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Saturday, March 26, 2011
Filing! And I don't mean my taxes!
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When you build a fiberglass airplane you do a lot of sanding, with metal airplanes, you file! I used the paper patterns to cut my side panels out. Now I'm just filing them down to final size.
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2012
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February
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Get Smart use to say: "Missed it by that much."
Still working, but no pictures
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2011
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December
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Forward skins and cockpit work.
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November
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I have a new set of wheels!
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October
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Attached forward bottom skin.
Began landing gear installation.
Installing forward bottom skin.
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September
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Misc. work effort
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August
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Look Ma, no work table!
Pulled rivets on fuselage side skins.
Control cables & fuselage skin.
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July
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Working on controls.
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April
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Preparing to install left side fuselage skin.
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March
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Filing! And I don't mean my taxes!
Now making side skin patterns.
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February
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Bottom skin attachment continues
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2010
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December
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Work continues on skinning the fuselage belly.
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November
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Sealing My Fuel Tank - Part 2
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October
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Sealing My Fuel Tank - Part 1
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September
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Continued to construct fuel tank
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August
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Finally back to work - Fixing mistakes on my belly...
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June
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Bending up the fuel tank "box"
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May
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Fuel Tank Construction Begins
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March
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Finished work on rudder pedals and brakes
More work on my rudder pedals
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February
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Reinforcing my hanging rudder pedals
That took longer than I thought it would!
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January
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Continued work on forward access panels
Creating an access hole
Forward Side Panels
Just trying to keep moving forward.
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2009
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December
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Attached Flange on the back of the Firewall
Finishing Touches on Top Skin
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November
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Fitting the rear fuselage top skin. - Part2
Fitting the rear fuselage top skin.
Installing F8 & F9 Bulkheads
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October
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Too much football
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September
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Get that seat back height correct!
Tool for bending forward upper longeron.
Mounted F12 to Stringers
Stringer splice to go beyond 8 foot stock length.
Click on photos to enlarge. Because C3 thru C6 ...
Seat Pan Mistake & Correction
Here is the reworked wing tip.
Click on photo to enlargeAs you can see from this ...
Trying to get the wing tip skin to mate well with...
Next came the center wing tip rib. I had to resha...
Wing tips were a problem
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