krsuper2
Chris's build site for the
construction
CURRENTLY WORKING ON
Fuselage
TOTAL AIRCRAFT BUILD TIME
750.42 Hours
PROGRESS CHARTS
DETAILED PROGRESS
Empennage 376.5 Hours
Fuselage 306.28 Hours
Wing 50.5 Hours
Shop Supplies 2 Hours
Miscellaneous 13.6 Hours
Tools 1.01 Hours
Diversion time 0.5 Hours
Canopy 0.03 Hours
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last update
SITE WAS UPDATED ON
Monday, May 31, 2010
contact
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Chris @ digflying.com
specs
WHAT MAKES IT TICK
Length 19'
Wing Span 24'
Total Wing Area 93 ft^2
Empty Weight 750
Gross Weight 1200
Useful Load 450
Fuel Cap 26 gal
Stall Speed 48 mph
Maximum Speed 170 mph
Cruise Speed 140 mph
Range 600 miles
Engine Corvair 2700
Power 100 HP
Power Loading 12 lbs/hp
Wing loading 12.5 lbs/sq ft
Fuel consumption 5.5 gph
Seating 2 across
Gear Tri-Gear
Cabin Width 43"
disclaimer
THE LEGALESE
This website was built to document my work on my KRSuper2 in compliance with the FAA requirements needed to certify my aircraft. My experiences and comments are by no means to be considered as instructions on how to build a KRSuper2 or any other aircraft.
CURRENTLY WORKING ON
Fuselage
TOTAL AIRCRAFT BUILD TIME
750.42 Hours
PROGRESS CHARTS
DETAILED PROGRESS
Empennage 376.5 Hours
Fuselage 306.28 Hours
Wing 50.5 Hours
Shop Supplies 2 Hours
Miscellaneous 13.6 Hours
Tools 1.01 Hours
Diversion time 0.5 Hours
Canopy 0.03 Hours
BACK TO MAIN
last update
SITE WAS UPDATED ON
Monday, May 31, 2010
contact
SEND AN EMAIL
Chris @ digflying.com
specs
WHAT MAKES IT TICK
Length 19'
Wing Span 24'
Total Wing Area 93 ft^2
Empty Weight 750
Gross Weight 1200
Useful Load 450
Fuel Cap 26 gal
Stall Speed 48 mph
Maximum Speed 170 mph
Cruise Speed 140 mph
Range 600 miles
Engine Corvair 2700
Power 100 HP
Power Loading 12 lbs/hp
Wing loading 12.5 lbs/sq ft
Fuel consumption 5.5 gph
Seating 2 across
Gear Tri-Gear
Cabin Width 43"
disclaimer
THE LEGALESE
This website was built to document my work on my KRSuper2 in compliance with the FAA requirements needed to certify my aircraft. My experiences and comments are by no means to be considered as instructions on how to build a KRSuper2 or any other aircraft.
A Modern take on a classic aircraft with an all composite design
Fuselage
welcome
detailed progress report
Monday, May 31, 2010 - 2.5 Hours
Summary: Turtle deck
Details: Laid out the foam for the turtle deck and micro'd the pieces together.
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Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 1.5 Hours
Summary: Turtle deck
Details: Finished the turtle deck frame.
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Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 2 Hours
Summary: Turtle Deck
Details: Assembled the turtle deck frame.
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Friday, May 28, 2010 - 1.5 Hours
Summary: Turtle deck
Details: Cut out Masonite to form the turtle deck frame.
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Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 1 Hours
Summary: Turtle Deck
Details: Made templates for the rest of the turtle deck.
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Sunday, May 23, 2010 - 1 Hours
Summary: Canopy work
Details: Positioned the canopy to get the max height and then made a template for the backside of the canopy. Worked out the shape of the turtledeck.
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Monday, May 17, 2010 - 1 Hours
Summary: Canopy
Details: Taped up the border on the canopy and covered it with spray lat.
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Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 2 Hours
Summary: Canopy Frame
Details: Built the frame for the canopy to sit on.
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Sunday, May 09, 2010 - 0.01 Hours
Summary: Flange work
Details: Cleaned up the flange and watched Paul work out the alignment for the canopy.
Saturday, May 08, 2010 - 2 Hours
Summary: Flanges
Details: Worked on flanges for the front part of the fuselage. Paul worked on getting everything lined up on the canopy.
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 0.5 Hours
Summary: Flanges
Details: Finished out the flange and drank a 6 pack with Paul.
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 2.5 Hours
Summary: Flanges
Details: Prepped the right side for the flange and laid up 2 layers of BID.
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Monday, April 26, 2010 - 3 Hours
Summary: Flange for the turtle deck
Details: Prepped left side for flange and laid up 2 BID of glass to form the flange. Paul set up the turtle deck and worked to get it to shape and line up.
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Saturday, April 24, 2010 - 0.01 Hours
Summary: Turtle Deck
Details: Paul built a frame and laid up foam for the turtle deck.
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Friday, April 23, 2010 - 0.01 Hours
Summary: Turtle Deck
Details: Paul - Made up templates for the turtle deck.
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Sunday, April 11, 2010 - 1.5 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Body work!!!! They call it body work for a reason, that is why it is not called body fun!
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Sunday, April 04, 2010 - 3 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Body work.
Friday, April 02, 2010 - 2 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Body work. Still waiting on the canopies to come.
Thursday, April 01, 2010 - 2 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: More body work.
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Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 4 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Did more body work.
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Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 1 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: More body work.
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 2 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: More body work. Tried putting a sheet of peelply on and it didn't really help.
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Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 1.5 Hours
Summary: Lower fuselage
Details: Continued to sand the bottom of the fuse and laid down some more micro.
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Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 0.5 Hours
Summary: Fuselage bottom
Details: Sanded the micro on the bottom of the fuselage.
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Sunday, November 29, 2009 - 1 Hours
Summary: Floor panel
Details: Sanded the top of the floor panel and applied 2 layers of BID to the top seam.
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Saturday, November 28, 2009 - 2.5 Hours
Summary: Floor panel
Details: Sanded down teh micro on the bottom floor panel and laid up 2 layer BID down the seam.
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Friday, November 27, 2009 - 1 Hours
Summary: Floor panel
Details: Micro'd the top and bottom panels together.
Monday, November 23, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Floor boards
Details: Sanded the floor board into shape. Fit it all together, plucked out the edge foam and filled with micro.
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Sunday, October 11, 2009 - 3 Hours
Summary: Floor
Details: Worked on floor- cut and sanded panels. Epoxied the supports onto the floor. Worked on rudder spar and glassed both sides.
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Friday, October 09, 2009 - 0.5 Hours
Summary: Control tunnel
Details: Cleaned up flange on control tunnel and riveted another nutplate.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Foot rest lay up.
Details: Laid up boards for foot rest and backplate cover. Paul made hard points for attaching the control horn to the doublers.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Control tunnel cover and fuse floor
Details: Sanded up the control tunnel to fit. Cut floor panel to fit.
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Monday, July 13, 2009 - 2.5 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Worked on control tunnel top, Cut out foam floor from template for the rudder pedals. Fabricated nutplates for rudder spar.
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Sunday, July 12, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Fuselage floor
Details: Worked on floor bottom and control tunnel top.
Saturday, July 11, 2009 - 3 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Laid up foam for floor panels. Joined contol tunnel top.
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Friday, July 10, 2009 - 0.5 Hours
Summary: Floor Template
Details: Made template for floor panel.
Thursday, July 09, 2009 - 0.5 Hours
Summary: Fuselage- Rudder cable exits
Details: Micro'd rudder cable exit tubes into place.
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 0.5 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Joined control tunnel halves.
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 0.25 Hours
Summary: Fuselage - rudder cable exit holes.
Details: Drilled holes for rudder cables.
Sunday, July 05, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Miscellaneous
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Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 3 Hours
Summary: Fuselage -Engine mounts.
Details: Laid up top right engine mounts.
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 2.5 Hours
Summary: Fuselage Engine mount
Details: Laid up top left engine mount.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 1 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Sanded tunnel and prepped front firewall for top engine mounts. Paul laid up the motor mounts on his bird.
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Monday, June 29, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Control tunnel
Details: Prepped control tunnel for glassing and then glassed it into place.
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Sunday, June 28, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Fuselage - Control tunnel
Details: Sanded down the flange on the control tunnel. Cut covers to fit and micro'd the tunnel into place.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Worked on misc items
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Monday, June 22, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Fuselage - tunnel flange and V-Stab pulley
Details: Floxed in opposite side of the Vertical Stab attach points for the pulley. Sanded tunnel cover to shape and laid up glass to form the flange.
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Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 2.5 Hours
Summary: Control tunnel
Details: Cut out a control tunnel top and micro'd the edges. Floxed in one side of the aluminum attach point for the elevator pulley. Paul Installed his control tunnel in fuselage.
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Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 3 Hours
Summary: Control tunnel
Details: Worked on control tunnel- Glassed over the reinforcements on the control tunnel, filled in elevator spar with micro. Cut up aluminum inserts for Vertical stab and drilled them out. Cut out glass for inserts and prepped for floxing in .
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Friday, June 19, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Control tunnel
Details: Glassed up some foam to make the top for the control tunnel.
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Sunday, June 14, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Control tunnel
Details: Worked on control tunnel
Friday, June 12, 2009 - 1.5 Hours
Summary: Control tunnel
Details: Worked on control tunnel
Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 1 Hours
Summary: Control tunnel
Details: Worked on control tunnel. Cut out holes for installing the hard points.
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009 - 1.5 Hours
Summary: Control Tunnel
Details: Worked on control tunnel
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Monday, June 08, 2009 - 3 Hours
Summary: Control tunnel
Details: Worked on control tunnel
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Tuesday, May 05, 2009 - 1 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Riveted in the nutplates for the seat back
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Monday, May 04, 2009 - 1 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Glasssed over wood inserts and drilled rivet holes on seat back flange
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Sunday, May 03, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Riveted nutplates to the inspection hole. Drilled holes for the seat back nutplates. Cut out holes for wooden inserts and floxed them in place.
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Friday, May 01, 2009 - 1.5 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Prepped the inspection hole for riveting the nutplates. Riveted the nutplates into position
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 1 Hours
Summary: Wing ribs
Details: Micro’d some of the rib edges
Saturday, April 04, 2009 - 3 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Sanded flox and reshaped the saddle to 1 degree angle. Floxed and laid up the flange. Paul worked on his V-Stab flange.
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Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 3 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Floxed the saddle for the H-Stab flange.
Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Sanded out saddle and shaped the sides. Smoothed out the inside panels.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 2.5 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Decided to grind out the saddle and reshape it to get a 1 degree angle of incidence. Reapplied flox and set up the H-stab
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Monday, March 30, 2009 - 1 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Mulled over how the H-stab should be aligned and how to determine the angle of incidence
Sunday, March 29, 2009 - 3 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Cut out Horizontal-Stab saddle, sanded and shaped the firewall reinforcements. Floxed in the saddle
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Saturday, March 28, 2009 - 3 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Glassed remaining reinforcements in the bottom of the firewall
Friday, March 27, 2009 - 4 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Glassed the other sides of the control tunnel, sanded the leading edge of the vertical stab. Glassed 3 reinforcements on the firewall with BID
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 2.5 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Micro’d and glassed the control tunnel sides. Fabricated a top bulkhead piece. Made triangle reinforcements and CA’d them into place on the firewall inside
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 1 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Cut out control tunnel parts and prepped for glassing
Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 3 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Prepped the front inside firewall and applied Carbon Fiber. Also glassed the antenna connections
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Friday, March 20, 2009 - 3 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Sanded inside of the tail , micro’d and glassed it up
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Empennage
Details: Repaired tail and micro’d the V-stab
Monday, March 16, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Worked on reforming the tail
Sunday, March 08, 2009 - 5 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Solder up the antenna connections. Glassed over the antennas and fabricated the tail section to bring it up to level.
Saturday, March 07, 2009 - 4 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Glassed the inside of the header
Monday, March 02, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Cleaned up inside fuselage and seat flanges. Istalled Marker Beacon antenna. Drilled out inspection plate attachment holes
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Sunday, March 01, 2009 - 5 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Layed up and formed the header
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Glassed up the front side of the seat flanges
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Monday, February 23, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Worked on Flanges for the seat back. and mounted the header.
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Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 5 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Laid up the firewall with 6 layers of BID. Laid up some flanges for the seat back.
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Saturday, February 21, 2009 - 3 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Made flanges for the seatback
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Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Floxed in the right longeron
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Floxed in the left longeron. Many clamps!
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Cut out the longeron inserts and leveled the fuselage.
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Monday, February 16, 2009 - 4 Hours
Summary: Fuselage Bulkheads
Details: Layed up the rear, mid, and baggage bulkheads with BID
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Sunday, February 15, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Sanded to shape the header and seat back. Micro’d the mid-bulkhead and baggage bulkhead into position. Micro’d the edges of the inspection plate
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Saturday, February 14, 2009 - 4 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Sanded and Micro’d bulkheads and fitted into place. Cut out inspection hole, sanded and put into place to make lay-up for flange. Laid up 6 layers of BID
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Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Installed rear bulkhead
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 4 Hours
Summary: Fuselage rear bulkhead.
Details: Sanded and fitted the rear bulkheads. Floxed in the rear bulkhead. Glassed the other side of the seat back – BID. Glassed both sides of the firewall support.
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Worked on fuselage
Monday, February 09, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Worked on fuselage
Sunday, February 08, 2009 - 4 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Sanded the fuselage, cut and shaped the bulkheads, glassed one side of the seat back – 1 UNI and 1 BID
Thursday, February 05, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Worked on fuselage
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Monday, February 02, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Helped Paul micro and lay up the inner radius and micro’d his bulkheads
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Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Sanded and prepped the inside of the fuselage. Joined fuse sections
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Friday, January 30, 2009 - 3 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Sanded again and added more micro to smooth out the transition edges
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Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Sanded the inner radiuses of the fuselage and added micro to them
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 5 Hours
Summary: Fuseslage - forming the front half.
Details: Put fuselage on the formers and micro’d in the radius strips. Scored my rear fuselage with more relief lines. Micro’d the openings. Sanded inner front radiuses.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Fuselage - Firewall.
Details: Floxed firewall to front of fuselage
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Monday, January 26, 2009 - 4 Hours
Summary: Fuselage Firewall mount.
Details: Checked alignment of the front firewall mount. Cut out firewall and glassed both side
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Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 4 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Lined up Fuselage halves and then glassed them together
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Friday, January 23, 2009 - 3 Hours
Summary: Fuselage - Connecting front and rear fuse.
Details: Cut rear fuse bottom and aligned for attachment to the front fuselage bottom.
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Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 2.5 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Slurried and applied 1 layer of UNI and 1 layer of BID to the left side of the fuselage. Covered with peel-ply
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 3 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Slurried and applied 1 layer of UNI and 1 layer of BID to the right side of the fuselage. Covered with peal-ply.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Chris - fuselage
Details: Sanded and micro filled the fuselage radius
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Monday, January 19, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Cut out bulkheads and sanded the fuselage radius
Sunday, January 18, 2009 - 4 Hours
Summary: Fuselage and Bulkheads
Details: Micro’d and glassed the backsides of the bulkheads and then sanded the fuselage
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Saturday, January 17, 2009 - 6 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Micro’d 1.5” strips on Fuselage to fill in the gaps. Cut out bulkheads and laid them up with fiberglass and micro
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Friday, January 16, 2009 - 4 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Built Formers “C” and “E” and then attached them to the fuselage. Cut out 12 – 1.5” strips of ½” foam and micro’d them onto the fuselage to form the fuselage radius.
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Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 1 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Built former A and attached it to the fuselage and shape sanded the fuselage sides.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 3 Hours
Summary: Assemble fuselage formers
Details: Built forms for fuselage and attached bottom and sides to the forms
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Sunday, January 11, 2009 - 4 Hours
Summary: Rear fuselage
Details: Cut out sides and bottom for the front fuselage. Sanded leading edge on H-Stab. Helped Paul with his rear fuse.
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Monday, January 05, 2009 - 2.5 Hours
Summary: Fuselage bottom
Details: Slurried and glassed the inside bottom of the forward fuselage. Paul - Sanded joggle in bootom, other layups
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Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 4 Hours
Summary: Fuselage bottom
Details: Slurried and glassed the other side of the rear bottom fuse
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Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 5 Hours
Summary: Fuselage bottom
Details: Slurried and glassed rear bottom fuse.
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Friday, January 02, 2009 - 3 Hours
Summary: Rear bottom fuselage
Details: Fit and micro’d together the rear bottom fuse.
Thursday, January 01, 2009 - 2 Hours
Summary: Worked on fuselage
Details: Worked on fuselage
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 1.5 Hours
Summary: Rear bottom fuselage
Details: Made template for rear bottom fuselage.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 1 Hours
Summary: Rear bottom fuselage
Details: Micro'd flange, second coat, Trial fitted the rear fuse and cut new fuse pieces.
Monday, December 29, 2008 - 1 Hours
Summary: Rear fuselage bottom
Details: Cut out new sections fro the rear fuse bottom for a better fit.
Sunday, December 28, 2008 - 5 Hours
Summary: Worked on fuselage
Details: Laid up the fuselage bottom on the bottom side.
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Saturday, December 20, 2008 - 3 Hours
Summary: Worked on fuselage
Details: Worked on fuselage
Friday, December 19, 2008 - 1.5 Hours
Summary: Worked on fuselage
Details: Worked on fuselage
Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 2.5 Hours
Summary: Worked on fuselage
Details: Worked on fuselage
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 2 Hours
Summary: Worked on fuselage
Details: Worked on fuselage
Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - 2 Hours
Summary: Worked on fuselage
Details: Worked on fuselage
Sunday, December 14, 2008 - 4 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Micro'd and glassed inside of fuselage sides.
Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 7 Hours
Summary: Fuselage sides
Details: Micro'd and Laid up UNI and BID on the fuselage sides then peal plied it all.
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Monday, December 01, 2008 - 2 Hours
Summary: Fuselage
Details: Sanded joggles into the front fuselage sides and cut out pieces for rear bottom (tail cone) of the fuselage
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Sunday, November 30, 2008 - 3 Hours
Summary: Fuselage construction begins!
Details: Cut out front bottom and front sides for Fuselage.
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