Wings [315 Hours]

Spars [29 Hours]
[31 Jul 2011] [3 Hours] - Started working on spar nutplates
[1 Aug 2011] [2.5 Hours] - More spar nutplates
[2 Aug 2011] [3.5 Hours] - More spar nutplates again
[5 Aug 2011] [4 Hours] - Finished the spar nutplates!
[6 Aug 2011] [6.5 Hours] - Wing tie-down brackets
[7 Aug 2011] [7.5 Hours] - Tapped tie-downs, started rear spar
[9 Aug 2011] [2 Hours] - Finished up the rear spar

Wing [147 Hours]
[10 Aug 2011] [3.5 Hours] - Started deburring wing ribs
[11 Aug 2011] [3.5 Hours] - Finished deburring wing ribs
[14 Aug 2011] [2 Hours] - Straightened the rib flanges
[15 Aug 2011] [2.5 Hours] - Fluted the wing ribs
[16 Aug 2011] [2.5 Hours] - Drilled rib conduit/tooling holes
[17 Aug 2011] [1 Hour] - Drilled left wing ribs to spars
[18 Aug 2011] [5.5 Hours] - Finished drilling ribs, prepped parts, riveted right rear spar
[19 Aug 2011] [4.5 Hours] - Finished riveting ribs to the spars
[20 Aug 2011] Made the wing stands
[21 Aug 2011] [3 Hours] - Drilled wing walk doublers, clecoed skins, squared wings
[22 Aug 2011] [2 Hours] - Made leading edge cradle, clecoed in nose ribs
[24 Aug 2011] [3 Hours] - Drilled wing skins
[25 Aug 2011] [1.5 Hours] - Finished drilling wing skins
[26 Aug 2011] [3.5 Hours] - Leading edge work
[21 Oct 2011] [4 Hours] - Deburred left main wing skins
[22 Oct 2011] [2 Hours] - Left leading edge work
[23 Oct 2011] [4.5 Hours] - Finished left leading edge
[1 Nov 2011] [3 Hours] - Filled stall warning horn holes
[2 Nov 2011] [0.5 Hours] - Deburred right leading edge ribs, bought landing lights
[3 Nov 2011] [2 Hours] - Right leading edge work
[5 Nov 2011] [4 Hours] - Finished right leading edge
[6 Nov 2011] [2 Hours] - More deburring fun
[9 Nov 2011] [2 Hours] - Finished deburring wing skins
[14 Nov 2011] [2 Hours] - Wing skeleton work
[17 Nov 2011] [2 Hours] - Finished dimpling wing skeleton
[18 Nov 2011] [1 Hour] - Tested lights, marked leading edge cutouts
[19 Nov 2011] [2 Hours] - Leading edge cutouts
[20 Nov 2011] [4 Hours] - Landing light work, fuel tank testing
[22 Nov 2011] [2 Hours] - Mounted landing lights, shaped lenses
[28 Nov 2011] [1.5 Hours] - Finished landing lights
[4 Dec 2011] [3 Hours] - Countersunk the main spar
[8 Dec 2011] [2.5 Hours] - Attached left leading edge
[10 Dec 2011] [2 Hours] - Riveted right leading edge
[14 Dec 2011] [1.5 Hours] - Fixed z-bracket screws, scarf joint
[15 Dec 2011] [4 Hours] - Finished scarf joints, dimpled top skins
[16 Dec 2011] [3.5 Hours] - Started riveting left inboard top skin
[17 Dec 2011] [4.5 Hours] - Finished riveting left wing top skins
[18 Dec 2011] [5 Hours] - Riveted right wing top skin
[4 Jan 2012] [2 Hours] - Worked on the aileron brackets
[5 Jan 2012] [2 Hours] - Finished aileron brackets, started flap braces
[7 Jan 2012] [3.5 Hours] - Finished flap braces and aileron fairings, started conduit
[10 Feb 2012] [2 Hours] - Started dimpling bottom wing skins
[14 Feb 2012] [1.5 Hours] - RTVed conduit, dimpled inboard bottom skins
[15 Feb 2012] [1 Hour] - Finished dimpling bottom skins
[17 Feb 2012] [1.5 Hours] - Drilled and dimpled/countersunk bottom skin/flap brace
[21 Feb 2012] [2 Hours] - Started riveting right bottom inboard skin
[22 Feb 2012] [3.5 Hours] - Continued riveting bottom right wing skins
[23 Feb 2012] [2 Hours] - Finished riveting right bottom skins
[24 Feb 2012] [0.5 Hours] - Made pitot cutout in wing skin
[25 Feb 2012] [1.5 Hours] - Started left wing bottom skins
[26 Feb 2012] [3 Hours] - Finished riveting bottom skins!
[29 Feb 2012] [4 Hours] - Worked on aileron control rods
[3 Mar 2012] [5 Hours] - Finished control rods, started hanging ailerons
[4 Mar 2012] [1.5 Hours] - Hung right aileron
[6 Mar 2012] [1 Hour] - Started mounting right flap
[7 Mar 2012] [1.5 Hours] - Attached right flap
[8 Mar 2012] [2 Hours] - Attached left flap
[11 Mar 2012] [3.5 Hours] - Finished wings!

Tanks [92.5 Hours]
[27 Aug 2011] [6.5 Hours] - Started the Z brackets
[28 Aug 2011] [5.5 Hours] - Finished the Z brackets
[29 Aug 2011] [4 Hours] - Made tank stiffeners, drilled left tank
[30 Aug 2011] [4 Hours] - Drilled right tank, started tank brackets
[31 Aug 2011] [3 Hours] - Made the tank brackets
[6 Sep 2011] [3 Hours] - Finished tank brackets, made capacitive fuel senders
[7 Sep 2011] [1.5 Hours] - Drilled fuel caps, started deburring parts
[8 Sep 2011] [2.5 Hours] - Drilled tank drains, more deburring
[9 Sep 2011] [3 Hours] - De-blued and deburred tank skins
[10 Sep 2011] [6 Hours] - Dimpled skins, worked on end tank ribs
[11 Sep 2011] [2 Hours] - Finished dimpling tank skins, misc tank work
[13 Sep 2011] [2 Hours] - Drilled fuel pickups, cleaned parts
[14 Sep 2011] [4.5 Hours] - Riveted tank stiffeners
[15 Sep 2011] [3.5 Hours] - Fuel cap flange, tank drain, fay sealed right tank ribs
[16 Sep 2011] [6 Hours] - Riveted interior ribs in right tank, sealed left tank ribs
[17 Sep 2011] [5 Hours] - Riveted interior ribs in left tank, filleted right tank ribs
[18 Sep 2011] [3 Hours] - Filleted left fibs, misc tank work
[19 Sep 2011] [1 Hour] - Riveted fuel pickups
[27 Sep 2011] [2.5 Hours] - Installed capacitive fuel senders
[28 Sep 2011] [2 Hours] - Sealed right tank end ribs
[29 Sep 2011] [3 Hours] - Riveted all tank end ribs
[1 Oct 2011] [1.5 Hours] - Riveted tank rib tip reinforcements
[2 Oct 2011] [3 Hours] - Sealed tank end ribs, misc
[4 Oct 2011] [2 Hours] - Sealed and clecoed right tank baffle
[6 Oct 2011] [1.5 Hours] - Riveted right baffle to skin
[11 Oct 2011] [2 Hours] - Riveted Z brackets, closed up right tank
[15 Oct 2011] [3 Hours] - Built manometer, checked right tank for leaks
[16 Oct 2011] [5 Hours] - Closed up left tank
[20 Oct 2011] [1 Hour] - Tested left tank for leaks

Ailerons [26 Hours]
[8 Jan 2012] [3 Hours] - Started making aileron stiffeners
[9 Jan 2012] [1.5 Hours] - Drilled stiffeners to aileron skins
[10 Jan 2012] [2 Hours] - Dimpled and primed aileron stiffeners and skin
[11 Jan 2012] [1.5 Hours] - Riveted stiffeners to aileron skins
[12 Jan 2012] [2 Hours] - Aileron spar work
[13 Jan 2012] [1.5 Hours] - Aileron spars again
[14 Jan 2012] [7.5 Hours] - Drilled, deburred, dimpled ailerons
[15 Jan 2012] [4.5 Hours] - Started riveting ailerons
[16 Jan 2012] [1 Hour] - Finished left aileron
[23 Jan 2012] [1.5 Hours] - Finished ailerons!

Flaps [20.5 Hours]
[26 Jan 2012] [2 Hours] - Deburred and drilled ribs and spars, made spacers
[28 Jan 2012] [3 Hours] - Finished match-drilling flaps
[29 Jan 2012] [5 Hours] - Made brackets, deblued, deburred flaps
[1 Feb 2012] [2 Hours] - Finished deburring flaps
[2 Feb 2012] [1.5 Hours] - Dimpled flap parts
[3 Feb 2012] [1.5 Hours] - Finished dimpling, made cradle, clecoed flaps
[4 Feb 2012] [5.5 Hours] - Finished flaps!
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