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  • Glareshield Installation – Part 4

    Glareshield Installation – Part 4

    February 11, 2025

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    SNB-F06: Glareshield

    Removed panel, control sticks, forward fuselage floor, and glareshield in preparation for part prep Hours Worked: 1.24

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  • Glareshield Installation – Part 3

    Glareshield Installation – Part 3

    February 8, 2025

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    SNB-F06: Glareshield

    Pilot then updrilled panel to corner plates. Removed panel and taped on proposed panel layout for mockup. Temporarily bolted control sticks into place to verify fitment of everything. Hours Worked: 1.25

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  • Glareshield Installation – Part 2

    Glareshield Installation – Part 2

    February 6, 2025

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    SNB-F06: Glareshield

    Made temporary seat cushions out of old mattress pad. Realigned glareshield to longerons and upper firewall and pilot drilled glareshield to firewall angle. Located instrument panel 3/4″ back from edge of glareshield and pilot drilled glareshield to instrument panel angle.…

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  • Glareshield Installation – Part 1

    Glareshield Installation – Part 1

    February 5, 2025

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    SNB-F06: Glareshield

    Located and clecoed firewall angles to upper firewall. Located and pilot drilled cross tie fittings to wing attach angle and upper longerons. Riveted cross tie fittings to wing attach angles but left clecoes in upper longerons so that forward spar…

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  • Instrument Panel Prep

    Instrument Panel Prep

    February 5, 2025

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    SNB-F07: Glareshield and Panel

    Marked and bent -05 and -09 angles. Located -05 instrument Panel angles to back of instrument Panel and drilled/clecoed. Will install final rivets and dimple once panel is cut out. Hours Worked: 1.88

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  • Seat Installation – Part 3

    Seat Installation – Part 3

    January 31, 2025

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    SNB-F08: Seat Installation

    Riveted forward seat pan hinge half to spar tunnel. Marked and located upper seat back hinge half onto cross tie box and pilot drilled. Updrilled hinge, deburred, and riveted. Located rear seat pan centered to ribs and pilot drilled. Located…

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  • Seat Installation – Part 2

    Seat Installation – Part 2

    January 30, 2025

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    SNB-F08: Seat Installation

    Updrilled hinge halves on seat pan channel, disassembled, deburred then riveted into final position. Installed forward seat pan with hinge pins then pinned forward mount hinge onto assembly. Located forward hinge onto spar tunnel and pilot drilled then updrilled. Removed…

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  • Seat Installation – Part 1

    Seat Installation – Part 1

    January 28, 2025

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    SNB-F08: Seat Installation

    Created miscellaneous hinges and hinge pins from P3 piano hinge stock. Assembled and riveted -02 and -04 seat pan assemblies. Located and pilot drilled hinge half’s to forward seat pan channel. Hours Worked: 6.60

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  • Tailwheel Installation – Part 2

    Tailwheel Installation – Part 2

    January 26, 2025

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    SNB-L03: Tailwheel

    Deburred tail wheel and spring holes and installed AN4 hardware through tail wheel assembly. Reinstalled clecoes on aft fuselage floor and took off of saw horses. Rolling chassis complete! Hours Worked: 1.26

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  • Tailwheel Installation – Part 1

    Tailwheel Installation – Part 1

    January 25, 2025

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    SNB-L03: Tailwheel

    Drilled 1/4″ hole in tail wheel spring using same method as landing gear legs. Updrilled bottom half of tail wheel mount bracket then through drilled entire assembly and installed hardware. Noticed a descent amount of slop between tail wheel spring…

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  • Main Landing Gear Installation – Part 4

    Main Landing Gear Installation – Part 4

    January 24, 2025

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    SNB-L01: Main Landing Gear

    Packed wheel bearings with Aeroshell 5 grease then installed tires onto axles. Tightened nuts then backed off until slight drag felt. Going to put off drilling cotter pin holes in axles until brake system is completed. Removed saw horses and…

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  • Brake System Assembly – Part 1

    Brake System Assembly – Part 1

    January 24, 2025

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    SNB-L05: Hydraulic Brakes

    Prepped wheel pant mount plates by marking new holes and cut-outs. Drilled mount holes and used combination of files and rotary tool for brake line hardware cut outs. Riveted nutplates onto outside of plates for wheel pant hardware. Assembled brake…

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