Fuselage
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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
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Fuselage Box Assembly – Part 4
Replaced F23-02 aft bulkhead and F23-03 forward lower mount angle with new parts and drilled 3/16″ holes for tailwheel mount. Located aft fuselage tail channel on rear of tail cone and pilot drilled and clecoed into place. Secured F23-04 aft lower mount angle against longerons and rear channel and drilled holes for AN3 hardware through…
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Fuselage Box Assembly – Part 3
Fit F23-05L/R mount assemblies to aft fuselage section and pilot drilled/clecoed into place along upper longerons and upper cross tie #3. Leveled workbench and fuselage tail cone box for push rod support assembly installation. Measured out pushrod assembly hole centers from longerons and set center marking on laser level. Verified dimensions and pilot drilled into…
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Fuselage Box Assembly – Part 2
Clamped F23-01 tail wheel mount into place on vertical stabilizer and transferred and upsized mount holes to 3/16″. Created F21-02 temporary spacer from 3/16″ angle stock for tail box assembly. Mounted, pilot drilled, and clecoed F22-06 angle between #5 cross ties leaving pace for F22-02 aft shear web assembly. Removed lower vertical fin post channel…
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Fuselage Box Assembly – Part 1
Laid out side aft side panels on top of junk F22-01 bottom aft fuselage skin to establish alignment. Set rear aft skin gap of 2.5 inches with clamped-together metal angles and set forward aft skin gap of 40 inches using the same method. Beginning with the right hand side, squared RH aft side panel to…
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Fuselage Box Part Prep
Creation of miscellaneous aft fuselage parts per legacy plans by cutting angle stock, drilling pilot holes, and riveting -02 aft shear web assembly. -07 spacers relocated from Box 1 to WB-3L. Hours Worked: 2.48
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Aft Fuselage Part Prep – Part 3
Creation of -09 and -11 assemblies from channel stock. Since assemblies were simple, skipped documenting intermediate step of creating F23-10 and F23-13 support channels in build log. Following B model plans, took -01 tail wheel mount and drilled 3/16″ hole in bottom wall only of through tube. Hours Worked: 1.23
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Rudder Stop Assembly
Creation of -08 rudder stops from 1 x 0.125 bar stock. Located rudder stop on outside of aft fuselage skins and pilot drilled into place. Hours Worked: 1.12
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Aft Fuselage Part Prep – Part 2
Creation of F23 miscellaneous parts per legacy plans. Made -02 bulkhead from .032 sheet rather than blank due to not knowing it was available until it was too late. Channel cut with hole cutter. -03 and -04 angles cut on bandsaw, bent to 95 degrees, and holes cut with step bits. -05L/R mount assembly parts…
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Aft Fuselage Part Prep – Part 1
Cut Z04-02 cross tie stock to create upper and lower cross ties. Radius’ in lower cross ties made with 1/4″ drill bit. Used legacy plans to create cross ties; no pilot holes drilled. Cut Z04-03 for lower Cross Tie #1 Hours Worked: 4.20
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Fairlead Block Assembly
Drilled and clecoed F27-09 fairlead mount blocks to #5 vertical channels. Rivets and fairleads not yet installed Hours Worked: 0.37
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Aft Fuselage Side Panel Assembly – Part 2
Attached lower and upper longerons to RH aft side skin and pilot drilled all holes. Aligned and pilot drilled vertical channels #2 – #5 on both LH and RH aft side panels. Waiting on parts to pilot drill #1 vertical channels and splice plates. Left out hardware for now. Top edge of vertical channels aligned…