
Engine Hoist
Assembly of Harbor Freight engine hoist and small stool Hours Worked: 1.75
Build Log for Sonex 0849B

Assembly of Harbor Freight engine hoist and small stool Hours Worked: 1.75

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…

Completion of inventory of Sonex fuselage conversion kit Hours Worked: 3.92

Partial inventory of Sonex fuselage conversion kit Hours Worked: 3.43

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…