• Exterior Wrap-up

    Exterior Wrap-up

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    Applied N-number decals to both sides of fuselage by taping decal sets to sides and “hinging” decals on top with blue painters tape. Right side worked better to prevent bubbles by cutting numbers and letters apart after taping the entire…

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  • Vinyl Stripe Prep

    Vinyl Stripe Prep

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    Used 1/2″ fine line tape to create layout for vinyl striping. Applied tape to wings, ailerons, tail surfaces, and fuselage sides. Temporarily applied green masking tape to fuselage sides to help guide N-number placement. Hours Worked: 0.79

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  • Fuselage Floors – Part 2

    Fuselage Floors – Part 2

    Began final installing fuselage floors by installing AN525 hardware in the forward lower engine mounts, the aft splice plates, and the tailwheel mount bulkhead. Final installed antennas, autopilot servos, seat pans, fuselage side panels, and seats. Began riveting aft fuselage.…

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  • Oil Door Installation

    Oil Door Installation

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    Remade lower cowl hinge pin from piano hinge pin stock. Drilled mounting holes and installed Camlock receptacle in upper cowl. Installed Camlock stud into oil door and tested oil door latching; ops check good. Hours Worked: 0.67

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  • AeroInjector Reinstallation

    AeroInjector Reinstallation

    Reassembled AeroInjector with new throttle cable and 2.5 needle. Reinstalled AeroInjector onto engine and attached controls. Reinstalled safety wire and attached new air filter element. Used safety wire to temporarily hold up oil cooler baffle for engine runs. Final installed…

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  • Baggage Compartment Wrap-up

    Baggage Compartment Wrap-up

    Cut 0.025″ aluminum sheet and extra SNX-Z03-02 stock to create elevator pushrod cover in baggage compartment. Riveted pieces together then installed Velcro strips on baggage compartment floor and cover. Installed pushrod tunnel and verified no interference with flight controls. Cut…

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  • Fuselage Floors – Part 1

    Fuselage Floors – Part 1

    Aligned aft fuselage floor and clecoed to fuselage. Riveted forward floor stiffener and gussets to firewall and forward spar tunnel zee. Clecoed forward fuselage floor onto fuselage ensuring gussets and spacers stayed aligned properly. Floor now ready to rivet. Hours…

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  • Cowl and Small Parts Paint

    Cowl and Small Parts Paint

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    Setup paint booth and sprayed cowls, flap fairings, trim tab, spinner, oil door, gear leg fairings, and fuselage floors. Used previous gun settings with success and applied 2 primer coats, 3 white coats, and 4 blue coats to parts. Painting…

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