they cut the pins in the Folasade.

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Mar 05, 2023 Sunday 3/5/2023 - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Today,
Z assembled and mounted the left-wing landing light,
Quinn and Nate Temporarily attached the wing tip skins.
Addison, tapped and finished match drilling the rollover structure and began reassembling it
Stihl and Cali, Riveted on the Rollover attachment plate and A flange onto the seat backs.
Truman and Jacob primed and riveted the wing walk Doubler

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Feb 28, 2023 Tuesday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Troy and Quinn riveted one of the wing tip pieces and deburred the under-wing tip skin.
Zach and Hayden began riveting the outer wing skin.
Joey drilled holes for the longeron.

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Feb 27, 2023 Feb 27th session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Stihl and Logan bolted on the seatback hinge brackets.
Troy, Jacob and Zach riveted on the wing skins and worked on the wingtip
Izzy and Addison countersunk the roll bar
Richard and Hayden match drilled

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Feb 26, 2023 Sunday Session - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Jacob worked on rudder pedals.
Logan and Adam continued work on the seatbacks and used machine oil to simplify drilling.
Troy and Quinn installed the wing tip and the wing handle and clicoed in place the outer skin.
Zach and John trimmed off the sides of the plexiglass for the landing light.
Addison worked rollover structure.

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Feb 21, 2023 2/21/23 Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

today Addison worked on the roll bar assembly, Zach worked on the light cover brackets, Adam and Logan worked on the fuselage, Troy worked on the wings and Jacob worked on the brake pedals!

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Feb 20, 2023 Monday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Group #1 (Hayden, Nate, Zach, Troy) worked on countersinking and dimpling the landing light and started working on wiring the light. Troy also worked on covering the wing with sealant to prevent any leakage of any sort. Group #2 (Joey, Brady) worked on riveting the forward fuselage. Group #3 (Addison) worked on match drilling holes to the rollover structure. Group #4 (Stihl, Richard) worked on riveting and dimpling the seat-back assembly flanges, to prepare the final assembly of riveting them on.

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Feb 19, 2023 02/19/2023 - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Today Zach worked on the landing light, he used tape to hold the lens against the leading edge of the wing to drill the holes for the light lens. Quinn, Hayden, Troy and Nate riveted the wing skins onto the ribs, they also closed up the wing. They ran into a problem with a defective rivet. Logan worked on the fire wall for the plane. Addison and the mentors fixed a problem with the rollcadge that was to big. Richard also worked on the seatback hinges.

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Feb 14, 2023 Tuesday Session - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Trueman deburred and troubleshot roll cage, Jacob deburred seatbacks, Cali continued assembly of the firewall.

Feb 13, 2023 Monday Session - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

riveted skins, worked on firewall, started seatbacks. troubleshooting roll cage.

Feb 13, 2023 2/13/23 Builder's Log - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Today progress was made on the fuselage, wing skins and roll bar. Work was also done to deburr parts in preparation for upcoming steps.

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Feb 07, 2023 Tuesday Session - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Zach Clecoed and riveted on the central wing skin
Quinn riveted on the flaperon hinges to the trailing edges of the wing
Jacob flared and assembled the fuel tank tubing
brady assembled on nutplates to the fire wall
addison applied the rollover frame as a whole

Feb 06, 2023 2-6-23 - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Today Quinn crimped the Molex connecters for the landing light and then installed the light. Zach, Troy and Nate riveted the left bottom wing skins on. They also drilled the hole for the tiedowns. Addison and Cali deburred parts for the role cage, and then read the plans. Truman and Jacob pressure tested the fuel tank, and sealed leaks. Brady and joey riveted parts on the forward fuselage.

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Feb 06, 2023 2/5 Builder's Log - (3 hours) Category: Workshop

Addison deburred parts for the rollover structure.
Zach riveted in the inboard skin for the wing. They also toured the Flight For Life hangar.

Jan 31, 2023 Tuesday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Today Adam and Brady worked on the forward section of the fuselage. Addison worked on prepping parts for the rollover structure and good progress was made on the fuel tank by Jacob.

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Jan 30, 2023 Monday Sesion 1-30 - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Nate Hayden Stihl and Logan put on the wing skins and are preparing to rivet
Jacob is getting the final parts for the fuel system prepared for final assembly after he helped Addison finish riveting the flaperon
Joey and Adam worked on the lower fuselage
Brady and are preparing parts for the side skins

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Jan 29, 2023 1/29/23 - (3 hours) Category: Workshop

Zach clecoed on the inboard left wing skin
quinn assembled the brackets for the landing lights
addison rivited on the skins to the flaperons
Truman, logan, and adam mixed pro-seal and attached the gauges to the gas tank. then they attached the return valve

Jan 24, 2023 Tuesday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Truman and Andrew finished enclosing the fuel tank! Still have to put the sensors on. Addison is skinning the R flaperon and Brady is working on the center fuselage. Nate deburred the remaining wing skins.

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Jan 23, 2023 1/23/23 - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Hayden, Quinn, and troy clicoed on the wing skin bend and deburred more skins
Zach and hayden measured and inserted tubing through the wing ribs to the stall horn
joe, adam, and cali worked on installing nutplates and deburring parts on the fuelsalodge

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Jan 22, 2023 1/22/23 - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Zach and Quinn routed electrical through the wings.
Addison, drilled into the flaperon counterweights, and primed additional parts.
Stihl applied nutplates to the bulkhead.

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Jan 17, 2023 MVP - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Troy and Quinn riveted two wing skin sections on the R wing.
Addison drilled holes for the second flaperon counterweight.
Zack and Nate worked on the L wing inner rib doubler and noted some bad rivets.
Truman in near completion of the fuel tank

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Jan 16, 2023 Monday Session - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

1/16/23- Good Progress was made on the fuselage, flaperon skins, wing skins and the fuel tank. the left flaperon was completed and the parts for the right side are now being prepped for assembly.

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Jan 15, 2023 MVP Day: Major Visual Progress - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Loberts and Hayden started to rivet the first wing skin.
First flaperon nose skin started to be riveted today by Jacob and Addison
Harsh worked on riveting and clecoing the bottom fuselage skin and installing support brackets to it.
Truman scuffed and prosealed the fuel tank.

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Jan 10, 2023 1-10-23 - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Today Quinn worked on organizing plans and drilling out rivets. Zach helped our new member Nate on his practice kit. Joey worked on scuffing the fuel tank in preperation for proseal. Addison and jacob drilled out and riveted on the flaperons.

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Jan 09, 2023 1/9/23 - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Hayden, Quinn, troy, and Zach deburred and clicoed on the wing skins and dimpled holes and attached the outside Doubler
Stihl and logan applied acetone to fuel tank parts
Jacob assembled and disassembled the flaperon
Cali, Brady, and Joey deburred parts for the fuselage and added nutplates for another part

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Jan 08, 2023 Sunday Session - (2.6 hours)

Category: Workshop

Zach, Quinn, stihl. and Hayden, worked on deburing the wing skins
quinn and troy attached the stall horn
logan, truman , and richard worked on the fuel gadge bobber
Harsh worked on riviting the nut plates on the bottem fusalge skin.

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Jan 03, 2023 1-3-23 - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Addison and Jacob deburred skins for the flaperons, primed parts also for the flaperons, and finishing riveting on some parts. Richard worked on the fuel bobber for the fuel tank. Adam, harsh, and brady worked on finishing riveting on the side skins for the fuselage and deburring the bottom skin. The wing team finished riveting on the spar Dubler and is no working on the stall horn.

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Jan 02, 2023 January 2nd - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Brady and Harsh riveted on outer skins
Addison and Jacob worked on the trim tab, drilled into the main pole spar
Adam, Troy, and Logan riveted the ribs onto the main wing spar
Richard and Cali match drilled fuel tank holes
Holden and Rebecca showed up. Pretty cool.

Dec 29, 2022 12/29/2022 - (4 hours)

Category: Workshop

Today Zach, Quinn, Troy, and Hayden worked on riveting the aft ribs, the rear spar, and then clecoed the forward ribs and spar in place. Harsh worked on riveting the bulkhead together.

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Dec 28, 2022 12/28/22 - (4 hours)

Category: Workshop

Today Quinn, Zach and Troy clecoed the aft wing ribs to the spar. Addison matched drilled the flaperons to the counter weight. Richard counter sunk on the fuel tank and dry fit it together.

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Dec 20, 2022 12-20-22 Builder's Log - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Addison and Jacob worked on deburring parts for the flaperons.
Zach, Quinn, and Hayden trimmed and deburred the wing rib flanges
Brady cut flanges for a bulkhead part
Harsh riveted brackets to a piece of the bulkhead

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Dec 19, 2022 Lots of deburrubg! - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Harsh and Brady did some countersinking and deburring. The ribs team worked on deburring all the ribs. The fuel team did some dry fitting and practice.

Congrats to Troy who finished his practice kit!

Dec 18, 2022 12/18/22 - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Addison and Jacob completed the empennageand moved it to the other hanger. we started gathering parts for the flaperons. counter sunk holes in the gas tank for nut plates. the wing team deburred ribs for the wings. Brady and harsh began attaching the seat section to the fuselage.

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Dec 11, 2022 12/11/22 - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Zach, Stihl, and Hayden deburred the trailing edge stubspars and unpacked the ribs
Addison, and Jacob attached the top skin of the tailcone
Harsh fixed the flaperon mixer
Quinn riveted the flaperon hinge to the spar doubler then riveted the spar doubler to the trailing edge spar

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Dec 06, 2022 12/06/2022 - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Today was a small team. Quinn and Joey drilled out rivets for the flatiron hinges. Quinn riveted the flatiron hinges. Joey deburred the rear wing doubler. Jacob finished his practice kit and checked on the tailcone skin. Hayden deburred a piece for the fuselage.

Dec 05, 2022 12/5/22 - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Brady, Izzy and Harsh worked on riveting the floor of the fuselage to its ribs, and put together the mixer.
Addison worked on the service bulletin
Adam, Zach and Quinn riveted flapperiron hinge assemblies.

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Dec 04, 2022 Sunday Session - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Joey opened and deburred the fuel tank
Zach and Hayden riveted the spar stub Assembly and began deburring the flaperon hinges
Addison received the tailcone reinforcements to prevent cracks in the skin
Harsh drilled out nut plates and assembled the bulk head with clecos

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Nov 28, 2022 11/28/22 - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Today we welcomed a new member named Jacob. He has been practicing using different tools with Howard. Hayden finished his practice kit(Finally). Zach and Adam machine countersink the spar doublers for the wings. Addison and Truman worked on riveting the tail cone. Richard and Harsh worked on the bulkhead and fuselage. Joey, Quinn, and Hayden deburred the flaperon hinges. Today was a very busy build session. We are very excited to welcome Jacob to our program. Another member, Troy will also be joining us for our next session. :)

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Nov 22, 2022 11/22/2022 - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Hayden riveted on his practice kit
Zach deburred and clecoed the wing spar channels
Addison routed pitot tubes and prepared skins for the tail cone

Nov 21, 2022 11/21/2022 Builders log - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Quinn and Joey checked through the steps for the spar assembly and starting debuting for section 14. Zach and Hayden did Haydens practice kit. Addison and Izzy they put in the static pito tube and the electrical. Also installed strings. Harsh deburred on the empenage.

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Nov 20, 2022 Small Crew Tonight - (3 hours) Category: Workshop

Harsh worked on prepping the ribs for the fuselage. 2 down, a lot more to go.
Logan worked with the mentors on assembling the empennage (a lot of man power!). They dry fitted the skins and got stuff sorted out.

Nov 15, 2022 11/15/2022 Builders Log - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Addison and Cali clecoed the bottom of the empennage together.
Adam, Richard, Zach, and Logan riveted the spars for the wings.
Hayden worked on his practice project.
Brady, he riveted on fuselage.

Nov 14, 2022 11/14/22 - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Zach, Stihl, and joey worked on riveting the flags for the wing spars.
Richard riveted on the bearings for the tailcone cap
Brady riveted bulkhead pieces

Nov 13, 2022 Continued work on the RV-12 - (3 hours) Category: Workshop

Joey, Hayden, and Stihl deburred parts for the wings.
Richard and Brady did some riveting on the fuselage.
Addison and Cali did some deburring.

Today was a very productive build session and we accomplished a lot.

Nov 08, 2022 10/08/22 - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Joey, Cali, and harsh deburred parts to the fuselage
Hayden and Zach began Hayden's practice kit and made good progress.
Stability was wrapped and finished.

Nov 07, 2022 11/07/2022 - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Brady riveted on the brackets for the torque tubes
Addison deburred tailcone skins
Zach and stihl riveted on the fiberglass fairings
Hayden was introduced to the hangar and began practicing drilling

Oct 31, 2022 10/31/2022 - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Rich deburred parts to the bulkhead
Brady riveted pieces onto the bulkhead assembly
Addison removed rivets that were not flush to the tailbone ribs
Zach, Stihl, and Joey dremmeled holes into the stabilator fiberglass fairings

Oct 30, 2022 10/30/22 Builder's Log - (3 hours) Category: Workshop

Addison riveted empennage frames.
Harsh and Adam riveted on brackets and dimpled holes on the bulkhead support assembly.
Zach and Quinn riveted on aft skins to the stabilator.
Richard countersunk on the bulkhead.

Oct 25, 2022 10/25/22 Builder's Log - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Addison Fluted frames for the empennage
Zach riveted on the aft hinge for the stabilator
Harsh did riveting on the fuselage
Logan and Richard deburred and did parts prep for the tailbone bulkhead

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Oct 24, 2022 Builder's Log for 10/24/22 - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Richard and Christina deburred pieces for the bulkhead.
Joey, Stihl, Jaylin, and Zach were riveting on the aft hinge of the stabilator and beginning riveting the aft ribs.
Brady and Truman riveted on the fuel tank spacers and the ribs for the fuselage.
Addison, Brady, and Mentors spent time today deburring the skins to the tail cone. We learned different methods for breaking an edge.

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Oct 23, 2022 Continued work on the stabilator, fuselage, and the bulkhead - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Zach, Quinn, and Stihl worked on attaching the trailing edge ribs to the stabilator.
Cali, Addison, Logan, and Joey deburred the parts of the fuselage.
Harsh and Adam worked on the bulkhead.
All of the members and mentors had a very productive build session and accomplished a lot.

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Oct 16, 2022 Workday Oct 16/22 - (3 hours) Category: Workshop

Zach and Quinn worked on riveting the stabilator and putting on the skin for the skeleton of the wings. Logan, Harsh, Addison, And Cali worked on demurring and invitatory. Brady, Scott, and Wayne worked on the bulkhead.

Oct 11, 2022 Continued work on the rudder, stabilator, and fuselage - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Cali completed the construction of the rudder and added the trim tab to it.
Brady did some riveting onto the fuselage bulkhead.
Joey and Shane fluted the ribs on the stabilator. They also added some rivets.

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Oct 10, 2022 Continued construction of the tailcone

Category: Workshop

Zach, Quinn, and Stihl worked on attaching the ribs to the stabilator.
Brady went to multiple stations and helped out.
Joey, Cali, Addison, and Izzy riveted the skin of the rudder.
Harsh and some of the mentors worked on the assembly of the main bulkhead of the fuselage.
Tonight has been a very productive build session. We are about 3-5% done with the airplane.

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Oct 04, 2022 10/4/22 workshop - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Richard debured parts of the tailbone. Logan and Shane worked on riveting the counter balance brackets for the stabilator board. Brady worked on fuselage bulkhead. Addison worked on riveting the rudder horn to the spar and the ribs to the spar.

Oct 03, 2022 10/3 Build Session - (2 hours) Category: Workshop

Joey worked on drilling out rivets from a previous worker on the rudder. Addison and Cali worked on riveting the rudder horn and finished.
Jaylin and Christina worked on riveting the hinge bracket assembly to the stabilator.
Harsh, Stihl, and Truman worked on dimpling holes into brackets for the fuselage.

Oct 02, 2022 Log for 10/2/22 - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Joey and Addison worked on rudder, riveting the spar caps and hinge brackets. Addison attempted to rivet on the rudder horn but had to drill a rivet out.
Logan and Zach worked on the stabilator and started to rivet the counter weight.
Brady and Stihl worked not the bulkhead for the fuselage. They drilled some holes and deburred.
Truman worked on his practice kit.

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Sep 26, 2022 Work Day 9-26-2022 - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

Garrett and Logan matched drilled holes in the bulkhead and marked the skin that overlaps the bulkhead with appropriate markings, so that holes are not misdrilled. Harsh and Stihl used the wrong type of rivet on the rudder and spent time drilling out rivets. Addison match drilled some pieces on the stabilator. A'Brien and Joey worked on A'Brien's practice kit and emphasized the need to pay attention to the directions and what you are doing after a few mistakes. Bob and Dave worked on making improvements to tool organization.

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Sep 25, 2022 Work Day 09/25/2022 - (3 hours)

Category: Workshop

Quinn and Zach did a lot of deburing with the with the rear stabilator spars. Harsh, Adam, and Joey worked on the rudder spars. Scott worked on organizing some of the skins. Brady, worked on the bucket assembly. Truman and Logan worked on finishing Trumans practice kit.

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Sep 19, 2022 Continued Tailcone Work - (2 hours)

Category: Workshop

New team member Truman took his Young Eagle Flight today and began work on his practice kit with Logan. Brady, Adam, and Izzy started riveting the skin onto the vertical stabilizer. Jaylin and Christina began squeeze riveting on the horizontal stabilator. Joey and Stihl worked on the trim tab and some of the mentors continued to improve our new work stations/supply carts.

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Sep 18, 2022 Several Groups Worked - (10 hours)

Category: Workshop

Trim Tab (Richard): Richard and Still worked on the trim tab, they finished 1, and are currently working on the 2nd. They had some kinks to work out with squeeze technique.
Vertical Stabilizer (Garett, Harsh, Brady): Worked on dimpling and attaching the nut plates to the main skin of the vertical stabilizer and the leading edge. Harsh also put in a hinge on the vertical spar.
Stabilator (Quinn, Zach, Addison): Worked on the hinge brackets and started assembling the main spar.

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