Canopy Projects

Jan 8th, 2023 9h

Bolted down the slider rail
Bolted down the slider rail angle to all thread with loctite and torque stripe
Remade right slider block from UHMW
Fitted and adjusted length of all parts. Now the latch works nicely, it closes and opens the canopy without too much tension.
Organized all the finishing kit hardware

To Do Next time:

Slider Block
- Finish drilling hole to a .27″ and ensure the canopy can open and close easily
- Prime and bolt into place
Latch: finish drilling and taping; add cotter pin
Super tracks
- Finish sanding the super tracks canopy edge to make flush
- Match drill bolt hole from inside fuselage #27 drill bit
- Drill additional 2x screw holes from outside of fuselage #27
- Countersink 3x screw holes, deburr, and bolt down

Rudder Cables, wing attachement

December 5th, 2021 8h

Today, we finished many small projects: redrill rib for avionics, fixing shoulder harness, wing attachments, rudder cable attachment. Lastly, we had to move plane for handyman who coming to fix the leeking garage roof.

Fuselage Top Skins

January 10th & 17th 2021, 16h

The fuselage Deck and Side Rails

January 3rd 2021, 3h

After some time of traveling in Arizona and Utah, I am excited to continue working on the plane.

I started by leveling (ah it was perfect!), then drilling and prepping the fuselage deck.

Then I proceeded with the side rails: drilling, fitting and prepping for riveting

Assembly of mid fuselage

May 24th, 31th 16h

We assembled and drilled the mid fuselage. It came together quickly. It is cool to see the Fuselage parts coming together:

Assembly and riveting of Aft fuselage

April 5th, 19th, 26th, May 3rd, 10th & 17th, 48h

Riveted the aft fuselage:

Disassembled the aft fuselage, deburred, dimpled, primed, then assembled it back for riveting and checked alignment again:

Assembled the Aft Fuselage, checked alignment, and drilled:

Assembled and riveted some sub component of the aft fuselage

Bulkhead 706 to 712

March 22nd, 28th and 29th, 24h

We tackled the rest of the bulkhead, we prepped all the parts and moved on to riveting. We riveted all of them, except for 706.

Bulkhead 705

March 14th and 15th, 15h

We prepped and riveted bulkhead 705. All went well, except for one bracket that did not align well. So, I just ordered a new one.

Riveting bulkhead 704

March 1st, 9h

We finished riveting bulkhead 704. We riveted all the brackets and the side sections. Then we looked up and gathered all the hardware. Bulkhead 704 is done for the time being.