Build Log for Sonex 0849B
Completed pilot drilling and clecoing of aft fuselage floor to tail cone box. Attached crosstie box to cross tie splices and #1 vertical channels and clecoed bottom sheet into place. Fuselage still sits square with cross tie in place. Hours…
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 -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
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…
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…