Mon 7 |
14
|
Trimmed spar cutout in fuselage to get spar to sit properly. Mounted canard as reference. Lots of test fitting and measuring to get perfect. |
3 |
Tue 8 |
14
|
Sanded all mating surfaces on spar and fuselage. Prepard area for EM-2. |
2 |
Wed 9 |
14
|
Made both EM-2 hard points. |
2 |
Fri 11 |
18
|
Working on filler around windows on inside of turtleback. |
2 |
Sat 12 |
18
|
Finished prep work to reinstall window cut out skins inside turtleback. |
3 |
Sun 13 |
18
|
Installed foam filler and glassed and taped the removed glass on the two pilot side windows. |
2 |
Sun 13 |
14
|
Floxed in the two EM-2 hard points and added one ply BID. Floxed the spar to the fuselage. |
2 |
Mon 14 |
18
|
Finished prep and installed removed glass around passenger side windows. |
2 |
Tue 15 |
14
|
Cutting tapes for spar. |
2 |
Thu 17 |
8
|
Opened seatbelt mounting holes in shoulder support |
1 |
Thu 17 |
14
|
Finished cutting BID and peel ply for spar tapes. Sanded tape areas. |
2 |
Fri 18 |
14
|
Added glass to fuselage sides around spar cutout. Added tapes to top of spar - inboard and outboard. Added tapes to front of spar - outboard. Added tapes to bottom of spar - outboard. |
5 |
Sat 19 |
14
|
Added tapes along lower firewall and spar. Added tapes to front of spar along fuselage side and landing gear bulkhead. |
3 |
Sun 20 |
14
|
Finished the main taping of the spar. |
1 |
Sun 20 |
18
|
Trimmed upper firewall. Fit it to fuselage and spar. Floxed it into place on the upper longerons. |
3 |
Mon 21 |
18
|
Fitting turtleback to fuselage and firewall. Had some interference at the shoulder support with TB-1 and with aft hinge on the flange. Taped inside of all the windows. |
3 |
Tue 22 |
18
|
Finished test fitting turtleback. Sanded aft end straight to fit firewall. Floxed turtleback into place on fuselage. Triple checked the position. Made BL-0 template. Traced other four canopy templates. Cut tapes for turtleback and firewall. |
4 |
Thu 24 |
18
|
Trimmed turtleback flange. Taped outside of turtleback along firewall and longerons. |
3 |
Fri 25 |
18
|
Began trimming canopy to fit. Cut corners to fix turtleback. Cut notches for IP. Trying to figure out correct height in front. |
3 |
Sat 26 |
18
|
After a lot of mental gymnastics I trimmed the canopy such that it appears correct. It has been rough cut to leave 1/4" above the turtleback. The outside has been masked with electrical tape, plastic, bubble wrap, and two layers of duct tape. |
9 |
Sun 27 |
18
|
Building canopy deck platform. More migranes trying to figure out how to cut canopy. |
4 |
Tue 29 |
18
|
Finshed canopy deck platform. Rough cut canopy to be 3/4" from tape line forward of IP. |
2 |
Wed 30 |
18
|
Finished trimming and sanding canopy edges. Masking canopy interior. |
2 |
Monthly Total |
65 |