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 Fuselage (part 2)
 
4/10/2006 Cut angles for rear deck 1.0 4/11/2006 Cut more angles. Broke band saw blade. 1.0
4/12/2006 Disassembled jig. More fabrication of parts from angles 3.0 4/14/2006 Drilled parts for rear fuselage deck 1.0
4/15/2006 Builder motivation day 0.0 4/17/2006 Prep'ed and primed rear fuselage parts and insides of cockpit skins 1.5
4/18/2006 Riveted rear deck 1.0 4/22/2006 Inspected fuselage. Replaced bad rivets. 1.0
4/23/2006 Fabricated F-805 angles and spacers. Prep'ed and primed front floor panel and foot wells 3.5 4/29/2006 Riveted together right foot well and seat back hinge 2.5
4/30/2006 Riveted left foot well and front floor. Prep'ed and primed rear floor panels 2.5 5/2/2006 Installed and drilled floor panel into place 2.0
5/3/2006 Removed floor panels and started deburring 0.5 5/4/2006 Installed nutplates for forward floor. 1.5
5/6/2006 Finished with floors (for  now) 0.5 5/7/2006 Installed flap blocks. 4.0
5/9/2006 Finished with flap actuator rod and started with control rod. 2.5 5/10/2006 Finished with control rod. Started with rear side panels 3.0
5/13/2006 Drilled nut plate holes for aft cabin cover nut plates. Started on battery holder. 2.5 5/14/2006 Primed battery holder and other parts 1.0
5/15/2006 Assembled battery holder 1.5 5/16/2006 Drilled holes for aft cabin cover nut plates. 2.0
5/17/2006 Installed nut plates for aft floor and flap blocks. Drilled arm rests. 2.0 5/20/2006 Drilled and started riveting arm rests. Primed parts. 3.5
5/21/2006 Installed aileron trim 4.0 5/23/2006 Riveted F-805, F-806 ribs and arm rests. 3.0
5/24/2006 Mounted flap motor 2.0 5/26/2006 Cut rear instrument access doors in rear bulkhead of front baggage compartment 2.0
5/28/2006 Installed instrument panel access doors. Primed parts 6.0 5/29/2006 Drilled forward baggage compartment 2.0
5/30/2006 Installed nut plates for fwd baggage compartment 2.5 6/2/2006 Removed bad right landing gear box angle 1.5
6/3/2006 Continued replacement of bad gear box angles 3.0 6/5/2006 Prepared parts for priming 1.0
6/7/2006 Fabricated mid-cabin console parts. 2.0 6/8/2006 Primed parts and fwd inside fuselage 1.5
6/9/2006 Riveted replacement landing gear box angles 1.0 6/10/2006 Drilled and mounted mid-cabin consoles 3.0
6/11/2006 Made holes for wires/cables in landing gear boxes. Installed elevator bellcrank mounts. 3.0 6/12/2006 Started drilling aft baggage compartment 1.0
6/13/2006 Continued work on aft baggage compartment 1.5 6/15/2006 Finished drilling and installing nut plates for the rear baggage compartment 2.5
6/16/2006 Finished rear baggage compartment. Started drilling landing gear weldments. 1.5 6/17/2006 Finished landing gear weldments. Started on mid cabin braces and covers 2.0
6/19/2006 Worked on fwd seat ramp 1.0 6/21/2006 Worked on mid-cabin covers 3.5
6/23/2006 More work on mid-cabin covers 2.0 6/24/2006 Installed fuel valve and finished mid cabin covers. 4.5
6/25/2006 Started on rudder pedals. 4.0 6/27/2006 Finished with rudder pedals (for now). Leveled fuselage and horizontal stab 2.5
6/28/2006 Started drilling horizontal stab to fuselage 2.5 6/29/2006 Finished drilling horizontal stab to fuselage. Started drilled vertical stab 3.0
6/30/2006 Finished aligning and drilling vertical stab. 3.5 7/1/2006 Built an engine/fuselage hoist. 2.0
7/3/2006 Made rear elevator pushrod and bell-crank. Set max elevator travel. Misc tasks. 4.0 7/4/2006 Drilled elevator control horns. Attached rear pushrod. Set elevator max travel. 4.5
7/5/2006 Made middle elevator pushrod. Assembled control columns. 3.0 7/6/2006 Adjusted pushrods, rudder cables and rudder stops. 4.0
7/7/2006 Assembled rudder pedals. Remade rudder stops 3.0 7/9/2006 Removed empennage. Attached brake fluid reservoir. Started drilling top back skin 3.0
7/10/2006 Finished drilled rear top skin. Drilled upper seat belt anchors and canopy rail gusset. 4.0 7/12/2006 Dimpled upper rear skin. Rolled fuselage 180deg. 3.5
7/13/2006 Started drilling main gear legs 2.0 7/15/2006 Finished drilling main gear legs. Dimpled, prep'ed and primed fwd bottom skins 6.5
7/16/2006 Countersunk attach points for front bottom skins 0.5 7/17/2006 Started riveting front bottom skins 1.5
7/18/2006 Continued w/ front bottom skins 2.5 7/19/2006 More riveting of bottom skins. 1.0
7/20/2006 Finished riveting sides of F-850 2.0 7/22/2006 Fabricated parts for cooling air ramp 1.5
7/23/2006 Installed fwd fuselage parts 5.0 7/24/2006 Riveted F-802K to F-822 floor panel 1.5
7/25/2006 ProSealed and riveted F-851 insides to sub-floor. 2.0 7/26/2006 Finished riveting F-851 and F867 to sub-floor. Installed nut plates. ProSealed a lot. 4.0
7/27/2006 Riveted front cooling ramp and flipped fuselage upright 3.0 7/28/2006 Installed landing gear box screws 3.5
7/29/2006 Installed remaining landing gear box rivets. Installed wear plates. 2.5 8/3/2006 Primed rudder pedal components. Started on baggage compartment strips 1.5
8/4/2006 Applied non-skid to rudder pedals 1.5 8/6/2006 Started on forward top skin and instrument panel 3.5
8/7/2006 Drilled fwd top skin to firewall. Made seat back attach plates. 2.0 8/8/2006 Drilled seat back attach plates to fuselage 1.5
8/9/2006 Primed parts. Made attach ring for NACA vent. 2.0 8/10/2006 Misc. riveting. Attached vent to fuselage skin. 4.0
8/11/2006 Started drilling side rails 1.5 8/13/2006 Finished drilling side rails. Fabricated related parts. 6.0
8/14/2006 Primed and started attaching side rails and seat back weldment 4.5 8/15/2006 Finished with side rails and seat back weldment. Installed front roll bar 1.5
8/16/2006 Started on front seat 1.5 8/17/2006 Prepared for EAA Tech Counselor Inspection 2.0
8/18/2006 Tech Counselor Inspection 3.0 8/20/2006 Installed second vent. Started painting interior. 6.5
8/21/2006 Continued painting interior 2.0 8/23/2006 Finished rear seat. Prep'ed, primed and riveted front and rear seats. Finish kit arrived. 6.0
8/24/2006 Reworked hinge on back seat. Fitted fiberglass top. Fixed warp in front seat. 3.0 8/25/2006 Installed brake hoses and fittings. 1.0
8/26/2006 Installed landing gear and brake lines. 5.0 8/27/2006 Installed wheels (temporarily) 5.0
8/28/2006 Installed left wing. 3.0 8/29/2006 Installed right wing 1.0
8/30/2006 Aligned and drilled aft spars.Installed 4.0 8/31/2006 Drilled holes for overlap of bottom fuselage skin and wings. Make front tank attach brackets. 3.5
9/1/2006 Drilled and fit left front spar attach angle. Installed left vent. 2.5 9/2/2006 Drilled and fit right front spar attach angle. 1.5
9/3/2006 Made and installed a new fuel valve bracket. Installed left fuel tank tubing and switches. 4.0 9/4/2006 Installed right fuel tubing, rigged ailerons and worked on fitting left flap. 4.5
9/5/2006 Trimmed top inside skins of flaps to match fuselage contour. 3.5 9/6/2006 Installed left flap actuator rod 3.0
9/7/2006 Installed right flap actuator rod 2.5 9/8/2006   3.0
9/9/2006 Drilled right flap fairing 5.0 9/10/2006 Trimmed left flap bottom skin. Finished left flap fairing. Started on right fairing. 4.0
9/12/2006 Primed skins in area behind flap fairings. 2.0 9/13/2006 Riveted flap fairings 2.0
9/14/2006 Attached left wing tip and position light lens 3.5 9/15/2006 Drilled, countersunk, etc., holes in left wing tip 3.0
9/16/2006 Finished left wing tip, started on right one 2.5 9/17/2006 Finished right wing tip 4.5
9/18/2006 Removed wings 2.0 9/19/2006 Built scaffold for inside fuselage work 1.5
9/20/2006 Reworked brake lines 2.0 9/21/2006 Installed fuel vent line in left landing gear box 1.5
9/22/2006 Installed fuel vent line for right landing gear box 1.0 9/23/2006 Installed pitot lines and wing tip lights 5.0
9/24/2006 Prep'ed and primed wing tips. Installed vent line coupler in baggage box 5.5 9/25/2006 Primed wing tips. Installed trim indicators. 3.5
9/26/2006 Painted wing tips. Primed flaps 2.5 9/27/2006 Painted flaps. Prep'ed and primed ailerons. 3.0
9/28/2006 Painted ailerons. Made strobe attach bracket 4.5 9/30/2006 Located spot for remote compass. Fabricated ELT mount 3.5
10/5/2006 Installed static ports 2.0 10/6/2006 Routed static port lines 1.0
10/7/2006 F-811 spaces, nut plates for aft fuselage inspection covers 3.5 10/14/2006 Riveted top skin 4.0
10/15/2006 Wiring and fuel pump brackets 3.5 10/16/2006 Bent tubing for fuel pump assembly 3.0
10/17/2003 Finished attaching fuel pump and lines. 4.0 10/18/2006 Made new instrument panel sides to replace the ones I botched earlier. 4.0
10/19/2006 Riveted panel frame and painted it. 3.0 10/26/2006 Engine mount. 2.0
11/22/2006 Started installing front top skin. Worked on upholstery. 5.0 11/24/2006 Riveted front top skin. 3.5
11/25/2006 Finished front top skin. Started on baggage door. 2.0 11/26/2006 Baggage door, center section and paint saw horses. 3.0
12/2/2006 Primed baggage door parts. Riveted hinge and bracket to fuselage. Drilled ribs for baggage door. 3.0 12/4/2006 Drilled baggage inner door. Installed lock. 3.0
12/8/2006 Installed locking mechanism and one lock pin. 1.5 12/9/2006 Installed inner skin 3.0
12/10/2006 Installed latching blocks in fuselage. 3.0 12/21/2006 Installed gas strut for baggage door. 2.0
           

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