| __Date___ | Hrs | |
| 01-Jan-98 | Constructed adjustable seat back braces. Lots of deburring. | 8 |
| 03-Jan-98 | Prepped & primed baggage & seat floor parts, & electric flap structure. | 5 |
| 04-Jan-98 | Started riveting seat back adjustment & nutplates for flap structure. | 3 |
| 04-Jan-98 | Sorted bags of rivets, bolts, nuts, washers etc. into drawers. | 2 |
| 05-Jan-98 | New aft fuselage deck arrived from Van’s. Drilled out rivets & removed old deck. Looks like there will be enough movement to take the twist out - once I work out a way of jigging it. | 3 |
| 06-Jan-98 | Jigging turned out to be fairly easy – just a four foot pole as a lever taking the twist out. Made a cardboard template for hole location, then used each side of the old F-614 as a drilling template. Got it all fitted & cleko’d in place. It’s straight! | 4 |
| 07-Jan-98 | Riveted the seat back & a few more nutplates in the seat floor ribs. | 2 |
| 10-Jan-98 | Visited Gerry Thorpe’s project with Sue. Cut the 5” lightening hole in the new aft deck piece on Gerry’s drill press. Bought a jig saw. | |
| 11-Jan-98 | Cut the oblong hole in the aft deck. Deburred & primed it. Riveted it in place. The fuselage looks perfectly straight now. | 5 |
| 17-Jan-98 | Worked on forward seat floors F639 & F640. Cut as necessary to fit. | 2 |
| 18-Jan-98 | Marked & drilled forward seat floor pieces to floor ribs. | 2 |
| 20-Jan-98 | Drilled nutplates to floor ribs. Riveted hinges to seat braces. | 1 |
| 29-Jan-98 | Riveted six hinges to seat floors. Drilled & countersunk nutplates to floor ribs. | 3 |
| 30-Jan-98 | More nutplate work. Made a couple of reinforcing pieces to improve edge distance. | 1 |
| 31-Jan-98 | Primed the nutplates & reinforcing pieces. Started riveting nutplates. | 3 |
| 01-Feb-98 | Finished the forward seat floor nutplates! | 3 |
| 03-Feb-98 | Finished the baggage sidewalls. Moved nutplates from forward sidewalls to floor & added stiffener to floor so that forward sidewalls mount on top of floor. | 3 |
| 07-Feb-98 | Made cutouts in baggage sidewalls for flap mechanism. Drilled forward floors & assembled interior including seat backs & electric flap mechanism. | 2 |
| 08-Feb-98 | Fabricated left armrest & support bracket. Drilled armrest to fuselage skin & dimpled. | 3 |
| 09-Feb-98 | Fabricated right fuselage sill piece. Drilled & dimpled it. Countersunk longeron holes. | 4 |
| 27-Feb-98 | Prepared & primed various floor pieces. Primed inside of flap, rudder pedals, step & main control tubes. | 2 |
| 28-Feb-98 | Fitted control mechanism & cutout floor ribs & bulkhead for full movement. Assembled & fitted elevator bellcrank. | 10 |
| 01-Mar-98 | Fabricated, primed & painted forward elevator pushrod. Further work on control mechanism. | 8 |
| 02-Mar-98 | Drilled additional holes in forward floors & added nutplates to the ribs & bulkhead. | 2 |
| 04-Mar-98 | Made a chipboard stiffener to straighten the center bulkhead under the rear top skin. Pilot drilled the center & forward bulkheads & positioned the skin with cargo straps. | 3 |
| 06-Mar-98 | Started drilling & cleko’ing the top rear skin. | 4 |
| 07-Mar-98 | Finally opened up the wing crate. Rebuilt the empennage jig & mounted left wing. Took off the fuel tank section – had to drill out two of the screws! | 8 |
| 08-Mar-98 | Mounted the rear bulkhead. Finished drilling the top rear fuselage skin. Trimmed the skin to the bulkheads. Assembled the two aileron bellcranks. | 10 |
| 09-Mar-98 | Drilled the aileron mounting brackets to the aileron & trial mounted to the wing. | 3 |
| 10-Mar-98 | Made the two required airfoil templates. Primed inside of short aileron control tubes & fitted rod ends to one end of each. | 3 |
| 11-Mar-98 | Positioned & drilled the aileron brackets to the wing spars. Riveted the rod end fitting to one end of the short aileron pushrod. Drilled the aileron bellcrank to pin it in the neutral position. Drilled the pushrod hole in the rear wing spar & started enlarging it for pushrod clearance. | 4 |
| 12-Mar-98 | Enlarged the pushrod clearance hole for full aileron travel: 25-30 deg up, 12-15 down. | 2 |
| 14-Mar-98 | Checked mounting of HS & VS. Trimmed ¼” off VS front spar to fit. Determined shims necessary for alignment. Installed rod end bearings in rudder & trial mounted on VS. | 6 |
| 15-Mar-98 | Riveted RH cockpit sill. | 2 |
| 15-Mar-98 | Started fabrication of the three-piece flap end reinforcement brackets. | 3 |
| 16-Mar-98 | Finished fabrication of left flap reinforcement bracket. Drilled the pieces to the flap. Cut the 17 lightening holes in the left flap brace. | 3 |
| 17-Mar-98 | Cut the lightening holes in the other flap brace & started fitting the left flap brace. Discovered interference with universal rivet heads in the rear spar – the flush ones are in the wrong position! Also noticed that all the rear spar rivets in the aileron area are universal – no flush areas for the aileron gap fairing. Emailed Van’s. | 2 |
| 19-Mar-98 | Fabricated the pieces for pilot’s brake pedals. Drilled the rudder pedal mounting bushes & placed the rudder pedal assembly in the fuselage. | 4 |
| 20-Mar-98 | Cut the hole in the firewall for the prop governor box. This wasn’t as difficult as expected – the jigsaw did most of the work. | 2 |
| 21-Mar-98 | Finished fitting & drilling of prop governor box. Completed fitting & drilling of rudder & brake pedals, also fitted the rudder pedal brace.. | 5 |
| 22-Mar-98 | Strapped on forward top fuselage skin & drilled it to bulkheads etc. | 8 |
| 23-Mar-98 | Primed & finished rudder & brake pedals, control column parts etc. | 2 |
| 25-Mar-98 | Removed both top fuselage skins & cut the excess from the back of the front skin. Deburred & dimpled the bulkheads. Riveted the most aft bulkhead. Drilled the seat belt anchors to the longerons. | 3 |
| 26-Mar-98 | Drilled out all but two of the interfering universal rivets in the wing rear spar. Drilled clearance holes in the flap brace for the two rivets that I couldn’t reach to redo. Fitted the flap & started drilling the hinge & flap brace to the skin. | 3 |
| 27-Mar-98 | Finished drilling flap brace & hinge to rear wing spar & skin. Deburred, dimpled & countersunk as necessary. Primed brace & hinge. | 4 |
| 28-Mar-98 | Riveted flap brace & hinge to left wing. Trimmed flap leading edge to clear aileron pushrod. Riveted 2nd end of short aileron pushrod. Painted aileron pushrod & mounting brackets. | 7 |
| 29-Mar-98 | Fabricated spacers for elevator & left aileron bellcranks. Torqued & sealed both assemblies. Removed eight steel seat belt anchors & gear mounts. Primed & top coated these & the forward main spar splice plates. | 6 |
| 31-Mar-98 | Fabricated & fitted brackets supporting forward ends of armrests. Replaced & torqued seat belt anchors. Torqued aileron mounts to left aileron. | 3 |
| 03-Apr-98 | Glued washers to aileron mounts & fabricated spacer. Assembled nose wheel & pumped tire to 40 psi. | 2 |
| 04-Apr-98 | Assembled main wheels & inflated to 40 psi. Glued washers to main control pushrod end attach points & aileron bell cranks. | 4 |
| 05-Apr-98 | Drilled engine mount to firewall. Cut & tapped 3 ½” flap pushrods. (Put pier in!) | 2 |
| 11-Apr-98 | Trimmed top fuselage skins & rolled edges. | 3 |
| 12-Apr-98 | Deburred, dimpled & primed top fuselage skins. Fitted rudder cable snap-in grommets & threaded cables. Primed insides of long aileron & elevator pushrods. | 8 |
| 13-Apr-98 | Cut rudder cable exit holes in rear fuselage & fitted Avery rudder cable fairings. | 3 |
| 16-Apr-98 | Fitted Cleaveland static ports. Torqued (60 in lbs.) seatbelt cables to anchors. | 2 |
| 17-Apr-98 | Riveted end fittings to one end of both long aileron pushrods & the rear elevator pushrod. | 2 |
| 18-Apr-98 | Moved left wing to the bench & mounted right wing on jig. Removed fuel tank – had to drill out two screws. | 2 |
| 19-Apr-98 | Drilled out universal rivets from left wing rear spar & replaced with countersunk so that aileron gap sealer will fit. Drilled left wing tip ribs to spars & bottom skin. | 3 |
| 26-Apr-98 | Fitted & drilled outboard wing skin to left wing. Conflicting information about overlap/underlap with inboard skin – waiting for RV-list response. | 5 |
| 27-Apr-98 | Determined that outboard should overlap inboard. Cut overlap relief square from inboard trailing edge. Deburred & dimpled ribs & spars. | 2 |
| 01-May-98 | Fitted, trimmed & drilled aileron gap seal to left wing. (Did oral part of instrument checkride.) | 3 |
| 02-May-98 | Fitted right wing aileron. Mounted bellcrank. Cut short pushrod hole in rear spar. Completed short pushrod. Painted hinge brackets & pushrod. | 8 |
| 03-May-98 | Fitted Warren Gretz pitot tube & mounting to left wing. Worked on right wing flap brace. | 6 |
| 04-May-98 | Drilled flap brace & hinge to right wing bottom skin. | 3 |
| 06-May-98 | Replaced the flap hinge on the right wing since it was not straight. Dimpled the mounting holes for the pitot tube assembly. | 2 |
| 09-May-98 | Deburred, countersunk & primed the flap brace. Dimpled wing skin & riveted brace & hinge to right wing. Primed & riveted pitot tube assembly to left wing. | 4 |
| 10-May-98 | Fitted & drilled outboard wing skin to right wing. | 5 |
| 12-May-98 | Built a wheeled rack to hold both wings. | 2 |
| 16-May-98 | Deburred & dimpled right wing ribs. | 4 |
| 17-May-98 | Fitted & drilled right wing aileron gap fairing. Finished riveting right wing flap brace. | 5 |
| 21-May-98 | Fitted & drilled the three pieces of the flap reinforcement bracket to the right flap. | 2 |
| 23-May-98 | Deburred & dimpled both top wing skins & aileron gap seals. | 6 |
| 24-May-98 | Prepared & primed the wing skins & aileron gap seals. Fabricated, riveted & painted the co-pilot brake assemblies. Riveted the aft top fuselage skin with Tom lying inside bucking - only four rivets need drilling out. | 12.5 |
| 25-May-98 | Final assembly of rudder pedals & brakes. Installed in fuselage. Torqued to 10 in/lbs to avoid over-compressing the plastic bearing blocks. Drilled out & replaced the four bad fuselage skin rivets. Installed the static air tubing between the static ports. Riveted the flap reinforcement bracket & root rib to the right flap. | 8 |
| 27-May-98 | Riveted the armrests to the fuselage. Used high temp RTV to seal the prop governor box & cleko'd it in place. Used bushings & adel clamps to install the tubing along the left wing spar under the fuel tank for the pitot tube. | 3 |
| 30-May-98 | Prepared & painted the engine mount with high temperature paint. Flew to Burlington & ook a short flight in Marty's RV-6A at EAA 18 picnic. | 1 |
| 31-May-98 | Riveted three sides of the prop governor box. Lofted the instrument panel outline & cut to fit. | 4.5 |
| 03-Jun-98 | Started fitting the forward fuselage to skin. Drilled the centre line. | 1 |
| 04-Jun-98 | Further work fitting & drilling the forward top fuselage skin. | 3 |
| 05-Jun-98 | More drilling of the forward top fuselage skin - back-drilling through the bulkheads from inside the fuselage. | 3 |
| 06-Jun-98 | Finished fitting, drilling & trimming the forward top fuselage skin. Set the roll-over bar in place & drilled mounting holes. | 9 |
| 07-Jun-98 | Fabricated & fitted the support structure for the windscreen brace. | 4 |
| 08-Jun-98 | Cut forward skin slot for windscreen brace. Fitted & drilled rollover bar attachment pieces under longerons. Assembled the canopy rollers - needed to shave the wheels for free rolling. | 3 |
| 09-Jun-98 | Fitted the canopy slider tracks. Drilled & countersunk the rear slider track assembly. | 3 |
| 14-Jun-98 | Built elevator trim tab. Riveted trim tab hinge to elevator. Primed & riveted rear canopy track. | 9 |
| 16-Jun-98 | Riveted the windscreen brace support structure. Cleko'd & marked the top fuselage skin for trimming aft of the canopy. | 3 |
| 17-Jun-98 | "Show & tell" time at EAA West Bend meeting. | |
| 18-Jun-98 | Trimmed the top fuselage skin. Started fitting the rear canopy slider. | 3 |
| 20-Jun-98 | Drove to RVation Day, Boone, Iowa. 21+ RV's attended. | |
| 21-Jun-98 | Drilled out side rivets in trim tab & was able to take the twist out, as Ralph Koger suggested. Fitted the rear canopy slider to the frame. "Persuaded" the frame into the correct shape. Fitted the handle/latch mechanism. | 6 |
| 22-Jun-98 | More adjustment on the canopy frame to match the roll bar curve. Hung the engine mount. | 1 |
| 24-Jun-98 | EAA Technical Counselor, Bill Groeneveld, & EAA 1158 president, Howard Kaney, visited to inspect the project. | 1 |
| 27-Jun-98 | Fabricated & fitted brackets for the instrument panel. | 2 |
| 28-Jun-98 | Cut windscreen slots in sides of forward top fuselage skins. Placed canopy plexiglass on frame & made first cut across the front. | 4 |
| 01-Jul-98 | Plexiglass cutting & fitting. | 2 |
| 02-Jul-98 | Sue called FAA & reserved N-86CG, then sent letter & $10 fee. | |
| 02-Jul-98 | More plexiglass cutting & fitting. Drilled the canopy latch hole. | 4 |
| 03-Jul-98 | More plexiglass trimming. Cut the windscreen away from the slider. Drilled the windscreen to the rollover bar. | 7 |
| 04-Jul-98 | More plexiglass trimming. Drilled the plexiglass to the front canopy bow. | 6 |
| 05-Jul-98 | More plexiglass trimming. Drilled the plexiglass to & trim strip to the centre canopy tube. | 5 |
| 06-Jul-98 | More plexiglass trimming. Finally got the latch to close. | 2.5 |
| 07-Jul-98 | Added the top latch handle. Adjusted front canopy bow height. Drilled the rear track to the fuselage skin. | 2 |
| 11-Jul-98 | Cleared up workshop. Gerry & Sandy Thorpe visited to discuss project. | 4 |
| 12-Jul-98 | Fabricated & fitted rear canopy hold down blocks. Drilled front canopy legs to the roller assemblies. Drilled & tapped the canopy latch handle. | 6 |
| 18-Jul-98 | Fitted left side skirts to canopy. | 6 |
| 19-Jul-98 | Fitted right side skirts to canopy. Trimmed another 1/2" of plexi from rear of canopy. | 6 |
| 20-Jul-98 | Trimmed the side skirts flush with the longerons. | 1 |
| 25-Jul-98 | Drilled the turtle deck curved stiffeners to the skin. Dimpled skin & stiffeners. Drilled the HS to fuselage. Formed & riveted the elevator leading edges. Mounted the elevators on the HS. Mailed $10 to Gary VanRemortel for canopy slider cap. | 11 |
| 26-Jul-98 | Finished mounting HS & elevators. Drilled the elevator horns for bearing & control rod. Need a 7/8" thick spacer to tie the horns together. Trimmed aft elevator pushrod to size. Riveted 2nd end onto pushrod. Riveted turtle deck skin to fuselage. Primed & riveted curved stiffeners to skin. | 14 |
| 27-Jul-98 | Started mounting the VS. Drilled F-681 splice plate to HS forward spar - it needs a .125 spacer to the VS forward spar. Drilled bottom of VS rear spar to bulkhead. Need .063 & .125 spacers left & right at top. Maybe .040 required at RHS bottom. | 3 |
| 28-Jul-98 | Drilled & final screwed rear canopy slider to turtle deck. | 1 |
| 29-Jul-98 | Visited EAA AirVenture 98. Bought lighting set from Cleaveland. Van thought engine/prop lead time was 3-4 months. DJ said upholstery lead time was 3 months. Leather substitute colour nu-antelope looks favourite. | |
| 06-Aug-98 | Further work mounting the empennage. Fabricated & drilled the angle mounting for the VS. Final drilled various empennage mounting holes with #12 & D drill bits. | 2 |
| 07-Aug-98 | Assembed the Aeroflash lighting units. Initial testing showed everything working. | 1 |
| 08-Aug-98 | Trimmed the aft end of the fuselage so that it matches the VS skin line. Mounted the aft tie down ring. Checked the 35 deg L & R rudder deflection. | 4 |
| 09-Aug-98 | Trimmed & final fitted elevator lead counterweights. Fitted elevator trim servo & pushrod to trim tab. Got about 25 deg down & 20 deg up travel. Painted small empennage mounting pieces & large elevator pushrod. | 8 |
| 10-Aug-98 | Riveted & bolted angle pieces for VS mounting at aft end of fuselage. Primed canopy track adjustment threaded rod that seems to be rusty on a lot of RV's. | 2 |
| 11-Aug-98 | More canopy work. Trimmed another 1/4" from back of canopy plexiglass so that aft canopy skirts lie flat. Drilled lower aluminum strip underneath canopy centre line. Drilled the extra holes for 2" spacing at the front canopy bow. | 3 |
| 12-Aug-98 | Sanded a bevel on the aft of the canopy plexiglass. Drilled & cleko'd the aft canopy skirts. | 4 |
| 13-Aug-98 | Trimmed rear canopy skirts. Drilled out rear & side canopy skirts to 1/8". Ground sides of aft end of rear canopy locking pins so that side skirts are vertical. | 2 |
| 14-Aug-98 | Removed plexiglass from canopy frame. Started drilling out the canopy frame holes to 1/8". Started drilling plexiglass holes to 1/8" & smoothing plexi edges. | 1.5 |
| 15-Aug-98 | Decided to drill plexi to 5/32". Modified an old drill bit. Drilled all the plexi holes to 5/32" & smoothed all edges. Finished drilling canopy frame to 1/8". | 2.5 |
| 16-Aug-98 | Final trim of turtle deck skin. Further adjustment & fitting of canopy, | 3 |
| 17-Aug-98 | Adjusted position of rear canopy pin retainers. Some additional trimming of side skirts. Drilled bottom row of holes through each canopy side skirt. | 3.5 |
| 18-Aug-98 | John Schippers, from Hartford, visited. He's probably about to order a 6A-QB. Trimmed rear canopy skirts & fitted the rear track cap. | 2 |
| 19-Aug-98 | Trimming & adjustment to improve canopy sideskirt fit. Final drilled the canopy side tracks. Took the plexiglass off the frame for the last time - I hope! | 3.5 |
| 20-Aug-98 | Deburred & dimpled/countersunk side & rear canopy skirts, & top canopy strips. Need to order a #6 dimple die set. Started countersinking the plexiglass.. | 4 |
| 21-Aug-98 | Fabricated lift tabs for rear sides of canopy. | 1 |
| 22-Aug-98 | Fitted the lift tabs through slots cut in the side skirts. Painted the canopy frame & the top aluminum strips. Finished countersinking the holes in the plexiglass. Final drilled & primed the canopy track components. | 6 |
| 23-Aug-98 | Final canopy assembly. - actually I had to take it apart again to bend the frame one last time! Used nylon washers to shim front canopy bow. Shims were 0,1,2,3,4,5,6 units of 1/32". | 8 |
| 24-Aug-98 | Dimpled #6 the top row of holes in the outer side skirts. Primed side & rear skirts. Riveted the side skirt pieces together. Riveted the rear skirts to the side skirts. Applied sealant under the fore-aft top canopy strip & cleko'd it back down | 3 |
| 25-Aug-98 | Put sealant under rear skirts & cleko'd. Riveted top strip & side skirts to canopy frame. Installed #6 screws into plastic strips along the sides. | 2 |
| 26-Aug-98 | Riveted rear skirts & track cover. | 1 |
| 27-Aug-98 | Started riveting the front canopy bow, using #6 CS washers. Fitted the canopy lock. | 4 |
| 28-Aug-98 | Worked on the windscreen attachment | 3 |
| 29-Aug-98 | Torqued the left aileron bell crank bolt to 55 in/lbs. Riveted most of the left wing skin. | 12 |
| 30-Aug-98 | Finished riveting the left wing skin, tip ribs & tip aileron bracket. Further testing of Aeroflash strobes. | 8 |
| 31-Aug-98 | Pop riveted the aileron gap seal to left wing. Drilled main spar for nutplates for the stobe p/s. | 2 |
| 02-Sep-98 | Riveted the nutplates & screwed the strobe p/s to left wing spar. | 2.5 |
| 04-Sep-98 | Trimmed & bevelled the right wing skins. | 1 |
| 04-Sep-98 | Fabricated the structure for mounting a Navaid autopilot servo in the right wing. | 4 |
| 05-Sep-98 | Primed & mounted the angles for the Navaid servo structure - torqued to 25 in/lbs. | 1 |
| 05-Sep-98 | Cut & drilled .125 spacer to VS fwd spar. Fabricated rudder control stops & drilled to fuselage. Connected tempory links between rudder pedals & cables. Made a spacer block between the elevator horns. Made one of the elevator control stops. | 10 |
| 06-Sep-98 | Completed elevator stops & riveted those & the rudder stops. Elevator up/down 27/22 deg (range 25/20 - 30/25). Rudder left/right 31/31 (range 30-35). Primed & riveted VS fwd spar attach plates. Secured the plastic tube aft rudder cable guides with tie-wraps & goop. | 5 |
| 07-Sep-98 | Mounted the strobe p/s in the right wing. Torqued the right aileron bell crank bolt to 55 in/lbs. Prepared right wing for riveting the final skin. Adjusted aft elevator pushrod rod-ends - the rod-ends have 1 1/8" of thread. Set control stick 1 deg fwd at neutral (range 0-5). Trimmed flange for full forward stick motion to elevator control stop. Put final rivets in elevator & rudder tips. | 6 |
| 08-Sep-98 | Started riveting the skin on the right wing. | 3 |
| 09-Sep-98 | Worked on the fibreglass empenage tips. | 2 |
| 10-Sep-98 | More fibreglass tip work. Painted roll-over bar. | 1.5 |
| 12-Sep-98 | Finished rudder top & right elevator tips. Drilled windscreen holes to 5/32" & countersunk them. Tapped the roll-over bar for #6 screws - broke the tap in the second to last hole, but fortunately had another. | 4 |
| 13-Sep-98 | More fibreglass tip work. Painted roll-over bar. | 4 |
| 14-Sep-98 | More fibreglass tip work. | 1 |
| 15-Sep-98 | Riveted nut-plates to the VS top - using #4 nut-plates & soft rivets from the Cleaveland wing tip attach kit. Riveted most of the right wing skin. Moved the right wing from the jig to the wheeled rack. | 6.5 |
| 20-Sep-98 | Cut the rudder bottom fairing to fit around the control horn. | 2 |
| 23-Sep-98 | Fitted & drilled the rudder bottom fairing. Added the nose piece with an aluminum support strip. | 2 |
| 24-Sep-98 | Glued & started riveting the rudder bottom fairing. Drilled a 3/16" drain hole at the lowest point | 1 |
| 25-Sep-98 | Finished riveting the rudder bottom fairing. | 0.5 |
| 26-Sep-98 | Discovered that the rudder rod end bearings were incorrectly set. The lower bearing needed to be moved out 1/4" per the plans. The rudder stops must either be replaced, or have UHMW caps 1/4" thick. The fuselage was trimmed slightly to avoid interference with the rudder bottom fairing. | 2 |
| 27-Sep-98 | Initial fitting of empennage fairing. Drilled & cleko'd it to the stabilizers. | 3 |
| 29-Sep-98 | Further fitting of empennage fairing with heat gun. More mounting holes drilled & cleko'd | 1.5 |
| 30-Sep-98 | Fabricated new rudder control stops, 1/4" longer. | 2 |
| 01-Oct-98 | Fabricated a 5th (fifth!!) rudder control stop. Installed nutplates at the base of the VS for the empennage fairing. | 3 |
| 03-Oct-98 | Installed nutplates on HS for the empennage fairing. Rebuilt the elevator trim servo mounting plate so that rivets & screws are flush. Used the extra rudder cable fairing for the servo pushrod. | 6 |
| 04-Oct-98 | Finished riveting nutplates & some other miscellaneous rivets. More work fitting the empennage fairing. Cut & trimmed the lower empennage fairings. Wired the trim tab servo. | 7 |
| 07-Oct-98 | Dimpled the lower empennage fairing for #6 screws. Counter sunk & tapped the longeron mounting points. | 1.5 |
| 10-Oct-98 | Mounted nutplates on the instrument panel attach angles, & riveted the angles to the side decks. | 1 |
| 17-Oct-98 | Riveted the curved angle pieces to the instrument panel. Mounted nutplates for instrument panel attach. Started fabrication of the ventilation eye-ball mounts using the spar material from the practice kit. | 9 |
| 18-Oct-98 | Further work on the instrument sub-panel & ventilation mounts. Decided that throttle/mixture/prop controls should be on 2 7/8" centres. Installed 17 nutplates for sub-panel & ventilation. | 10 |
| 22-Oct-98 | Riveted eight nutplates to top angle of instrument panel. Dimpled corresponding holes in top skin for #6 screws. | 1.5 |
| 23-Oct-98 | Fitted the Conxall connector for the trim servo. 1=white, 2=white, 3=orange, 4=blue, 5=green. | 1.5 |
| 24-Oct-98 | Worked on fitting wing tip to left wing using the #4 screws & nutplates from Cleaveland. Used .025 reinforcing strips. | 5 |
| 25-Oct-98 | Completed riveting 37 nutplates on left wing tip. Started work on right wing tip. | 7 |
| 26-Oct-98 | Finished right wing tip nutplates. Still need to trim for aileron clearance & add tip ribs. | 1 |
| 26-Oct-98 | Assembled & installed the Stewart-Warner fuel level senders. Used fuel lube on both sides of the cork & the rubber gaskets. Had to reverse the floats to avoid contact with stiffeners. | 3 |
| 31-Oct-98 | Added tip ribs to wing tips aligning with ailerons. Set up fuel tank tests with balloons. (Balloons still inflated 14th Nov! Didn't even need to seal the fuel filler caps.) | 7 |
| 02-Nov-98 | Primed & riveted tip ribs to wing tips. | 0.5 |
| 03-Nov-98 | Made the aileron control stops from 3/16" aluminum. Drilled the left aileron stop to the bracket. Up travel is 28 deg (25/32 min/max). | 1 |
| 04-Nov-98 | Set up left wing flap, checking alignment with aileron & wing tip. | 1 |
| 14-Nov-98 | Added shims to the lower side of the right wing tip rib so that it matches the aileron profile. Drilled new mounting brackets for the right aileron to move it up 1/16" to match the flap & wing tip profiles. Drilled the right aileron stop to the bracket giving 28 deg up travel. Primed & riveted aileron stops. | 8 |
| 15-Nov-98 | Further work fitting ailerons. Needed to use flush rivets on right aileron stop to avoid interference. Made spacers & packed mounting h/w in bags. | 3 |
| 16-Nov-98 | Made the spacers for the aileron to control rod assembly. | 0.5 |
| 22-Nov-98 | Flew to Ohio to visit Ed Low who has an O-360 A1F for sale. Looked great! This might be my engine. | |
| 25-Nov-98 | Fitted the right step - need to order one for the other side. Cut the hole for the right Naca ventilator. | 7 |
| 26-Nov-98 | Cut hole for left Naca vent. Dimpled the skin for soft aluminum pop rivets. Glued & cleko'd both vents using RTV. | 3 |
| 27-Nov-98 | Built the manual aileron trim assembly. | 4 |
| 29-Nov-98 | Worked on the fuel selector support structure. | 4 |
| 30-Nov-98 | Cut hole in left wing leading edge for Duckworks landing light. Rivetted three nutplates to each of the two ribs. | 3 |
| 01-Dec-98 | Finished fabricating & drilling the left wing landing light assembly. Primed the pieces. | 3 |
| 02-Dec-98 | Completed the left wing landing light assembly. | 1 |
| 10-Dec-98 | Watched & indexed Orndorff Systems 1 video tape. | 2 |
| 12-Dec-98 | Fitted left step. | 4 |
| 13-Dec-98 | Further work on aileron trim control. Mounted brake reservoir & began making & fitting brake hoses. | 6 |
| 19-Dec-98 | Completed hooking up all the flexible brake hoses. | 5 |
| 20-Dec-98 | Riveted right wing top skin, end ribs & outboard aileron bracket. Dimpled both wings for #4 screws for wing tip attachment. | 6 |
| 24-Dec-98 | Finished riveting the right wing skin & end rib. Pop riveted the aileron gap fairing to the right wing. | 4 |
| 25-Dec-98 | Did most of the work on the Duckworks landing light for the right wing. | 4 |
| 26-Dec-98 | Finished the right landing light. Patched the hole in the left wing where Van's original pitot tube goes. | 4 |
| 26-Dec-98 | Started work on the RST audio panel kit. Soldered all the diodes & resistors. | 4 |
| 27-Dec-98 | Finished soldering the audio panel components. Started adding the wiring. Mounted the display board & wired to main pcb. | 6 |
| 28-Dec-98 | Soldered all the switches on the audio panel. Need to grind the sides of the serrated washers as well as the tab washers. | 6 |
| 30-Dec-98 | Finished the audio panel construction & tested it - it works! | 6 |
| 31-Dec-98 | Scuffed fuselage interior areas to be painted. Masked off the rest of the fuselage. | 5 |