| 11/01/2003 |
Started cutting up my Teenie Two, it was damaged from Isabel.
I had a lot of stuff in the storage area collapse on it |
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Put wing spars together. Can't find my notes as to when
I did what with the spars and other pieces I have cut out and cleaned up. |
| 10/11/2003 |
Cutting out nose ribs and main ribs |
| 02/14/2004 |
Finished riveting the center section spar. Need to drill
holes for all the attachments and fuse angles. |
| 02/16/2004 |
Cut side panels from 8525K134/McMaster for joystick setup.
Drilled holes for angle attachment and circular pieces. Misaligned one
set of holes, offset by 1/2" and drilled another set. Got hold of scrap
tubing 1 7/8" as the the center part, cut to 5". Cut 1" x 1" x 1/8" angles
for connection to center spar. |
| 02/17/2004 |
Cut slot in joystick setup tube. |
| 02/21/2004 |
Replacing pulled rivets with solid rivets |
| 02/22/2004 |
Finished replacing pulled rivets with solid rivets, saved
several pounds for each spar. Blocked up center section and leveled. Inserted
outer wing spars, one at a time, and set deherial. Drilled and then reamed
for taper pins. Need to get a #9 reamer to complete the taper, #8 not big
enough. |
| 02/28/2004 |
Finished control system setup. Took over to let Ron Dixon
see it and he approved of its construction. Cut and drilled F-1s and clecoed
to center section. |
| 02/29/2004 |
Started working on the right wing and drilling main ribs
for spar. Finished and put spar into center section and took pictures. |
| 03/03/2004 |
Started working on nose ribs only got 5 done. |
| 03/12/2004 |
Finished working on nose ribs. |
| 04/17/2004 |
Started working on left main ribs to left spar |
| 04/18/2004 |
Finished drilling main and nose ribs to left spar |
| 05/01/2004 |
Bent Wing Skins for Right and Left wings. Bent both ailerons. |
| 05/06/2004 |
Cut 4130 Tubing for main landing gear. |
| 05/08/2004 |
Picked up engine and 30' of hinge material. |
| 05/12/2004 |
Started drilling right main ribs to bottom wing skin. |
| 05/15/2004 |
Continued drilling right main ribs to bottom wing skin.
Worked on tapping 1/2" tubing for rod bearings. |
| 05/16/2004 |
Finished drilling right main ribs to bottom skin. Finished
aileron control horn. Setup one end of aileron control rods. Installed
rear wing attache bracket. |
| 05/17/2004 |
Bend right rear spar support. Drilled and clecoed to rear
spar. Cut out doubler and door for aileron control access. |
| 05/19/2004 |
Cut and driled one half of the aileron hinge. |
| 05/23/2004 |
Cut and bent aileron rib. Put together the micro-stop counter
sink and adjusted it. Took some pictures of current work. |
| 05/24/2004 |
Cut and bent aileron rib. Started moving everything into
basement, more room to work. |
| 05/25/2004 |
Pulled wing apart and started deburring everything. |
| 05/26/2004 |
Completed deburring and dimpled bottom of main ribs and
bottom skin. Countersunk lower spar holes. |
| 05/30/2004 |
Cleaned painting attempt from bottom skin. Started working
on removing aileron's paint job. |
| 05/31/2004 |
Put Main Ribs and bottom skin back together. Drilled a
few more holes for the rear spar. Measured and marked top sheet for cutting.
Still working on aileron paint. |
| 06/01/2004 |
Finished aileron paint. Cut and started drilling the top
skin. |
| 06/02/2004 |
Almost finished drilling the top skin. Just have main spar
section to drill. Worked on hinge area for free movement. |
| 06/03/2004 |
Finished drilling the top skin. |
| 06/05/2004 |
Built benting brake for nose skin. Bent skin and placed
on wing. |
| 06/08/2004 |
Started trimming Nose skin and seting up drill guide lines. |
| 06/09/2004 |
Put bend in nose skin where it does not belong. Wing slid
off table and bent back rear spar. Asked Bobby Thomas (Technical Counselor)to
come take a look at it Saturday. |
| 06/22/2004 |
After having Bobby show me how to repair everything I still
decided to replace the nose ribs and skin. So I redid the nose ribs and
bent another skin. Got all the holes drilled and clecoed inplace. Now I
can rivet the nose section. I also placed the rubber gomments in the the
ribs and have a piece of ice maker tubing to place in after riveting. The
tubing is for wiring support. |
| 06/27/2004 |
Started riveting the nose skin. The rivet gun started acting
up, so quit for the day. |
| 06/28/2004 |
Pulled the rivet gun apart and cleaned it. Found one piece
was put in wrong (got it that way off ebay), now it seems like new. Finished
riveting the nose piece. |
| 06/30/2004 |
Trimmed nose section to fit to the spar. Drilled hinge
area on aileron. |
| 07/01/2004 |
Deburred and dimpled aileron hinge holes. Riveted aileron.
Attached aileron to wing to start working on the length of the push rod. |
| 07/03/2004 |
Installed push rod mount on aileron. Completed push rod.
Mounted aileron control to main spar. Cleaned up hinge area to eliminate
the squeaks. |
| 07/05/2004 |
Dimpled ribs and top skin. Started closing up wing. Waiting
for some longer rivets for the spar. Completed top skin to ribs. |
| 07/11/2004 |
Started working on the left wing. Marking up bottom skin
for rib placement. |
| 07/13/2004 |
Riveted top main spar on right wing. Now the fun begins,
ready to rivet bottom skin and rear spar. |
| 07/14/2004 |
Riveted bottom main spar on right wing. Done 1/4 of the
bottom skin. |
| 07/16/2004 |
More riveting on bottom skin. |
| 07/17/2004 |
Closed Right Wing! Need to finish access panel, wiring
and wing tip. Started drilling left bottom skin for ribs. |
| 07/31/2004 |
Finished access panel, just need opening mechanism installed. |
| 08/01/2004 |
Drilled ribs for bottom skin and rear spar. Started working
on pitot mounting setup. |
| 08/09/2004 |
Completed pitot mounting setup. |
| 08/11/2004 |
Worked on aileron control setup |
| 08/11/2004 |
Finished aileron control setup. |
| 08/13/2004 |
Started cutting out new nose ribs for left wing. See Right
Wing log entries. |
| 08/14/2004 |
Finished cutting nose ribs. Bent nose ribs to shape and
drilled for spar. |
| 08/15/2004 |
Cleaned up and cut lighting hole in nose ribs. Flanged
nose ribs. |
| 08/18/2004 |
Drilled nose ribs for spar |
| 08/19/2004 |
Cut old aileron apart, stress cracks in trailing edge,
will use part of it for rear spar doubler. |
| 08/20/2004 |
Cleaned up rear spar doubler and started drilling. |
| 08/21/2004 |
Completed rear spar doubler |
| 08/29/2004 |
Started working on top skin, cut to size. |
| 08/31/2004 |
Drilled top skin. |
| 09/01/2004 |
Cleaned up top skin, ribs and main spar. |
| 09/04/2004 |
Worked on rear spar connection support. Started riveting
rear spar doubler, ran out of rivets. |
| 09/06/2004 |
Worked on access holes for aileron control and pitot/static
system. Have doublers cut out and drilled. Have access hole for pitot/static. |
| 09/07/2004 |
Dimpled and riveted doubler for pitot/static access hole. |
| 09/18/2004 |
Finished riveting rear spar doubler. Bent new left aileron
and center trailing edge. |
| 09/20/2004 |
Marked aileron for rivet spacing and hinge size. |
| 09/21/2004 |
Drilled and deburred aileron. |
| 09/22/2004 |
Drilled and deburred hinge on aileron side. |
| 09/25/2004 |
Started working on aileron ribs. Nothing wants to fit right. |
| 09/26/2004 |
Completed all the ribs for the aileron, drilled, deburred,
dimpled and riveted ribs. |
| 09/27/2004 |
Dimpled hinge area on aileron and riveted hinge in place.
Started putting wing together to work on the wing side of the hinge. |
| 09/29/2004 |
Setup and drilled aileron hinge on wing side. |
| 09/30/2004 |
Bent the nose skin and positioned on wing. Ready to finish
setting up and drilling rivet holes. |
| 10/02/2004 |
Drilled rivet holes in nose skin. Dimpled and riveted nose
skin to nose ribs. |
| 10/03/2004 |
Sized aileron push rod. Cleaned up hinge area for aileron.
Countersunk the rear spar doubler angle. Dimpled the top skin and half
the ribs |
| 10/05/2004 |
Riveted ribs to top skin. Dimpled the spar line on the
nose unit. Will take pictures tomorrow (6th Oct). |
| 10/06/2004 |
Riveted ribs to main spar. Riveted top skin to spar and
nose section. |
| 10/07/2004 |
Completed dimpling the bottom skin and aileron hinge. Put
skin into place, ready to rivet. |
| 10/08/2004 |
Completed left wing! |
| 10/10/2004 |
Drilled and bolted F1s to center spar. Drilled and bolted
CS-33s to center spar. |
| 10/12/2004 |
Started cleaning up main ribs |
| 10/13/2004 |
Finished main ribs and drilled landing gear attachment
angles for left side. |
| 10/15/2004 |
Drilled landing gear attachment angles for right side. |
| 10/16/2004 |
Drilled and bolted CS-6s to main spar. Started riveting
CS-12s to ribs. |
| 10/18/2004 |
Finished the ribs. Started drilling for ribs to main spar. |
| 10/23/2004 |
Finished most ribs to main spar |
| 10/24/2004 |
Cut and cleaned up angle for landing gear |
| 10/25/2004 |
Trimed and rounded over the F-1 supports |
| 10/30/2004 |
Went to Dillsburg for some 2024T3 .040. Cut out rear spar
and cut out the 4130 plate for the landing gear |
| 10/31/2004 |
Attempeted to bend the rear spar, not very successful. |
| 11/1/2004 |
Completed drilling plates for landing gear. |
| 11/3/2004 |
Started cutting ribs for vertical stabilizer |
| 11/4/2004 |
Completed cutting and bending the ribs. Have made arangements
to get the rear spar bent over the weekend. |
| 11/5/2004 |
Drilled main ribs to bottom skin. |
| 11/6/2004 |
Bent rear spar and the 1" by 2" u channel for the fusealage
section. Drilled rear spar and 3/16" angle. |
| 12/27/2004 |
Took some time off to let hands heal. Been working on the
center section. Welding the main landing gear. Tearing down the 1835 vw
engine for rebuild. Messed up the crank yesterday trying to get the
flywheel nut off. |
| 12/27/2004 |
Bent more doublers. Started working on the nose ribs for
the center section. |
| 12/28/2004 |
Half the nose ribs are completed. Spend most of the time
working on the outer two ribs to get the correct distance and alignment. |
| 12/29/2004 |
After talking to Steve Bennet, was able to get the fly
wheel nut off the crank, Put some touch up welds on the landing gear .
Completed two more nose ribs. |
| 01/03/2005 |
Worked on a couple of nose ribs. |
| 01/04/2005 |
Worked one nose rib and main rib. |
| 01/05/2005 |
Completed all ribs. Trimed rear F2's to size. |
| 01/08/2005 |
Started working on left compression rib. |
| 01/12/2005 |
Completed Left compression rib. |
| 01/14/2005 |
Adjusted the left landing gear leg to allow the aileron
push tube clearance to operate. |
| 01/15/2005 |
Started working on the right compression rib. |
| 01/17/2005 |
Adjusted the right landing gear to allow the aileron push
tube clearence to operate. |
| 01/18/2005 |
Completed Right compression gear. |
| 01/19/2005 |
Started working on angles for forward section |
| 1/21/2005 |
Purchased metal for Firewall. |
| 1/22/2005 |
Completed Angles. |
| 1/23/2005 |
Worked and completed Firewall and temporally bolted angles
on. |
| 1/25/2005 |
Started final riveting the M-1s to the firewall. |
| 1/26/2005 |
Went to Dillsburg to pickup the axle tubing and tubing
for the Nose gear. |
| 1/27/2005 |
Cut axle to length and cleaned up. |
| 2/2/2005 |
Worked on control setup. |
| 2/5/2005 |
Cut plates and tubing for nose gear. |
| 2/6/2005 |
Cut plates for tubing. |
| 2/11/2005 |
Corrected error with F-7C, too low. Took main landing gear
and Firewall nosegear support to be welded. |
| 2/12/2005 |
Worked with Bobby to complete 8050-1 to register the airplane.
Inspected Ron's Mini for firewall ideas. |
| 2/13/2005 |
Made copy of Tail Number paperwork to include with registeration
and mailed it. |
| 2/14/2005 |
Worked on brake setup for left main gear. Attached wings
to determine locations to run pitol/static and lights tubing. |
| 2/16/2005 |
Ron Dixon came up and inspected the bird. Worked on rod
end connections. |
| 2/18/2005 |
Finished one rod end adapter for ailerons. |
| 2/19/2005 |
Finished 2nd rod end adapter and cut 2 rod end connectors
and taped them. |
| 2/28/2005 |
Trimed bottom skin. Pulled center section apart for final
clean-up. Put final bolts in wing connections. Drilled last CS-13 for left
rear wing connection. Received Registration for N853WD today. |
| 3/5/2005 |
Worked on Elevator control. Cut and drilled trailing edge
for center section. |
| 3/6/2005 |
Cut access and worked on CS-20,21,22. Trimed control rod
to length. |
| 3/8/2005 |
Cut top skin to length. |
| 3/11/2005 |
Started drilling Top skin to main ribs |
| 3/12/2005 |
Completed Top skin. Drilled bottom main spar and bottom
skin. Angled holes for wing connection points. |
| 3/18/2005 |
Setup bending brake for nose skin. Bent nose skin and drilled
main spar holes. |
| 3/19/2005 |
Completed drilling nose ribs and nose skin. Have drilled
holes for pitot/static tubes. |
| 3/21/2005 |
Trimed up the nose skin. Completed some flex angle for
two ribs for support when cutting for F-4's. |
| 3/22/2005 |
Riveted flex angle to two ribs. Cut slots for F-1s and
F-4s in nose skin. |
| 3/23/2005 |
Cleaned up slots in nose skin. Drilled flex angle to nose
skin. Dileed holes for electrical tubing. Placed grommets in all holes. |
| 5/8/2005 |
After going to Sun-N-Fun and attending all of Steve Bennett's
forums, I started working on the engine. Almost ready to start final assembly.
Started working on the fuselage, cut bottom sheet and bent to shape. |
| 06/19/05 |
Update to show how fusealage is coming along. |
| 07/13/05 |
Update to Bulkheads, some firewall work, braces, bent nose
gear tube, side panels for cockpit. |
| 07/14/05 |
1st attempt to figure out the sheet metal for the top of the fusealage |
| 07/23/05 |
Have first sheet between bulkhead C and D completed. Nose gear is welded
up, now needs to be trimed. I can continue to do more with the plane now that
I have completed my studies and passed the Project Managet test! |
| 08/20/05 |
Had alot of other issues come up. Nose gear trimmed and pilot holes drilled for bolts. Started final assembly of fuselage braces. Plane on langing gear for the first time. |
| 08/28/05 |
Bent 1/4 inch stiffener in bottom sheet. Started working on bottom of fuselage for final assembly. Finished drilling and counter sinking some of the holes. |
| 09/18/05 |
Still working on the turtle deck and work on small detail stuff. |
| 10/10/05 |
Figured out what was wrong with the turtle deck. Rebuilt the forms for Bulkheads 'D' and 'E', check out the new pictues which show how much I had to change them. Worked on the side braces and final riveted the right side. |
| 10/11/05 |
Finished up the left side brace. |
| 10/12/05 |
Rebuilt Bulkhead 'F'. Worked on turtle deck and got them to fit much better and the rear of the fusalage is still level. |
| 10/16/05 |
Trimmed up turtle deck sheets. Started on mount point for horz. stab. |
| 11/5/05 |
Reworked horz. stab ribs, bent bottom sheets. Drilled only a couple of holes and placed on tail for pictures. |
| 11/12/05 |
Bobby, Ron and Jeff came to inspect my work. They liked what they saw. |
| 11/19/05 |
Worked on the Instrument panel. Cut, drilled and bent the panel. Placed what instruments I could in the panel for now. Need to figure out what to do for the radio and transponder. |
| 12/02/05 |
Worked on the ribs for the rudders and ready to bend. |
| 12/04/05 |
Started worked on the ribs for the vertical stabilizers. |
| 12/11/05 |
Finished ribs for the vertical stabilizer and rudders. |
| 1/17/06 |
Have one Rudder and Vertical Stabilizer almost finished. |
| 1/18/06 |
Drilled Vertical Stabilizer hinge and 3/4 in spar. Ready to start fitting on right side. |
| 1/22/06 |
Started fitting right side vertical stabilizer and closing up right side of horizontal stabilizer. |
| 1/23/06 |
Finished up left side of horizontal stabilizer. |
| 1/25/06 |
Started working on left side vertical stabilizer. |
| 1/29/06 |
Finished left side vertical stabilizer. Started connecting it to the horz stab. |
| 2/4/06 |
Finished connection brackets for vertical stabilizers. Closed up vertical stabilizers. |
| 2/5/06 |
Built left rudder. |
| 2/7/06 |
Worked on elevator and trim tab. Completed trim tab. |
| 2/11/06 |
Worked on elevator. |
| 2/14/06 |
Worked on leading edge for horz. stab. Trimed, drilled, ready for final trimming |
| 2/26/06 |
Status update. Worked rudder control. Blind nuts installed on Hor. Stab. Used scrap piece on front fuse to see how it fits. Worked on luggage comprtment, ready to cut out the door. |
| 3/11/06 |
Status Update: Working on horz stab, final riveted most of the stab, working on the rear spar and hinge area. worked on mount points for vert stab and rudders. cleaned up elevator and ready for final assembly. Had an inspection by Bobby, Ron and Jeff. |
| 4/13/06 |
Finished closing the rudders. Have not done much due to work and Sun-N-Fun. Talked to Ron about a support for the rod end on the elevator. Whipped one out today. |
| 5/28/06 |
Have not done much due to work. Mainly doing detail work. Cleaned up firewall, left a lip to put sealer when final assembly. Drilled for side panels of cockpit. cleaned up fuselage for connection to center section. Installed doubler for antenna. Put in tubing for electrial and antenna wire for easy replacement. Final riveted turtle deck where possible. Remember the picture to the left of the turtle deck.. |
| 5/29/06 |
How to get a plane in and out of your basement! |
| 7/3/06 |
Progress todate. Ribs for side skins from firewall to instrument panel. Top skin cut and drilled, still need to do the bottom sides. Figured out where I wanted the transponder and radio. |
| 7/23/06 |
Progress todate. Side panels done and right side bottom skin. |
| 9/16/06 |
Progress todate. Finally can begin to start on the plane again. Access panel for the bottom of the center section. |
| 9/23/06 |
Started replacing rod end connectors, mine weren't really up to par. Had these done at a local machine shop. Also working on the engine, need a few little parts to close it up. |
| 10/15/06 |
Now have Brakes. Needed to resolve this before I can start closing up the center section. The pictures will show how I got the brake pads to sit in the drum. Also show my brake handles, now where do I put them?? ;-) |
| 10/29/06 |
Engine now closed up, once I hang it on the airframe, I can finish it and break it in. Built cable end connectors for the brakes, now need some longer brake wire. Think I'll put the brake handles to the front and have brake petals. Worked on mounting the radio and transponder, need to see how much room I have to build a fuel tank. It will have to be a glass tank to fit around the radio and transponder. A quick view of what the instrument panel will look like. Will have my GPS on the left side of the panel. Not bad for 3 years work. |
| 11/4/06 |
Worked on engine mount jig. Didn't like the 1st attempt on the accessory case board, so redid it. Made sure the firewall board was drilled exactly by using the firewall to double check the drill holes. Going to pretty much try to keep the engine mount stock, also took in the fact that I'm using an accessory case. Used thread-all rod and two oak boards to insure rock sold jig. Need 4 more "fender" washers. Will start notching the tubes after that. |
| 11/11/06 |
Worked on gas tank. Have rough shape and will fine sand to fit under the top skin. Checked out the foot arrangement and it seems to be ok. Checked to see how the canopy will look on the bird. Checked to make sure I had plenty of room for my head. It maybe 2 inches, not much after putting on headset. |
| 11/26/06 |
Continue to work on gas tank. Drilled holes for rudder tubing on firewall. Created brace for rudder control linkage. Cut tubing for engine mount, ready to weld. |
| 12/3/06 |
Finished gas tank, ready to start setting up for glassing. Worked on linkage for rudder tubing. Got engine mount to welder. |
| 12/8/06 |
Stearing control horns from rudder rod cut and ready to weld. Created a one-off spacer to drill the spinner plates. Spacer lasted long enough to get all the holes drilled and then broke. Realized only got 5 bolts instead of 6. Did rough cut-out for prop and placed on engine to check everything out. |
| 12/17/06 |
Received everything back from the welder. Only two items left to weld, 1/4" bolt and rod end connector for steering. Trimed center rudder rod for stearing. Trimmed engine mount to fit on firewall. No space at the 6 O'Clock position for a starter, beware you need the starter at the 12 O'Clock position. Put engine on for first time to get a look at spacing for everything. |
| 1/18/07 |
Picture Updates. Rudder Linkage, Seat Belt placement, Rudder tips, top and bottom, Cut outs for Nav lights in wing tips. Fuel tank being looked at by fiberglass man. |
| 1/21/07 |
Working on Nav Lights, put fuselage on and rudders to work on rear rudder controls. |
| 2/21/07 |
Ah, the stuff I really don't like. Fiberglass work on wing tips, fuel tank and cowling. I used the squared pattern for the firewall and now have to create (that's get help) a cowling for it. |
| 4/1/07 |
Showing updates on fuel tank, cowling, rudder control, elevator control and wiring. |
| 8/1/07 |
Been tied up with work and getting instrument rating. Decided to redo the fuel tank and not make it quite so large. Working on brake setup. Had to shorten the pedals. The nail is to give me an alignment location for the brake cable. |
| 8/4/07 | Finished brake pedals and adjustable cable tensioners. Set nose ribs and ran tubing for the pitot/static system and nav lights for the wings. Initial install of the quick disconnect for the tubing for the removable wings. |
10/14/07 | Worked on Pitol/Static lines, convert final lenght to softer tubing to be able to route easier. Worked on fuel tank top and started glassing the changed sections, 1 layer, fiberglassed left rudder top with 1st layer of glass. Got a nice turn and bank indicator to put in the pannel. Started trimming the canopy down to a nice fit. Installed bearings for stick and rudder control. |
| 10/25/07 | Worked on fuel tank top. Had to put a relief in the tank for the new turn and bank indicator. Cut a 2 liter soda bottle in half and used the top tapered portions to make the relief for the indicator. Looks like I have enough clearance and didn’t lose too much space in the tank. Need to work on the hard points for the fuel gauge and fuel filler. |
| 03/04/08 | It's been a rough few months, way too much work. Replaced the original fuel tank, the new one has a cap of 17 gals. Installed the Anti collision light and tail light. Hooked them up to watch them flash. Have alot of the instrument panel wired, now it needs to be cleaned up. Bent tubing for canopy support. Now need to determine where to split the canopy for entry. Many other small items being worked on as I get free time. |
| 04/06/08 | Drilled and installed nuts for rectifier. Decided to use angle for rudder tips, found out I really don't like working on fiberglass. Made shoulder harness bracket out of 4 pieces of .040. Received the tank and epoxy mix to put the bottom part on. Now to let it cure.
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| 12/27/08 | Started getting back into working on the plane. Plumed the fuel line through the firewall. Wired the Instrument panel, need to run the lines from the engine through the firewall, including the alt and battery wiring. Worked on gasolator mounting. Found some automotive trim material to protect wiring and pitot/static lines. Created the throttle and elevator trim handles. Working with Styrofoam to build the tail cover. Wired the dimmer unit. Mounted the push to talk and transponder wires. Worked on brace for throttle cable.
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