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  • Tail Installation – Part 4

    Tail Installation – Part 4

    June 3, 2025

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    SNB-T01: Tail Installation

    Placed newly rebuilt elevator onto horizontal stabilizer to check fitment; fit checked good with overall width not changing. Reinstalled elevator hinge pins then reinstalled vertical tail and rudder. Checked elevator travel and verified 23 degrees up travel and 24 degrees…

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  • Elevator Horn Re-do – Part 3

    Elevator Horn Re-do – Part 3

    June 3, 2025

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    SNX-T06: Horizontal Tail

    Verified flatness and squareness of elevator assembly on workbench then final drilled inboard elevator ribs using existing holes in elevator skin. Disassembled, deburred, then riveted elevators together. Hours Worked: 1.27

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  • Elevator Horn Re-do – Part 2

    Elevator Horn Re-do – Part 2

    May 27, 2025

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    SNX-T06: Horizontal Tail

    Located new inboard elevator ribs onto elevator horn per B model plans; made sure horn was all the way forward on ribs to increase uptravel limits. Drilled new holes in ribs from existing elevator horn. Disassembled and debuted holes in…

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  • Panel Installation – Part 6

    Panel Installation – Part 6

    May 27, 2025

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    SNB-F06: Glareshield

    Finished cutting out access holes in right side of panel blank. Test fit right panel with circuit breakers installed for clearance; fit okay. Temporarily reinstalled panel backer into fuselage with clecos. Hours Worked: 1.18

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  • Panel Installation – Part 5

    Panel Installation – Part 5

    May 23, 2025

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    SNB-F06: Glareshield

    Located GPS175 tray brackets onto tray and marked hole locations. Drilled screw holes into side brackets then installed 8-32 nutplates. Attached brackets to tray and mocked up location on panel backer. Updrilled bracket attach holes then prepped brackets and panel…

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  • Panel Installation – Part 4

    Panel Installation – Part 4

    May 22, 2025

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    SNB-F06: Glareshield

    Continued cutting out holes for instruments in panel backer. Test fit with components part-way through cutting. Began prepping GPS175 tray for installation by cutting out side brackets from .063 sheet. Bent brackets and drilled lighting holes. Cut out notch in…

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  • Panel Installation – Part 3

    Panel Installation – Part 3

    May 20, 2025

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    SNB-F06: Glareshield

    Continued locating and installing nutplates into panel blank. Marked access hole locations on RH side of panel blank. Marked hole centers and began cutting out instrument holes into panel backer. Hours Worked: 2.57

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  • Panel Installation – Part 2

    Panel Installation – Part 2

    May 13, 2025

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    SNB-F06: Glareshield

    Continued prepping panel flange by dimpling right side flange and installing nut plates. Installed flanges back onto glareshield and checked fitment with panel and panel covers. Removed panel and covers and marked hole and cutout locations on panel. Cut a…

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  • Panel Installation – Part 1

    Panel Installation – Part 1

    May 10, 2025

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    SNB-F06: Glareshield

    Began prepping panel for final riveting and installation by mocking up panel covers on panel backer. Fitment was just a little tight so filed away some material from inside edges of panel covers. Removed panel and flanges and dimpled every…

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  • Elevator Horn Re-do – Part 1

    Elevator Horn Re-do – Part 1

    May 10, 2025

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    SNX-T06: Horizontal Tail

    After some reflection on the slight shortcoming of up elevator travel, it was decided that the elevator horn should be removed and repositioned slightly forward to enable more up-travel. While the existing elevator horn will be retained the inboard elevator…

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  • Tail Installation – Part 3

    Tail Installation – Part 3

    May 2, 2025

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    SNB-T01: Tail Installation

    Mocked up ELT location on rear shear web and marked vertical stabilizer on where skin needs to be trimmed. Removed vertical stabilizer and marked out mounting hole location on shear web. Trimmed vertical stabilizer skin and riveted ELT mount and…

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  • Tail Installation – Part 2

    Tail Installation – Part 2

    April 29, 2025

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    SNB-T01: Tail Installation

    Mocked up vertical stabilizer into place and noticed elevator horn was impacting vertical stabilizer skin and preventing full motion. Removed vertical stabilizer and trimmed skin at base. Continued to file elevator horn to ensure full 25 degrees of pitch up.…

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