0.025 Sheet
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Cowl Fitment – Part 4
Began fitting upper cowl by placing onto lower cowl and notating baffling interference. Trimmed front of baffles by about half an inch and rechecked clearances. Made the determination that tucking upper cowl under the windshield skirt will likely make removing the upper cowl difficult with prop in place. Began process of making a shelf for…
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Tail Fairing Panels – Part 1
Began working on the tail fairing panels by cutting out template from plans on poster paper and mocking it up on the fuselage. Because the tail skin was installed upside down and needed extra trimming, will need to modify plans template. Expanded template forward and outboard to better match profile of upper fuselage and cover…
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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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Wing Rib Prep – Part 2
Finished making -07 gussets and proceeded to prep aft wing ribs. All ribs prepped minus #9 aileron bell crank ribs. Test fit all ribs to spars and fit looks good; needed to do some slight trimming of -05 ribs to clear spar caps. Ribs #1 – #4’s gussets clecoed in place and need to be…
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Wing Rib Prep – Part 1
Began preparation of the aft wing ribs. Traced template of -07 and -08 gusset and transferred to .025″ sheet to cut out. Bends formed via vice and small mallet. -08 gussets completed. Hours Worked: 3.27
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Initial Kit Inventory – Part 2
Inventory most of kit. Still need to organize tools and parts in small boxes Hours Worked: 8.50