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Engine Mount Installation
Measured required bolt hole lengths which differed from plans. Used AN4-33A bolts for lower holes and AN4-32A bolts for upper holes. Inserted bolts into engine mount blocks then positioned mount on bolts. Torqued bolts to spec then applied torque seal.…
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Aft Forward Fuselage Assembly – Part 4
Disassembled seat pans/channels to deburr and clean. Riveted seat pans and channels together then clecoed into fuselage. Riveted rear of assembly to aft seat belt channel and left clecoes in for center seatbelt channels and aft tunnel web spar per…
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Aft Forward Fuselage Assembly – Part 3
Used rivet stems and clamps to hold center seatbelt channels into place while locating and pilot drilling seat ribs and channels to forward floor. Clecoed -14L/R angles into place. Located idler assembly and pilot drilled to lower cross member and…
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Aft Forward Fuselage Assembly – Part 2
Pilot drilled and clecoed seat ribs and channels to fuselage floor. Clecoed together seat belt clips, attach channels, and seatbelt center channel and attached to inside seat pan ribs. Hours Worked: 0.82
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Forward Fuselage Part Prep – Part 2
Assembled F10-16 idler assembly (skipping -21 and -17 sub assemblies. Used vice to press in Symmco bushings to pivot angles. Lubricated bushings and pivot bearings with LPS-2 prior to assembly. Hours Worked: 0.57
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Follow-up Storage Treatment #1
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…
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Aft Forward Fuselage Assembly – Part 1
Following general construction order on plans, assembled -02 seat belt assembly and riveted. Fist assembly to fuselage and temporarily clecoed F10-02 angle to assembly to ensure straightness. Pilot drilled and clecoed assembly to side panels and floor. Determined SNB-F10-25 gusset…
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Forward Fuselage Part Prep – Part 1
Creation of miscellaneous F10 parts from legacy plans from angle stock, bar stock, and aluminum sheets. Hours Worked: 4.65
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Forward Fuselage Assembly – Part 6
Clecoed lower floor/firewall stiffener and floor stiffener into place. Deburred upper firewall and riveted to fuselage box. Deburred forward fuselage floor and clecoed into place. Will wait until very end to rivet floor into place. F11 complete! Hours Worked: 1.42
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Forward Fuselage Assembly – Part 5
Deburred LH and RH fuselage side panels and countersunk wing mount angle holes then re-clecoed into place onto fuselage. Deburred, dimpled, and countersunk aft spar tunnel web and clecoed back onto side panels as separate pieces. Riveted aft spar tunnel…
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Cowl Hinges – Part 1
Creation of -08 Hinge Half from P3 piano hinge stock. Hours Worked: 0.33
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Forward Fuselage Assembly – Part 4
Up drilled LH fuselage side skins and splice plates. Countersunk top longeron for flush hardware. Up drilled forward fuselage floor including bolt holes. Aligned P13-08 lower cowl hinge half then drilled and clecoed to lower firewall. Up drilled lower firewall.…