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Builder Name:	Percy Parker -

Project:	Fisher FP101 - VIEW REPORTS
Total Hours:	395.2
Total Flight Time:	3.9
Total Expense:	$17585.76
Start/Last Date:	Nov 26, 2022 - Nov 18, 2023

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

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Oct 14, 2023 Fuselage October 14, 2023 - (6.4 hours)

Category: Fuselage

Continued strut and fairing fabrications for HS and VS.

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Oct 13, 2023 Fuselage October 13, 2023

Category: Fuselage

Fabricated and attached HS struts and fabricated fairing for VS.

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Oct 12, 2023 Fuselage October 12, 2023 - (2.2 hours)

Category: Fuselage

Test fitting, adjusting, and attaching HS, VS and elevator.

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Oct 11, 2023 Fuselage October 11, 2023 - (1.7 hours)

Category: Fuselage

Continued work on the windshield.

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Oct 10, 2023 Fuselage October 10, 2023 - (6.0 hours)

Category: Fuselage

Re-enforced the HS, and Elevator. Fabricated fairings and windshield.

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Oct 09, 2023 Parts Purchase, October 09, 2023 - (.2 hour) Category: Fuselage

Ordered nuts, bolts and steel tube for the fabrication of wheel axle sockets.

Oct 07, 2023 Fuselage October 07, 2023 - (3.2 hours)

Category: Fuselage

Fabricated and installed the brackets were the HS attaches to the fuselage. Had to open a rear inspection whole to complete the installation. Since I was cutting open the rear one, I opened the two forward inspection wholes also. I need them to attach the wings to the fuse.

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Oct 06, 2023 Fuselage October 06, 2023 - (2.8 hours)

Category: Fuselage

Removed the firewall to get access to the brakes. This confirmed the need for another master cylinder. The type I am using have an internal reservoir eliminating the need for me to attach a reservoir forward of the firewall. I also found out that I require a socket to be welded to attach the axles to the landing gear.

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Oct 05, 2023 Fuselage October 05, 2023 - (1.5 hours)

Category: Fuselage

Re-epoxy glued the parts that were separated/broken from the other day. Installed the seat and attached the cushions. Received the MATCO wheel and Brake assembly and completed the inventory. I realized that I needed to order an additional master cylinder.

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Oct 03, 2023 Fuselage October 03, 2023 - (3.3 hours)

Category: Fuselage

Oops, I dropped the fuselage while moving it to its new location and broke a couple of the glued joints. Now, I have to cut into the freshly attached skin and make the repairs. I also did a test fit of the HS, VS and elevator.

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Oct 02, 2023 Fuselage October 02, 2023 - (4.5 hours)

Category: Fuselage

Put first coating of Poly-Brush on the fuselage. Install electronic fuel float system onto the fuel tank. Attached Velcro to seat cushions.

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Sep 28, 2023 Covering, September 28, 2023 - (3.8 hours) Category: Fuselage

Finished the and started working on the tailwheel. Had to remove the old tailwheel hardware and tried to figure out how attach the new leaf spring type tailwheel to the fuselage.

Sep 27, 2023 Covering, September 27, 2023 - (6.4 hours)

Category: Fuselage

Glued the covering to the remainder of the fuse and tightened the fuselage covering.

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Sep 22, 2023 Seat, September 22, 2023 - (5.3 hours)

Category: Fuselage

I made and cut Seat cover patterns. I attached pattern piece to fabric and cut them out and test fitted them to the foam.

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Sep 20, 2023 Fuselage, September 20, 2023 - (3.4 hours)

Category: Fuselage

I varnished parts not already treaded. I also re-attached some of the fabric to the fuselage.

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Sep 19, 2023 Seat, September 19, 2023 - (5.4 hours)

Category: Fuselage

Continued with seat construction. Cut and glued pieces to form seat and back cushions. Also, fabricated brackets for control pullies.

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Sep 18, 2023 Seat, September 18, 2023 - (3.6 hours)

Category: Fuselage

Fuse: I attached the aft spare connector to the aft cockpit bulkhead. Seat fabrication; purchased seat foam from Joann's Fabric store. Made a pattern for the seat, and labeled the pieces required on the foam. I used two different heated foam cutters to cut out the pieces.

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Sep 17, 2023 Seat, September 17, 2023 - (3.1 hours) Category: Fuselage

Seat fabrication.

Sep 14, 2023 Fuselage, September 14, 2023 - (2.2 hours)

Category: Fuselage

Firewall and bonnet fitting. I made a new firewall and made adjustments to get a proper fit. the old firewall had too many wholes in it and I wanted a clear slate for when it comes time to mount the engine and put in lines through the firewall forward.

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Sep 13, 2023 Fuselage September 13, 2023 - (1.2 hours)

Category: Fuselage

Completed fabrication of landing gear main tubes.

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Sep 12, 2023 Fuselage, September 12, 2023 - (5.2 hours)

Category: Fuselage

Attached henges to the seat and seatback. Fabricated landing gear bended tubes.

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Sep 11, 2023 Fuselage, September 11, 2023 - (2.4 hours)

Category: Fuselage

I use already existing lag bolt holes in the floor to temporarily set up a tube bender to begin test bends for the fabrication of landing gear.

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Sep 08, 2023 Fuselage, September 08, 2023 - (1.6 hours)

Category: Fuselage

Test attached one wing to confirm that the attach points and control cables are properly aligned.

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Sep 07, 2023 Fuselage, September 07, 2023 - (5.7 hours)

Category: Fuselage

Formed the cockpit upper braces. Constructed a mock-up of the Verner 3VLA engine that will be used on the aircraft.

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Sep 06, 2023 Fuselage, September 06, 2023 - (2.8 hours)

Category: Fuselage

Fabricated pulley brackets. Removed excess wood from forward fuselage spar. Fabricated aligning jigs for the seat height.

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Sep 05, 2023 Fuselage, September 05, 2023 - (2.0 hours)

Category: Fuselage

Assembled the seat and completed a test fit.

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Sep 04, 2023 Fuselage, September 04, 2023 - (5.1 hours)

Category: Fuselage

Installed the main wing attaching points and varnished the wood of the seat.

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Sep 03, 2023 Fuselage September 03, 2023 - (2.4 hours)

Category: Fuselage

Continued work on the seat. Also began work on the Wing attachment pieces.

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Sep 03, 2023 Fuselage, September 03, 2023 - (3.0 hours) Category: Fuselage

Sep 02, 2023 Fuselage, September 02, 2023 - (5.0 hours) Category: Fuselage

Aug 29, 2023 Fuselage, August 29, 2023 - (2.1 hours)

Category: Fuselage

Beginning work on fuselage. I started with re-fitting the seat into its position by trimming the ends. I also repositioned the seat back.

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Mar 02, 2023 Parts Purchase, March 02, 2022 - (.5 hour) Category: Fuselage

Made the parts purchase for all of the repairs needed to the wood structure, tailwheel replacement, and gluing, prepping and sewing new covering on the FP-101.