Monthly Construction Log - October 2008
| Date | |
| 1 | No work. |
| 2 | Started fit-up of spar carry through assembly. Note that the sheet
aluminum is drilled 3/16" whereas the bar stock is drilled to 1/4"
(correct size), so drilled 1/4" just through the sheet aluminum. Also
had to the same thing to the sheet aluminum at the 3/8" holes, as it was
offset very slightly and the pins would not fit through.
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| 3 | No work. |
| 4 | No work. |
| 5 | No work. |
| 6 | No work. |
| 7 | No work. |
| 8 | Received shipment of backordered fuselage parts. |
| 9 | Continued test assembly of spar carry-though. Sanded down more 3/8" bolts to make pins by chucking in a drill press and hand sanding at max spindle speed. Only needed to take off about 5-10 mils to get them to fit in the undersized holes. |
| 10 | Completed test fit-up of spar carry-through assembly. Disassembled
for priming, polished all edges. Disassembled some minor parts from
tailcone for edge polishing and priming. (Still waiting on KPFU0506 to
finish bulkhead #5 drilling and then to allow disassembly/priming of tailcone
assembly.)
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| 11 | No work. |
| 12 | No work. |
| 13 | Cleaned spar carry-through and tailcone parts for priming. |
| 14 | Primed spar carry-through and tailcone parts. |
| 15 | Started assembly of spar carry-through. Need to make a few more pins
before tightening up all the bolts.
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| 16 | Torqued all spar carry-through bolts. Riveted forward and aft spar angles. Received KPFU0506 from Rans, and fitted onto bulkhead #5. |
| 17 | Finished rudder pedal assembly, except dummy brake cylinders and cotter pins. |
| 18 | No work. |
| 19 | Finished drilling of bulkhead #5 and KPFU0506. Drilled trim torque
tube bushings to 1/2", and polished ends of torque tube. Discovered that
there were two KPFU0536 L (one mismarked as KPFU0536-R) - Rans is
sending replacement. Disassembled tailcone for prep and priming.
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| 20 | Working on prepping tailcone parts for priming. |
| 21 | Working on prepping tailcone parts for priming. |
| 22 | Working on prepping tailcone parts for priming. |
| 23 | Working on prepping tailcone parts for priming. |
| 24 | Fabricated dummy brake cylinders for right side. Milled slot in tube
stock to 3/16" to allow clearance for washers. Used AN3-7 bolts on top
end to allow clearance for cotter pin without compressing tube. Continued prepping tailcone
parts.
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| 25 | Began fabrication of new priming/paint booth to accommodate large skins and parts. Using PVC pipe and plastic sheeting. |
| 26 | Finished paint booth fabrication. Building new filter holder to stack
several fiberglass filters before paper filter protecting the fan.
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| 27 | Still working on paint booth and fan/filter. |
| 28 | Still working on paint booth and fan/filter. |
| 29 | Continued prepping tailcone parts. |
| 30 | Primed tailcone skins and majority of tailcone parts. |
| 31 | Reassembling tailcone sides. |