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Windshield Installation – Part 3
Completed pilot drilling of windshield skirt holes into upper longerons. Updrilled skirt mounting holes in longerons and upper firewall. Decided not to updrill windshield holes since clecoes would not hold well in 9/64″ holes. Hours Worked: 1.25
Windshield Installation – Part 2
Clamped together rear edges of windshield skirt and windshield and pilot drilled pieces together starting at the top center and working down both sides. Marked centerline on the windshield bow and pilot drilled top center hole off of plane. Clecoed bow into place and aligned to existing holes in windshield. Pilot drilled windshield bow holes…
Windshield Installation – Part 1
Marked out 1″ skin overlap line on windshield skirt. Aligned skirt with windshield centering fuel door cutout in windscreen and aligned back edges together. Marked skirt location onto wind screen then pilot drilled fuel door holes in windshield with #40 drill bit. Installed windshield skirt onto fuselage then through drilled side skin holes into upper…
Windscreen Install Prep
Removed top row of clecoes from upper longerons and upper engine mount screws to prepare for windscreen installation. Hours Worked: 2.17
Fuselage Final Riveting – Part 2
Removed forward fuselage floor for better access to forward tunnel zee. Deburred new holes in fuselage floor and new bottom holes in forward zee. Used hand riveter to flush rivet forward wing mount plates to forward tunnel zee. Hours Worked: 1.13
Follow-up Storage Treatment #4
Performed long-term storage procedure IAW Jabiru Maintenance Manual. Removed plugs and lubricated cylinders with Phillips 20W50 Anti-Rust Oil. Reinstalled plugs but did not torque. Removed rocker covers and lubricated rocker chambers with same oil. Reinstalled rocker covers but did not torque. Pulled prop through 15 times. Hours Worked: 0.58
Canopy Components – Part 2
Took SNB-D03-09L and updrilled holes per plans; inside holes to 3/16″ and outside holes to 13/64″ to be tapped. Countersunk 3/16″ holes for flush screws and tapped outside holes with 1/4″-28 tap set for canopy alignment pins. Hours Worked: 0.64
Control Stick Assembly – Part 3
Disassembled dual stick assembly and deburred stick holes. Lubricated control stick horns with lithium grease and deburred taper pin holes. Reassembled left and right control sticks and attached link rod with hardware. C04 complete! Hours Worked: 0.70
Canopy Components – Part 1
Began canopy/windshield frame prep by working on canopy forward aft bows and windshield bow. For canopy bows, started by countersinking bow holes for -6 flush rivets. Riveted components together using -6 solid rivets. Laid out bows on workbench and marked centerline on bows. Measured out pilot hole locations for attach screws per plans and pilot…
Control Stick Assembly – Part 2
Set bushings into top of control stick frame with Loctite 638. Using new taper reamer, reamed LH stick grip hole and inserted taper pin. Repeated whole process for right hand stick grip and found that sticks were not parallel with control horns and cross link tube would not fit in between left and right control…
Control Stick Assembly – Part 1
Began control stick assembly process by drilling 1/8″ pilot holes in bottom of stick grips. Removed powder coating from shaft of control stick horns by using heat, sandpaper, and scotchbrite wheel. Installed SF-2024-8 bushings into control stick frame; fit is okay but will need to put some Loctite 638 on bushings to ensure they do…
Fuselage Final Riveting – Part 1
Drilled holes through spar bumpers then riveted to fuselage with spars in place. Clecoed fuselage floor into place to check fitment with all holes aligning. Transferred pilot holes from floor into bottom of forward spar tunnel assembly then updrilled to #30 and clecoed into place. Hours Worked: 1.85
