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Aft Fuselage Side Panel Assembly – Part 4
Up drilled holes in side skin and lower splice plates for AN525 bolts. Hours Worked: 0.52
Turtledeck Assembly – Part 3
Located L/R former #2 against turtledeck skin. Vertically spaced formers by placing wedge between former flange and upper longeron and pilot drilled and clecoed formers to skin. Started drilling from bottom working upwards and completed left side before moving onto right side. Right side former interfered with skin splice channel so trimmed around 1/8″ from…
Turtledeck Assembly – Part 2
Began securing turtledeck skin by pilot drilling left side (every other hole). Repeated the same process on the right side. Will finish pilot drilling sides after formers are installed. Following B-Model plans. Located former #5 by marking centerline along top and front side of former and pilot drilling top center hole in former. Located, pilot…
Aft Fuselage Side Panel Assembly – Part 3
Up drilled left and right aft fuselage side panels to #30. Both panels up drilled for rivets per B-model plans. Did not up drill lower splice plate bolt holes. Hours Worked: 0.80
Lower Splice Plate Prep
Created tracing paper templates of additional 7 holes to drill in lower splice plates per detail C. Placed tracing paper on splice plates and pilot drilled holes. Located lower splice plates along lower longerons per FC01 dimensions. Removed lower cross tie #1 and vertical channels #1 for better access and pilot drilled and clecoed lower…
Turtledeck Assembly – Part 1
Laid out F20-06 turtledeck skins on workbench and trimmed aft inside edges per plans. Aligned edge of RH turtledeck skin to edge of F20-07 skin splice channel and transferred holes onto top flange. Temporarily assembled -02 turtle deck skin assembly together with clecoes with LH skin on top of RH skin on top of skin…
Turtledeck Prep – Part 2
Laid out and marked location of F20-10 former clips on right side of F20-07 skin splice channel per legacy plans. Temporarily attached with clecoes pending final fit with formers and fuselage. Hours Worked: 0.25
Fuselage Box Assembly – Part 6
Flipped fuselage tail cone onto side and began up drilling fuselage floor to #30. Left forward lower corners of floor and #1 lower cross tie at pilot size to be completed when backordered fuselage conversion parts arrive. Up drilled AN525 holes in fuselage floor, longerons, and F23-03 forward lower mount angle per both plan sets.…
Finally, an Engine!
Inventory of a used Jabiru 3300 six cylinder, 120 horsepower engine purchased used from a private seller in Connecticut and shipped LTL. The engine was removed from a Legend Cub so the current owner could put a larger prop on the aircraft. The engine was removed this past summer and has a total of 171…
Turtledeck Prep – Part 1
Creation of -07 skin spar channel and -10, -11, and -12 clips from channel stock per legacy plans. Channel stock cut with snips and pilot holes drilled per plans Hours Worked: 2.50
Former Clip Creation
Creation of -07L/R former clips from F07 stock. 1/8″ radius bends made using 1/4″ drill bit in vice. Angles verified with full size plans Hours Worked: 0.95
Aft Fuselage Part Prep – Part 4
Used F26-05 crosstie plates to pilot drill four new holes in cross tie channel per B-Model plans. Hours Worked: 0.38
