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Date Description
7/10/2003Ordered preview plans
7/20/2003Clean out the garage and Build some benches
8/12/2003Kit arrived at the office
9/2/2003Horizontal Stab Rear Spar
9/5/2003Cleco & Drill rear spar
9/6/2003Cut tapers on front angles 710 & 714
9/7/2003first mistake @#$%^&*&^%$#
9/8/2003Consult with vans and some engineering friends
9/10/2003Notching the ribs around the front HS Spar
9/16/2003left side HS skin
9/17/2003Prepare Hs-404& 405
9/18/2003Drill the HS-702
10/5/2003Deburr and mark the parts for ID
10/6/2003Dimple understructure and left side skin.
10/7/2003Alodine and Prime
10/8/2003Rivet the HS Understructure
10/9/2003Rivet HS Front Spar and structure
10/11/2003finish riveting the HS
10/16/2003Drill Deburr and Dimple the Vertical Stabilizer
10/17/2003Fly cut the lightening holes and prep
10/18/2003Alodine Prime and assemble Vertical Stab Spar
10/20/2003Finishing the Vertical Stabilizer
10/20/2003Fabricate Rudder Stiffeners
10/26/2003Edge finish the stiffeners
10/27/2003Match drill Left side Rudder stiffeners
11/1/2003Dimpled the rudder left side
11/2/2003Alodine and prime stiffeners
11/3/2003Back Riveted The L/S rudder Skin
11/8/2003inspection of left side rudder
11/9/2003Right side rudder skin stiffeners.
11/11/2003Rivet right side Rudder Skin
11/15/2003Building the rudder skeleton
11/16/2003Really big rudder day
11/19/2003Wing Jigs
11/19/2003Countersink the Rudder trailing edge wedge
11/23/2003Alodine, Prime and Assemble the rudder Skeleton
11/28/2003Closing the Rudder and riveting the skins
11/28/2003Back rivet the stiffeners & doubler
11/29/2003Riveting the rudder trailing edge
12/26/2003Preparing the Rudder Skin Stiffeners
12/27/2003Deburr, Dimple, Alodine and Prime
12/29/2003EAA Tech Visit
1/1/2004Major Elevator Progress Today
1/3/2004Disassemble. Deburr
1/4/2004Riveting the right elevator
1/5/2004Finish riveting the right elevator
2/7/2004Freebee Steel wing jig
2/15/2004Status report and Fiberglass Tips
2/16/2004Horizontal Stabilizer fiberglass tips
2/16/2004Fiberglass Tips Continued
2/20/2004Trimming the H/S fiberglass tips.
2/21/2004Glassing & attaching Fiberglass tips
2/22/2004Glassing and fairing the tips
2/25/2004Lengthen the jig to 114"
2/25/2004Fairing fiberglass tips with lightweight filler
2/26/2004More fairing of Fiberglass tips
3/2/2004More fairing on the Elevator tips
3/5/2004Finished fiberglass on left & right elevators tips
3/6/2004Working on the fiberglass tips
3/7/2004Vertical Stabilizer Fiberglass tip work
3/9/2004Fiberglass tip work
3/12/2004Reorganize rivet storage
3/13/2004Installing Rudder Tip.
3/14/2004Rudder Tip fairing
3/17/2004Glassing the Rudder tip cont…
3/20/2004Rudder tip Cont.
3/21/2004Rudder fiberglass tip
3/23/2004Finishing the rudder tip
3/24/2004Fairing the fiberglass tip
3/27/2004Finished with VS Tip!
3/28/2004Accident Almost!
4/5/2004Wings ship this week
4/8/2004Wings arrive tomorrow!!!
4/9/2004Wing Kit arrives
4/10/2004Wings, unpacking and inventorying
4/11/2004Ready to start on spar countersinking
4/12/2004Spar
4/13/2004Started installing platenuts on right spar
4/14/2004Finished Tank platenuts on right spar
4/16/2004Finished Tank platenuts on left spar
4/17/2004Inspection platenute both spars & more…
4/18/2004Fabricate and install Tie Down Brackets on Spar.
4/19/2004Left wing Rear Spar Prep
4/21/2004Left wing rear spar
4/22/2004Rib deburring and edge prep
4/23/2004Fluting and straitening ribs
4/24/2004primed and assembled rear spar and test fit ribs
4/24/2004Fluting left wing main ribs
4/25/2004Prep. Alodine, Prime & Assemble Wing Skeleton
4/26/2004Brackets and braces
4/27/2004Riveted Main Ribs to spar
4/28/2004Jigged the wing and started skinning
4/29/2004Skinning left wing continued
4/30/2004Drilling Left wing skins Continued.
5/1/2004Left wing leading edge skin
5/2/2004Tank to leading edge strip and "Z" brackets
5/3/2004Fabricate tank "Z" brackets
5/5/2004"Z" Brackets Continued
5/6/2004Redoing the fuel Tank Brackets.
5/7/2004Left wing "Z" brackets continued
5/9/2004Build Dimpling Table
5/10/2004Tank Stiffeners and fuel Trap door for left wing
5/15/2004Checking out the RV's
5/16/2004Drilling the Gas cap and fuel tank rib prep
5/18/2004Gas Caps and capacitance Senders
5/19/2004First flight in a RV-7 200HP C/S prop "N714D"
5/20/2004Left Wing Fuel Tank
5/22/2004More Left Fuel Tank
5/25/2004Left Fuel Access Plate
5/26/2004Fuel Tank Prep
5/28/2004Prosealed Tank Stiffeners, drain and the gas cap
5/29/2004Priming Day at Walter Tondu's
5/31/2004Riveted the Left Leading edge and more
6/1/2004Left Leading edge skin work
6/2/2004Riveted Leading Edge left wing
6/3/2004Skin work and rib dimpling
6/5/2004Dimpled outboard skin & more
6/6/2004Fuel Tanks and leading edge work
6/7/2004Riveted left L.E. Ribs to Spar
6/8/2004Fit wing skins and dimpled understructure
6/9/2004Deburr, Dimple, & more
6/14/2004More wing skin work
6/15/2004Trim Skin for landing light
6/16/2004left landing light cutout
6/17/2004Left Wing Landing Light
6/20/2004Prepping for Proseal
6/21/2004EAA Tech inspection and Trip to the New Spaceport!
6/23/2004Drill and cleco the F-719 skin stiffeners
6/25/2004Proseal At Last!
6/27/2004Left Tank almost done
6/30/2004Tank Plumbing & Senders
7/2/2004Left tank plumbing and wiring
7/3/2004Finished Left Fuel Tank
7/5/2004Riveted inboard top skin, worried about sealant!
7/7/2004Skin doubler plate for Pitot Tube
7/12/2004Rivet top skins
7/13/2004wing interior work
7/14/2004More Skin riveting!
7/17/2004Pitot tube cutout
7/19/2004Attach Aileron brace to rear spar
7/21/2004Install Aileron Gap fairing Left wing
7/23/2004Rear spar flap brace
7/24/2004TC inspection
7/25/2004Checking one small detail
7/26/2004working on flap brace
7/27/2004Aileron Bellcrank and Push tubes
7/28/2004Fluted the right wing ribs
7/31/2004Pushrods and shop reorganization
8/1/2004Installed Pushrods and dimpled skins
8/2/2004riveting bottom skin
8/4/2004Riveted the inboard skin to the inboard three ribs
8/8/2004Riveting bottom skin
8/9/2004more riveting
8/10/2004More riveting on bottom skin
8/12/2004Left Wing Complete, started on the right wing
8/15/2004It's déjà Vu all over again on the right wing.
8/16/2004Riveted rear spar and assembled skeleton
8/17/2004Rib Prep, Alumiprep and alodine.
8/18/2004Prime Left Wing Ribs
8/19/2004Big wing day!!
8/20/2004Match drilled the top skins
8/21/2004Drilled bottom skins
8/22/2004Way Too Much Fun!!!
8/24/2004Drilled Leading edge and mounted on spar
8/25/2004Fuel Tank "Z" brackets
8/26/2004Match drilling fuel tank rear baffle to Z brackets
8/31/2004More right wing leading edge
9/1/2004Fuel Tank and leading edge
9/3/2004Access plate and nose angle
9/4/2004More tank / Nuclear Suntan Device
9/5/2004Final fuel tank prep before Proseal
9/6/2004Prosealed stiffeners
9/11/2004Prosealed and riveted gas cap flange & tank drain
9/12/2004More prosealing right tank
9/17/2004More Proseal on right tank
9/18/2004Mugu Air show and Proseal Fuel Tank
9/19/2004Fuel tank plumbing and Baffle work
9/21/2004Counter sink spars for leading edge
9/22/2004Prime Leading edge ribs and Z brackets
9/23/2004Dimpled the leading edge ribs
9/24/2004Riveted the leading edge together
9/26/2004Prosealed fuel tank and more
9/28/2004Finished the damn fuel tanks
9/29/2004Removed vinyl and deburred the outboard skin
10/1/2004Top skins are completely riveted
10/2/2004Leak tested right wing tank
10/3/2004Mounted right fuel tank, wing on dolly
10/4/2004Aileron Brackets and Gap Seal
10/7/2004Sorry Folks, On Vacation
10/19/2004Aileron and flap attachments Right Wing.
10/20/2004More rear spar work
10/21/2004Fabricated aileron stiffeners
10/22/2004More Aileron Stiffener work
10/23/2004Dimpled aileron stiffeners and skins
10/24/2004Riveted aileron stiffeners and PARTY!!!
10/25/2004More Aileron Work
10/26/2004More aileron prep work
10/27/2004Dimpled the aileron skeletons
10/29/2004Alodined and dimpled
10/30/2004More aileron prep, Primed skeleton
11/1/2004Aileron Doublers
11/2/2004Lunchtime Supply Run to AC and flying with Dan C.
11/3/2004Riveted the ailerons
11/4/2004Right Aileron Completed
11/5/2004Ailerons complete, starting Flaps
11/6/2004Fabricated flap brace FL-706A
11/7/2004Deburr, alumiprep, alodine and prime
11/9/2004Almost ready to rivet flaps
11/11/2004Riveting Left Flap
11/12/2004Left Flap Completed!
11/13/2004Right flap ready to rivet
11/14/2004Completed right flap
11/15/2004Right wing bottom skin prep
11/16/2004flap brace and bottom skins
11/17/2004Dimpling and prepping for skinning
11/18/2004Bottom skins dimpled!
11/19/2004Installed the conduit and vacuumed
11/20/2004Riveting Bottom skins
11/21/2004Finished riveting the bottom skins
11/22/2004Mounting flaps
11/23/2004Drilled right flap hinge and mounted
11/25/2004Flap hinge prep
11/26/2004flaps complete!
11/27/2004Wings Finished!
11/30/2004Fine Living Television show
12/3/2004Fuselage picked up at FedEx
12/4/2004UNPACKING THE CRATE
12/5/2004More Unpacking
12/6/2004more unpacking
12/9/2004Fluting bulkheads and fabbing firewall angles
12/15/2004Fitting and match drilling Stiffeners
12/17/2004firewall and hardware bags
12/18/2004Prepped firewall for Assembly
12/22/2004Riveted the firewall
12/28/2004Drilling the F704 Bulkhead
12/29/2004F-704 control mounting bracket fabrication
12/31/2004Control sticks on F-704 bulkhead
1/2/2005More 704 bulkhead
1/4/2005Riveted sides to aft F-704 Bulkhead
1/9/2005finished 7F-704, Started F-705
1/16/2005F-705 Bulkhead assembly
1/17/2005More F-705 Bulkhead
1/22/2005More F-705 Bulkhead
1/30/2005Major Priming Day
2/6/2005Moved wings to hangar, more bulkhead work
2/7/2005F-705 Bulkhead
2/12/2005706 bulkhead and bellcrank support structure
2/13/2005More bulkhead prep, 711 & 712
2/18/2005More rear bulkheads, DAAP
2/19/2005EAA 96Chapter meeting and Rear Bulkheads
2/20/2005Finished Bulkheads and fitted Tail wheel Weldment.
2/21/2005Finally, working on skins
2/22/2005Clecoed up the Rear Fuselage
2/23/2005Tail wheel box
2/27/2005Sometimes you just gotta go fly
3/6/2005711 and 712 bulkheads reflange and BFR
3/13/2005Aft bottom skin and "J" channels
3/14/2005More match drilling on J channels
3/18/2005Drilled lower "J" channels
3/26/2005Flipped Fuselage and matchdrilled remaining holes
3/27/2005Countersinking and riveting the bottom tail skin
3/31/2005Remove protective Plastic and Deburr Skins
4/2/2005Deburring and Dimpling
4/3/2005Riveting again at last!
4/5/2005More riveting on the Tail cone
4/6/2005More riveting on tail cone
4/7/2005Little bit of riveting
4/9/2005More riveting and fabrication of rudder stops
4/24/2005Moved entire project to the Torrance Airport!
4/26/2005Setting up to build at TOA hangar
4/29/2005Fabricated Spacers and Modified Center seat ribs
4/30/2005Clecoed the center section together
5/2/2005More match drilling
5/3/2005Center section and Tech counselor visit.
5/8/2005Drilled seat pan skins and fabricated tunnel cover
5/10/2005Prepping Center section
5/19/2005Prepped & primed, Center fuse ready for riveting
5/22/2005Riveted Seat and Baggage floor ribs, moved wings
5/24/2005Riveted Seat Ribs
5/27/2005Joined rear and center section
6/8/2005Baggage ribs and Conical bend
6/17/2005Drilling Longerons and more
6/18/2005More longeron drilling
6/19/2005Drilling skins. Hung the firewall
6/21/2005Drilled and Clecoed the firewall
6/22/2005Aux Longerons and clips
6/24/2005Fabricated and installed the lower Longeron F-717
7/2/2005Fabricating and installing gussets
7/6/2005Fabricate F-796 Bracket and spacers
7/10/2005Fabricated brakes pedals
7/12/2005Brakes and rudder pedals
7/15/2005Firewall gussets
7/16/2005Fitting rudder and brake assembly to fuselage.
7/22/2005Rudder Brace and Technical Visit
7/30/2005Suddenly single and other stuff
7/31/2005Final match drilling of forward fuselage
8/7/2005Disassembly and prep
8/19/2005Disassembly for prep
8/20/2005Dimpled the forward bottom skin
8/21/2005Walter flies again
8/27/2005More Dimpling and prep.
8/30/2005Countersinking the Longerons and more prep
9/4/2005Almost ready to reassemble fuselage for riveting
9/13/2005Fuselage assembly
9/17/2005Assembly and riveting.
9/18/2005Riveting at last
9/19/2005More Fuselage Riveting
9/20/2005More forward Fuselage riveting
9/22/2005Floor Stiffeners and firewall to longeron bolts
9/25/2005TIPPED THE CANOE TODAY!!!
10/1/2005Forward & Aft Canopy deck,.
10/2/2005Installing the F-695 Gussets and panel planning
10/13/2005Dan Checkoway makes another technical visit.
10/15/2005drilling the Aft Deck!
10/21/2005Riveted Aft Deck and More
10/22/2005left canopy rail and canopy gussets
11/25/2005Back from China pounding rivets again
12/8/2005Cleco on aft fuselage Turtle deck skins
12/10/2005F-688 gusset, canopy decks and F-757 tip up plate
12/16/2005more work on the turtle deck
12/18/2005Bulkhead gussets and shoulder harness tie downs
12/25/2005Baggage area , priming & planning the move.
1/3/2006Moved the project
1/9/2006Baggage compartment sides and floors
1/15/2006modified seat ribs for control sticks
1/18/2006Drilled holes for electrical bushings
1/22/2006Conduits and baggage area
1/30/2006Primed Seat Pans
2/1/2006Cockpit Seats
2/4/2006Seat Pans
2/10/2006Drilled and fitted cockpit forward tunnel cover
2/13/2006Cockpit Trim covers
2/14/2006Flap motor assembly and fuel pump base
2/18/2006Fuel pump Indexing
2/20/2006Fuel Valve plate
2/25/2006Fuel Valve cover and priming
2/26/2006Fuel pump complete, on to flap motor.
2/27/2006Flap actuator and motor
3/4/2006Mated Wings and set incidence and sweep
3/5/2006Made second landing light cutout
4/1/2006Finish kit Arrives!
4/3/2006Built storage loft for finish kit components
4/8/2006Fuel Valve and Fuel lines
4/28/2006Preparing to Attach horizontal Stabilizer
4/29/2006Attached the Horizontal Stab to the Fuselage
4/30/2006Prepping to attach Vertical Stabilizer
5/2/2006attaching Vertical Stabilizer
5/21/2006Empennage mounted for good
5/22/2006Mounted the Engine mount
6/3/2006Plane is on the Landing Gear!
6/5/2006Fabricated three Pushrods
6/7/2006Rigging the control system
6/8/2006Trimming and rigging the flaps & peeling plastic.
6/10/2006Rigging Flap pushrods
10/2/2006Fabricate Tank Vents
10/6/2006Fabricated the Battery Box
10/8/2006Fabricated Right wing Fuel and breather lines
10/9/2006Left Wing Fuel and vent lines
10/11/2006Installed Rudder Steering Link
10/14/2006Attached both wing tips
10/15/2006Baggage compartment bulkhead
11/10/2006Painting the Cockpit
12/3/2006Master contactors and backing plate
12/5/2006Installed the static ports and lines
12/6/2006Installed Spar Caps & paint prep
12/7/2006Installed Naca Ducts
12/8/2006Painted the Cockpit
12/10/2006Plumbed the brake pedals
12/11/2006Installing Fuel vent lines
12/12/2006Brakes and sub panel
12/15/2006Instrument Sub panel
12/17/2006Fabricating the Cabin frame roll bar
12/23/2006The airplane has numbers
12/31/2006Fabricating the F-631 cabin frame "ROLL BAR"
1/1/2007More fabricating the F-631 cabin frame "ROLL BAR"
1/3/2007More Cabin Frame Fabrication
1/6/2007More Cabin Frame
1/13/2007Riveting the Cabin Frame
1/14/2007Cabin frame riveted
1/15/2007More cabin frame
1/16/2007Tip up modification to cabin frame connection
1/20/2007Cabin Frame mounting
1/21/2007Riveting the Channel to the Cabin Frame
1/23/2007Painted cabin frame
1/24/2007Installed Cabin frame
1/27/2007Making the instrument panel
1/28/2007Cutting the panel part 2
2/2/2007Fitting avionics in the instrument panel
2/4/2007Mounted the magnetometer
2/8/2007Riveted the sub panel, installed the clock
2/9/2007Made AHARS Tray
2/14/2007wiring on the sub panel
2/15/2007Installed power buss and ELT
2/19/2007More wiring
2/20/2007Control Stick wiring, brakes and Instruments
2/23/2007Installed Com Antenna
2/24/2007Installed other antenna and more
3/11/2007Fuel line, fuel purge and Manifold Pressure
3/12/2007Control stick and sensor wiring.
4/1/2007Installed the manifold pressure sensor fitting
4/4/2007Connected Elevator trim tab servo
4/5/2007More electrical wiring.
4/6/2007Installed and powered the flap & starter switches
4/7/2007Installed ELT push to test switch
4/10/2007Installed Aileron Trim assembly kit
4/16/2007Worked on the bearing blocks
4/19/2007Riveting aft turtledeck skin
4/20/2007Riveted the aft turtledeck skin
4/23/2007Installed Canopy Hinge Bearing Blocks
4/30/2007Canopy latch Mechanism
5/3/2007Tidying up details
5/6/2007Canopy Latch Linkage
5/12/2007Wiring
6/6/2007Landing lights and Wig-Wag
6/8/2007Wiring trim indicators to EFIS
6/12/2007Cockpit vents, EIS programming, and tip plexi
6/20/2007Finished right wing tip
6/22/2007Nutplates on the left wing tip
6/24/2007Removed wings and firewall work
6/25/2007Install hinge on the left side of the firewall
6/26/2007More cowl hinges
6/27/2007Installed Aileron Trim Servo
6/28/2007Aileron Trim Servo and stick wiring
6/29/2007Connected trims to EFIS indicator
6/30/2007Running wing wiring and comm coax
7/6/2007More wiring and a little paint
7/7/2007Empennage fairing
7/8/2007More empennage fairing
7/13/2007