Monthly Construction Log - October 2009

Date  
1 Removed fuel tank bay skin stiffeners from left wing top skin so they can be shortened to fuel tank. Starting installing top skin. 
2 No work.
3 Received 26.5mm optics for new LED. The larger lens had a much better beam pattern. Waiting for more LEDs to do thermal testing with 2 emitters mounted on the heatsink.
4 No work.
5 No work.
6 .Completed inventory of firewall-forward kit/
7 No work.
8 No work.
9 No work.
10 No work.
11 No work.
12 No work.
13 No work.
14 Working on transfer drilling #40 left wing top skin.
15 Working on transfer drilling #40 left wing top skin.
16 No work.
17 Finished transfer drilling #40 left wing top skin.
18 No work.
19 No work.
20 No work.
21 No work.
22 No work.
23 No work.
24 No work.
25 No work.
26 No work.
27 No work.
28 No work.
29 Mounted two high-output LEDs to heatsink for thermal testing.
30 Ran extended thermal testing on LED/heatsink combo. Approximately 27degree C temperature rise, so heatsink is adequate. Total output of two emitters is 860lumen.
31 No work.