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Entry #	Created	Title	Category	Hours	# Pictures

47	Apr 15, 2021	Fiberglass work on the empennage fairings	Empennage		6
Continuing fiberglass work on the fairings and attaching fairings. Had to start over after the first attempt. One layer of glass wasn't strong enough to support the structure.

 

46	Mar 28, 2021	Cabin cover	Fuselage		6
Continue to drill and countersink holes for cabin cover. Used right angle drill for countersinking.

 

45	Mar 26, 2021	Cabin cover and shim for baggage door	Fuselage		3
Continue fitting cabin cover. Match drilling cabin cover. Installed shim for baggage door top to skin joint.

 

44	Mar 06, 2021	Rear seat backs, flap motor, flap control	Fuselage		17
Install PH Aviation Flap motor. Assemble and install rear seat backs. Attach and seal brake lines.

 

43	Feb 22, 2021	Flap motor and controls and rear seats	Fuselage		12
Building brackets for PH Aviation flap motor. Assembling and drilling rear seat backs. Assembling control mechanisms

 

42	Feb 09, 2021	Brake and rudder pedals	Fuselage		11
Assemble and install brake lines from TS Flightlines

 

41	Jan 12, 2021	Baggage floors, access panels	Fuselage		10
Spent most of a week designing and fabricating and install access panels. Installed doubler for comm antenna. Installed conduit.

 

40	Jan 03, 2021	Attached tailcone	Fuselage		5
Section 32 Tailcone attached

 

39	Jan 03, 2021	Upper forward fuse	Fuselage		11
Section 32 Completed the upper forward fuselage subassembly.

 

38	Dec 19, 2020	Section 29 complete	Fuselage		10
Section 29 Final rivets for section 29. Had to use a few cherrymax rivets for hard to reach spots. Floor panels installed. Landing gear mounts installed. Repaired the dent after dropping bucking bar.

 

37	Dec 04, 2020	Riveting under structure	Fuselage		4
Section 29 Riveting ribs and longerons in place, attaching skins. Multiple rivets needed to be inserted not called out in the plans.

 

36	Dec 02, 2020	Priming fuselage parts and beginning riveting	Fuselage		2
Section 29 Primed parts. Cut out baggage door. River nutplates. Begin riveting under structure. Install tunnel access panel.

 

35	Nov 26, 2020	Disassembly and deburring	Fuselage		5
Section 29 Match drilling the firewall brackets. Dulled multiple drill bits. Disassembling the fuselage. Deburring.

 

34	Nov 23, 2020	Screwing up the longerons	Fuselage		3
Section 29. continue final drilling the skins into the ribs, firewall and longerons. Accidentally drilled an extra hole in the right longeron and gusset. Waiting for Van's support to give guidance.

 

33	Nov 20, 2020	Bending and attaching forward fuselage skins	Fuselage		3
Section 29 Continue bending the forward fuselage skins and attaching. Prepping ribs for attachment.

 

32	Nov 17, 2020	Fuselage side skins	Fuselage		3
Attaching and final drilling the mid fuselage side skins to frame and longhorns.

 

31	Nov 16, 2020	Bending mid fuselage side skins	Fuselage		6
More work on section 29. Bending the mid fuselage side skins.

 

30	Nov 15, 2020	Fuselage side skins	Fuselage		5
Section 29-1 thru 29-4 Bending fuselage longerons and drilling. Making clamp for bending side skins. Forming clamps out of angle for side skins.

 

29	Nov 04, 2020	More riveting and bolting	Fuselage		2
Page 28-14 Continuing to rivet bottom skins to bulkhead. Bolting forward bulkhead sections in place. Had to drill out several nutplates because the wrong size was used. Cut myself multiple times.

 

28	Nov 03, 2020	Mating Forward and Aft fuselage	Fuselage		2
Page 28-14 Riveted aft bulkhead to forward and aft bottom skins. Help from Matt Willis. Need different bucking bar.

 

27	Nov 02, 2020	Firewall and bottom skin riveting	Fuselage		6
Page 28-13 Riveted Firewall assembly to forward skin. Attached ribs to firewall. Added "oops" rivets to bottom skin errors with good results. Attached forward center bulkhead assembly to forward fuselage assembly. Torqued bolts to final tightness (28 in/lbs).

 

26	Oct 31, 2020	Riveting ribs to bottom skin	Fuselage		9
Riveted skins and forward bulkheads to bottom skin. Had to drill out one row of rivets because rib put in backwards. Started assembling brake lines from firewall to tunnel, but seem to be too long.

 

25	Oct 29, 2020	Fuselage parts prep	Fuselage		6
Pages 28-9 to 28-10 Final drilling fuselage assembly. Disassemble. Deburr and dimple all holes. Attach nut plates. Mistakenly drilled nut plate screw holes to #19 instead of #12, had to remove and redrill and reattach. Countersunk VA-188 instead of dimpling because I thought it was too thick, but needed to order replacement.

 

24	Oct 27, 2020	Fuselage attachment	Fuselage		2
Page 28-9 Mates forward and center fuselage assemblies. Deburred spacers.

 

23	Oct 26, 2020	Forward Fuselage Assembly	Fuselage		2
Pages 28-3 to 28-8 Attach nut plates, assemble forward fuse. Attach fwd fuse bottom skin and final drill. Attach fwd center section bulkhead assembly to forward fuse subassembly.

 

22	Oct 22, 2020	Mid fuse bulkheads	Fuselage		3
Deburring and priming multiple parts

 

21	Oct 20, 2020	FWD Fuse Ribs	Fuselage		0
Page 28-2 Deburr, final drill, machine countersink Attach angles and outboard forward seat rail supports.

 

20	Oct 06, 2020	Mid Fuse Ribs	Fuselage		0
Page 26-4 to 26-5 Attaching seat rib subassemblies to aft center section bulkhead subassembly. Rivet ribs to bulkhead. Create rear seat rib subassemblies.

 

19	Oct 05, 2020	Mid Fuse Ribs	Fuselage		0
Page 26-2 to 26-3 Continue assembly of inboard seat ribs. Create outboard seat rib subassemblies. Deburr all parts. Rivet assemblies.

 

18	Oct 04, 2020	Mid Fuse Ribs	Fuselage		0
Page 26-2 Create reinforcing angles. Assemble inboard seat rib subassemblies. Deburring all parts.

 

17	Oct 03, 2020	Mid Fuse Bulkheads	Fuselage		0
Page 25-7 to 25-8 Assemble and rivet Rear spar bulkhead assembly. Assemble, drill, disassemble, deburr, prime and rivet Fuselage bulkhead assembly.

 

16	Oct 01, 2020	Mid fuse bulkheads	Fuselage		0
Page 25-7 Cleco and drill Rear spar bulkhead assembly. Disassemble and deburr all parts.

 

15	Sep 25, 2020	Mid Fuse Bulkheads	Fuselage		0
Page 25-5 to 25-6 Assemble and rivet the aft center section bulkhead assembly.

 

14	Sep 24, 2020	Mid Fuse Bulkheads	Fuselage		0
Page 25-5 Create aft seat rail subassemblies. Assemble, match drill and disassemble Aft center section bulkhead assembly. Deburr and countersink.

 

13	Sep 23, 2020	Mid Fuse Bulkheads	Fuselage		0
Pages 25-3 to 25-4 Match drilling landing gear mounts. Had to purchase new mount after drilling a hole in the wrong place. Countersink bulkhead. Assemble and rivet FWD center section bulkhead assembly.

 

12	Sep 22, 2020	Mid Fuse Bulkheads	Fuselage		0
Pages 25-2 to 25-3 Create stiffener angles. Match drill stiffener angles. Attach and final drill mid seat rail supports. Match drill bulkhead and seat rail support assemblies.

 

11	Sep 21, 2020	Mid Fuse Bulkheads	Fuselage		0
Inventory of slow build fuselage

 

10	Aug 11, 2020	Empennage Attachment	Empennage		1
Pages 11-4 to 11-8 Attaching horizontal stabilizer. Attaching vertical stabilizer. Assembling pushrod. Attaching rudder.

 

9	Aug 03, 2020	Tailcone riveting, battery mount assembly	Empennage		1
Pages 10-23 to 10-24 Continue riveting tailcone skins

 

8	Aug 02, 2020	Tailcone assembly	Empennage		0
Pages 10-20 to 10-22 Continue riveting skins to tailcone assembly. Attaching aft deck and stops/doublers/angles. Attaching aft top skin and riveting in place.

 

7	Aug 01, 2020	Tailcone assembly	Empennage		0
Page 10/20 Reassemble tailcone after priming. Rivet skins to bulkheads, frames and stiffeners

 

6	Jul 30, 2020	Tailcone bulkhead riveting	Empennage		0
Page 10-18 to 10-19 Riveting tailcone bulkheads together.

 

5	Jul 25, 2020	Tailcone assembly	Empennage		0
Page 10-16 and 10-17 Battery channel prep. Battery/bellcrank mount prep. Elevator bell crank assembly

 

4	Jul 23, 2020	Tailcone assembly	Empennage		0
Page 10-15 and 10-16 Trim right side skin. Deburr all holes and edges. Dimple bulkhead holes. Countersinking and dimpling longhorns, skins, frames and bulkheads

 

3	Jul 21, 2020	Tailcone assembly	Empennage		0
Page 10-14 Attach shoulder harness anchors. Drill cover plate.

 

2	Jul 20, 2020	Aft deck drilling	Empennage		0
Attaching stop/doubler and angles to aft deck and final drilling all holes

 

1	Jul 19, 2020	Tailcone assembly and skins	Empennage		0
Section 10 Pages 8-12 Fabricate and attach rudder stop brace. Attach tailcone skins to bulkheads and longhorns. Attaching aft deck and horizontal stabilizer attachment angle. Match and final drilling. Attach and final drill top skins.

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