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.



Friday, December 8, 2023

 Fabricated and installed "V" braces in (H-J) to (F-L).



Thursday, December 7, 2023

 Fabricated fire wall frame, tacked in place with support tubes to station "B".



Wednesday, December 6, 2023

 Fabricated and tacked in place cargo door top and bottom tubes.


 


Tuesday, December 5, 2023

  Fabricated and tacked in place vertical and horizontal fuselage tubes for station B-P.

Monday, December 4, 2023

 Fabricated and tacked in place vertical fuselage tubes for stations E-M and D-N.



Saturday, December 2, 2023

 Fabricated and tacked in place vertical fuselage tubes for station F-L.

Friday, December 1, 2023

 Fabricated and tacked in place vertical fuselage tubes for stations h-j and g-k.



Thursday, November 30, 2023

 Fabricated and tacked in place station "M" cross bracing.


 


Wednesday, November 29, 2023

 Fabricated and tacked in place station "M" on the fuselage.


 

 


Friday, June 30, 2023

 Set tail post and tacked welded in position.



 

Thursday, June 29, 2023

 Built fixture to hold top fuselage frame over bottom.


Tuesday, April 4, 2023

 Finished tack welding cross bracing.

Sunday, April 2, 2023

 Bent bottom fuselage at stations "B","D" & "E".



Friday, March 31, 2023

 Turned top frame over and tack welded the bottom side.



Wednesday, March 29, 2023

 Finished fabricating tubes for fuselage bottom.

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

 Fitted and tacked in place tubes up to station "B".

Sunday, March 26, 2023

 Fabricated and tacked in place top fuselage tubes through station "D".

Saturday, March 25, 2023

 Fitted first two station tubes from rudder.

Friday, March 24, 2023

 Bent bottom fuselage longerons and blocked to table

Friday, March 17, 2023

 Transferred bottom fuselage plans to work table.

Sunday, March 5, 2023

 Added tack welds to the inside corners and tacked back side of top fuselage.

Saturday, March 4, 2023

 Fabricated and tacked in place remaining tubes.

Friday, March 3, 2023

 Fitted tubes N & O and T11 cross braces. 



Wednesday, March 1, 2023

 Fitted rear T7 tubes and tacked in place.



Saturday, February 25, 2023

Thursday, February 23, 2023

Drew layout for top fuselage on work table



Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

 Tacked rudder together. Fabricated 1/4" stiffeners.



Monday, February 20, 2023

Saturday, February 18, 2023

 Bent leading and trialing edge tubes for rudder.



Friday, February 17, 2023

 Crimped leading edge tube and fabricated rudder horn.



Wednesday, February 15, 2023

 Transferred rudder drawing on to build table.



Sunday, February 12, 2023

Completed welding right elevator.  



Saturday, February 11, 2023

Fitted and tacked in place 1/4 inch stiffeners. Fabricated trim tab and hinges.



Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Fabricated ribs for right elevator. Bent tubes for leading and trailing edge.

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Friday, February 3, 2023

 Tacked elevator tubes and ribs together.

Thursday, February 2, 2023

Fabricated trim tab hinge and ribs.



Saturday, January 28, 2023

Friday, January 27, 2023

 Formed trailing edge of elevator. Fitted tubes to leading edge.


 


Wednesday, January 25, 2023

 Trimmed hinges to length drilled lubrication holes.Laid out elevator plans on table.

Monday, January 23, 2023

 Fabricated horizontal stabilizer and rudder hinges. Drilled hinges to stabilizer.

Sunday, January 22, 2023

 Drilled and welded support wire and hinge bushings.



Saturday, January 21, 2023

Thursday, January 19, 2023

 Drilled holes for trim drive. Fitted cross brace. Tack welded both sides of stabilizer.




Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

 Drilled light weighting holes in horizontal stabilizer ribs and straighten.




Saturday, January 14, 2023

 Formed ribs for horizontal stabilizer


 


Friday, January 13, 2023

 Started 2nd stabilizer. Bent leading edge tube to shape and cut to length. Cut trailing edge tube to length.



Thursday, January 12, 2023

 Welded all joints on first horizontal stabilizer.



Wednesday, January 11, 2023

 Cleaned and tack welded elevator.

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

 
Fitted ribs to front and rear tubes. Fabricated trim drive bushings and angled stiffeners.



Friday, January 6, 2023

 Fabricated remaining ribs for first half of stabilizer.



Monday, January 2, 2023

 Fabricated two horizontal stabilizer ribs.



Sunday, January 1, 2023

 Cut horizontal stabilizer rib forms on CNC router.