Tuesday, December 17, 2024

 Fabricated and tacked in place front landing legs.

Monday, December 16, 2024

 Fabricated landing gear leg fittings and pivot bushings.


Thursday, December 12, 2024

 Moved and fixtured fuselage on work bench to prepare for landing gear fabrication.

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Monday, December 9, 2024


 Finished welding fittings for gear legs. Fabricated center strut mounts.

Sunday, December 8, 2024

 Welded fittings for landing gear legs.

Friday, December 6, 2024

 Welded landing gear clusters.



Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Tacked landing gear brackets in place on fuselage.



Sunday, December 1, 2024

 Continued fabricating landing gear brackets.



Saturday, November 30, 2024

 Fabricated brackets for landing gear.

Monday, January 22, 2024

Started  welding fuselage clusters. Finished on 2-23.






Sunday, January 21, 2024

Welded tail post and tail wheel receiver.

Saturday, January 20, 2024


 

Removed fuselage from table and placed it on rotisserie.

Friday, January 19, 2024

 Fabricated and installed tubes supporting firewall.

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

  Fabricated and installed left side tubes above front door opening.

Monday, January 1, 2024

 Fabricated and installed left side tubes above front door opening.

Friday, December 29, 2023


 

Welded additional tacks on all vertical fuselage tubes. Removed wooden support structure.

Thursday, December 28, 2023

 Fabricated engine fire wall mount tubes, tacked in place . Installed fire wall cross tubes.

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

 Tacked in place tubes from B to Q.

Tuesday, December 26, 2023


 

Fitted and tacked in place cross tubes below doors.

Sunday, December 24, 2023

 Fitted and tacked in place cross bracing above and below cargo door.



Saturday, December 23, 2023

 Tacked in place cross tubes at stations N,M &L.




Sunday, December 17, 2023

 Fabricated and tacked in place station S.



Friday, December 15, 2023

 Fabricated and tacked into fuselage lower door frames.



Monday, December 11, 2023

 Fabricated and tacked in place remaining cross braces in rear of fuselage.