Drilled rudder hinges and installed. Fabricated top tail fin rib.

 Installed rudder hinge bushings.

 Finished struts by drilling and taping oil fill holes.

 Fabricated and welded cuff's on both struts.

 Fabricated and welded strut attachment fittings on both legs.

 

 Welded shock caps and strut tubes.

 Fabricated strut caps and shafts.

 

 Turned strut piston on lathe.

 Welded top channel and axle on landing gear.

 Fabricated u-channel for top of landing gear legs.

 Fabricated and welded straps around landing gear top bushings.

Welded top of landing gear legs.

 Cut snap ring groves in landing gear strut shock.

 Turned strut cylinder to size.

 

 Fabricated and tacked in place front landing legs.

 Fabricated landing gear leg fittings and pivot bushings.

 

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

 Welded strut mounts in place.

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

 Welded fittings for landing gear legs.

 Welded landing gear clusters.

Tacked landing gear brackets in place on fuselage.

 Continued fabricating landing gear brackets.

 Fabricated brackets for landing gear.

Started  welding fuselage clusters. Finished on 2-23.