Tonight I assembled my stick assembly and installed the bearings and the stick. I also cut and clecoed the sound deadening angle to the firewall and clecoed the channel to the f3 bulkhead.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Control stick assembly 2 hours
The last two nights I have worked on the stick assembly. I had my parts welded at work and took them to a buddy with a milling machine. We drilled out the two 5/8 holes then milled out the area between them. Then we drilled the 3/16 hole that serves as the pivot point. My bushing came in today so we drilled the horizontal part of the stick assembly to 19/64(1/64 under the size of the bushing). We pressed the bushing into the hole then reamed the ID to 3/16 and filed the bushing down to the pipe. Very happy with how all of this turned out! Thanks Greg!
Sunday, November 25, 2012
F2 bulkhead, floor supports, misc 5 hours
Today I made the 3/4"angles that attach to the aft side of the firewall. I also made the f2 bulkhead and mounted it. I made and attached the two strips on the top of f1 and f2 that are used for fastening the fuel tank cover. I made the floor supports as well. I will take them to work tomorrow and bend them on a break
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Stick/misc. 6 hrs
Today i worked on my stick and other misc items. I also cut and clecoed the left skin between f3 and f5.
Friday, November 23, 2012
Forming bulkheads 5 hours
Today I remade the tail wheel attachment bracket that attaches to F12 for the third time. Got it right this time. I also formed all of the remaining bulkheads Now I am ready to start building the rear fuselage.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
F9, F10, and F11 bulkheads. 3 hours
The past two nights I've cut, drilled, filed, and deburred these bulkheads.
188 hours total
188 hours total
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Bulkheads. 2 hours
Today I worked on f8 and f9 bulkheads. I cut both bulkheads out and drilled ,notched, and deburred f8. Time consuming! I think I'll make all bulkheads before moving any further with fuselage construction
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