Back riveted all the stiffeners on the right elevator and started working on the rest of the right and left elevator structures.
Right Elevator Riveting
Hours this entry: 2.5Monthly Archives: November 2014
Front Seat Riveting
Hours this entry: 0.5
Had a stopping point on the elevators so we decided to rivet the front seat together.
Fuselage Primer
Hours this entry: 4.0
Primered the rear half of the fuse, along with the areas that will be under the floor boards. The fuse can now be moved to hangar and continue to be worked on. Once we get the rest of the components in and set, we’ll remove them, prime the rest and paint the interior.
Just as a side note… we shot the SEM primer with a Harbor Freight HVLP gun. The gun shot fine, but after about 10 minutes the top can started leaking. I loaded the threads up with teflon tape and that solved the issue.
Elevator Part Primering
Hours this entry: 1.0Primered the right Elevator Skin, along with all the stiffeners.
Left & Right Elevator part 2
Hours this entry: 2Started to assemble the left and right elevators. Fit the ribs and prepped the counterbalance weights. I need to finish priming the elevator skins and get the stiffeners back riveted on before I can continue here.
More Cockpit Floor Work
Hours this entry: 1Got all the floor pieces fitted and match drilled. Now I can finish prepping the rear portion of the fuse for primer and finally get it moved to the hangar.
Left & Right Elevator
Hours this entry: 1.0Spent some time deburring and prepping parts for assembly on the left and right elevators.
Seat Primer & Cockpit stuff
Hours this entry: 2.0Primered the seats this evening (I miss the late summer light).
Also deburred and worked on some of the various cockpit panels/parts.
Fuselage Cleaning
Hours this entry: 1.5
The fuselage got a good scrub down in preparation to get the inside primed. The plan is to prime all the parts from the cockpit aft that will be getting interior paint shot over it. We’ll then work on the cockpit areas at the hangar, prime those and then do JetFlex on the interior.
Front Seat
Hours this entry: 2Spent some time getting the front seat going. Deburred all the parts, cut the holes for the seatbelts, got the seat hinge in place and all parts match drilled.