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Official building time: 1601.09 hours.


Category

Total Records

Total Hours

Empennage

79

193.7

Wing

274

607.5

Fuselage

298

737.2

Firewall Forward

0

0.0

Finish

27

39.0

Supplies

0

0.0

Tools

4

0.0

Journal

36

18.8

Reference Materials

0

0.0

Flight Instruments

4

0.0

Miscellaneous

0

0.0

Workshop

0

0.0

Electrical

1

5.0

Hangar

0

0.0

TOTALS:

723

1601.1

Van's Aircraft RV-9A experimental aircraft kitplane

5 most recent log entries:

2009-06-27 Hours: 2 Category: Fuselage Manual Ref: ID#: 985
More tinkering with the slider frame
Still trying to decide where and how to bend the slider frame aft bow. I have a conduit bender that may work to get the bow bent fit the shape of the aft fuse skin. Also, I believe my slider rail will need to be move forward some to get the aft bow to the correct height. It is HOT today. The thermometer is reading 108 F in the hangar. Perfect for plexiglass work, but hard on the builder.
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2009-06-24 Hours: 1 Category: Fuselage Manual Ref: ID#: 984
More work on the slider frame
Another attempt at getting through the slider canopy work. Spent some time bending the frame to get the front bow parallel to the roll bar. This helped the side rails at the rear lift a little and the side rail is more parallel to the canopy deck. A step closer perhaps.
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2009-06-02 Hours: 5 Category: Fuselage Manual Ref: ID#: 983
Trimmed and fitted the windscreen
A nice hot day to do canopy work. I trimmed the windscreen to fit except for the aft edge. I did four or five trims to finally get the fit along the fore fuse top skin. It will take a few clips to get the sides to fit tight up against the fuse skin. Otherwise it looks like a nice fit.
Photos:
The windscreen trimmed to fit the foreward fuse top skin and sides.
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2009-05-27 Hours: 2.5 Category: Fuselage Manual Ref: ID#: 982
Installed the F-824B cover plates and nutplates in the aft fuse
Installed the F-824B access cover plates and the nutplates on the aft fuse. Also finished installing the F-994A emp gap covers, drilling, countersinking and tapping the screw holes for #6 screws, and dimpling the F-994A's.
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2009-05-06 Hours: 0.25 Category: Fuselage Manual Ref: ID#: 979
Riveted left rudder cable fairing to fuse
Just moving right along! Riveted the left side rudder cable fairing to the fuse and reinstalled the adel clamps that secure the nylon tube cable protector.
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3 Years Ago Today:

2006-07-04 Hours: 4 Category: Empennage Manual Ref: ID#: 918
Worked on making the VOR antenna mount
Recieved the 3/8" thick bar from Aircraft Spruce I need to make my VOR antenna mount. Did a bunch of head scratching and planning to design the mount. Cut and shaped the pieces, countersunk and drilled the center hole. Threaded the bolt holes for the AN3-16A bolts and drilled a few other lighten holes. Cleaned, primed and assembled the submount.
Photos:
Two rough pieces of the VOR antenna submount cut to shape.
The submount pieces drilled, threaded and ready to assemble.
The VOR antenna mount primed and assembled with double-flush rivets.
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