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12 April 2009
More Rib deburring
4.0 hours
All the wing ribs
(Full size)
More deburring
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Setup
Empennage
Wings
Fuselage
Finish Kit
Hours: 18.0
Making Tables
Received Avery Toolkit
Wing stand
Hours: 198.7
Horizontal Stabilizer - 56.0
Received the Empennage kit
Assembling hs spars
Match drilling horizontal stab spars and skins
Dimpling and Countersinking hs skins and spars
Dimpling hs skin and priming ribs
Priming and assembling front spar
Assembling and Riveting Left Horizontal Stabilizer
Riveting the left horizontal stabilizer
Riveting right horizontal stabilizer and rear spar
Horizontal Stab finished
Drilling attach angles
Riveting attach angles
Working on fiberglass tips
Vertical Stabilizer - 15.5
Assembling Vertical Stabilizer
Deburring, dimpling, vertical stabilizer
Priming, riveting Vertical Stablizer spars
Riveting Vertical Stabilizer
Riveting of rear spar on vertical stabilizer
Rudder - 43.5
Making rudder skin stiffeners
Finishing rudder skin stiffeners
Assembling rudder skeleton
Finish rudder assembly, begin deburr
Deburring, dimpling rudder skeleton
Riveting rudder skeleton
Riveting rudder skeleton
Riveting rudder skin
Riveting rudder skin to spar
Riveting rudder ribs
Riveting trailing edge
Fitting fiberglass tips
Right Elevator - 30.0
Making elevator stiffeners
Skin and stiffener work
Primed stiffeners
Assembling skeleton
Match drilling skins
Priming, riveting elevator
Riveting skin stiffeners and spar
Riveting skin to spar
Riveting skin, glueing trailing edge
Riveting trailing edge
Left Elevator - 53.7
Skin and stiffener work
Primed stiffeners
Assembling Left Elevator
Deburring, Priming spars
Riveting left elevator skeleton
Riveting elevator horn
Assembling elevator skeleton
Tech Counseler visit & Left Elevator riveting
Started Trim Tab
Riveting Trim tab
Assembling trim tab
Riveting trim tab hinge
Installing trim tab servo
Installing hinge rod ends, servo pushrod
Fitting elevator to horizontal stabilizer
Skin and stiffener work
Primed stiffeners
Hours: 410.5
Setup - 7.0
Wing kit arrives
Building aileron and flap table
Left Wing - 170.5
Prepping forward spar
Installing tie-down
Drilling rear spar
Assembling rear spar
Deburring ribs
More Rib deburring
Rib deburring, etc, etc
Rib deburring and fluting
Finished ribs, final drilling ribs to spars
Finishing ribs
Priming ribs
Priming more ribs
Riveting ribs to spars
Building the wing jig
Drilling top wing skins
Drilling bottom wing skins, Starting tank
Assembling ribs in tank
Assembling tank
Fitting tank to wing
Countersinking tank skin
Tank attach angle
More tank assembly
Preparing parts for final assembly
Riveting stiffeners to tank
Catching up
Dimpling skins
Cleaning and priming wing skins
Riveting outer nose rib and skin assembly
Riveting assembly to spar
Finish sealing the tank
Bolting on tank
Riveting upper skin
Landing light work
Riveting upper wing skin
Aileron Hinges
Flap Hinges
Flap hinge angles
Tech Counseler Visit
Fabbing pushrod tubes
Installing aileron bellcrank
Removing Left Fuel tank Cover
Right Wing - 145.5
Installing nutplates on spar
Installing tie-down bracket
Rear spar assembly
Drilling wing ribs
Riveting ribs to spars
Assembling leading edge
Assembling tank
Drilling tank
Countersink skin to baffle holes
More tank prep
Tank fab work
More Tank fab work
Tank hatch assembly and fuel vent line
Assembling cap plates
More tank details
Skin prep work
Building tank
Fabricating fuel pickup tube
Installing baffle
Sealing bracket and baffle rivets
Deburring and Dimpling
Dimpling skins
Priming parts
Wing spar countersinking
Riveting leading edge to spar
Bolted tank to spar
Riveting upper wing skins
Installing aileron hinges
Working on flap hinges
Installing flap hinge angles
Drilling landing light lens
Adjusting W-918 aileron pushrods
Ailerons - 37.2
Assembling left spar
Assembly of aileron
Riveting A-910 stiffeners to skins
Assembly of left aileron
Riveting left aileron
Starting on right aileron
Assembling Right Aileron
Priming skins and stiffeners
Riveting Skins and Stiffeners
Riveting right aileron
Finishing right aileron
Flaps - 50.3
Left flap leading edge ribs
Start assembling left flap
Drilling skin holes
Assembling right flap
Drilling right flap
Painting left flap parts
Riveting left flap
Riveting left flap skeleton
Riveting upper flap skin
Riveting lower skin
Prepping Right Flap parts
Riveting Right nose ribs
Riveting right flap skeleton
Riveting right flap
Riveting lower skin
Hours: 369.5
Bulkheads - 82.6
Inventory of Fuselage Kit
Overhead shelf
Starting firewall
Deburring firewall parts
Deburring, painting, Riveting firewall
Riveting F-904 bulkhead
Control Column assembly
Building brackets
F-705 Seat belt brackets
F-706 Bulkhead and catch-up
Riveting F-706 bulkhead
After Bulkhead parts
Cleaning and painting parts
Riveting aft-bulkhead parts
Cutting longerons
Bending longerons
Tailcone - 30.5
Assembling tailcone for drilling
Alignment and final drilling
Deburring, dimpling
Priming and assembling
Riveting tailcone
Center Section - 36.9
Trimming seat frames
Installing nutplates on seat ribs
Assembling Center section
Baggage rib work
Finishing center section assembly and drilling
Priming, started final assembly
Fitting F-915 ribs
Riveting center section skin
Finished riveting
Forward Section - 62.3
Floor skins and fitting tailcone and center section
Fitting forward side skins
Bending side skins
Drilling longerons
Longeron work forward of F-904 bulkhead
Left Lower Longeron
Gusset work
Lower Longeron, web, Gusset
Landing Gear web
Riveting webs and starting rudder pedals
Rudder pedal Work
Baggage compartment ribs
Floor Stiffeners
Disassembling, deburring, painting
Forward Assembly - 44.6
Riveting landing gear webs
Assembling Fuselage
Riveting fuselage
Rolling it over
Leveling fuselage
Drilling aft deck
Aft deck shims
Riveting aft deck
Forward gussets and canopy rails
Riveting side rails
Skins/Baggage - 51.7
Fitting upper skins
Drilling upper skins
Bellcrank work
Fitting WD-657 steps
Finishing steps
Left Brake Pedals
Bulkhead covers
Seat backs
Finishing seat backs
Fuselage Gussets
Riveting baggage compartment floors
Shimming nutplate for Baggage Compartment
Baggage Bulkhead
Installing Baggage Bulkhead Fasteners
Floors/Seats - 33.4
Fabbing and Drilling seat hinges
Putting in Seat Floors
F-741 Cover
Seatbelt brackets
Installing Seat Belt Brackets
Painting floor panels
Drilling flap actuator
Heat Baffle
Fuel Valve Housing
Fuselage Systems - 26.5
Assembling Brake Pedals
Installing Brake Pedals
Aileron Trim Bracket
Flap Weldment fitting
Flap Motor Mount
Flap Motor Housing
Main Gear Weldments
Drilling Main Landing Gear Weldment
Finish drilling MLG mounts
Fwd Upper Fuselage - 1.0
Fabbing fwd deck parts
Hours: 0.0