Fuselage

Total Hours
(Fuselage): 379.5 hrs
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Fuselage Arrives!! |
1.0 hr |
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| 14 Nov 2004 | Began inventory of fuselage | 3.0 hrs |
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Finished inventory |
3.0 hrs |
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| 6 Dec 2004 | Edge finished firewall pieces | 2.0 hrs |
| 8 Dec 2004 | Built brackets and spacers | 2.0 hrs |
| 10 Dec 2004 | Painted stiffeners | 1.5 hrs |
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Assembled firewall |
3.5 hrs |
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| 1 Jan 2005 | Started wing carry through | 3.0 hrs |
| 12 Jan 2005 | Countersunk spar | 2.0 hrs |
| 14 Jan 2005 | Completed fabrication | 2.0 hrs |
| 15 Jan 2005 | Finished wing carry-through | 6.0 hrs |
| 18 Jan 2005 | Started center cockpit bulkhead | 2.0 hrs |
| 25 Jan 2005 | Attached Seatbelt hardware | 1.5 hrs |
| 30 Jan 2005 | Finished fabrication of seat bulkhead | 4.5 hrs |
| 31 Jan 2005 | Began Aft fuselage bulkheads | 2.0 hrs |
| 2 Feb 2005 | More bulkhead work | 1.0 hrs |
| 12 Feb 2005 | Even more bulkhead work | 2.0 hrs |
| 13 Feb 2005 | Painted bulkheads | 4.5 hrs |
| 15 Feb 2005 | Began riveting bulkheads | 1.0 hrs |
| 16 Feb 2005 | More bulkhead assembly | 3.0 hrs |
| 18 Feb 2005 | Finished last bulkead | 2.0 hrs |
| 20 Feb 2005 | Started longeron bending | 4.0 hrs |
| 21 Feb 2005 | Finished longeron bending | 3.0 hrs |
| 22 Feb 2005 | Began fuselage assembly | 3.0 hrs |
| 27 Feb 2005 | Began drilling J stiffeners | 4.5 hrs |
| 13 Mar 2005 | Edge finished skins | 2.5 hrs |
| 11 Apr 2005 | Painted skin and started assembly | 4.0 hrs |
| 14 Apr 2005 | Started riveting aft fuselage | 2.5 hrs |
| 16 Apr 2005 | Riveted the aft section | 6.0 hrs |
| 19 Apr 2005 | Edge finished seat ribs | 2.5 hrs |
| 21 Apr 2005 | Started cockpit floor assembly | 3.0 hrs |
| 22 Apr 2005 | Drilled bottom skin | 2.5 hrs |
| 25 Apr 2005 | Drilled Side seat ribs | 2.0 hrs |
| 29 Apr 2005 | Match drilled F-704 Doublers | 2.0 hrs |
| 30 Apr 2005 | Match drilled the skin to the ribs | 2.0 hrs |
| 11 May 2005 | Dimpled and deburred all the ribs | 1.5 hrs |
| 12 May 2005 | Deburred skin | 2.0 hrs |
| 17 May 2005 | Painted ribs and skin | 3.0 hrs |
| 21 May 2005 | Assembled ribs to spars | 3.0 hrs |
| 4 Jun 2005 | Started riveting skin to ribs | 3.0 hrs |
| 5 Jun 2005 | Finished riveting skin and started floor | 2.5 hrs |
| 8 Jun 2005 | Mated Center fuselage to Aft fuselage | 3.5 hrs |
| 9 June 2005 | Attached firewall to longerons | 3.5 hrs |
| 10 June 2005 | Match drilled stiffeners to skin | 4.5 hrs |
| 14 Jun 2005 | Fabricated side skin stiffeners and clips | 4.0 hrs |
| 18 Jun 2005 | Attached firewall gussets | 4.0 hrs |
| 25 Jun 2005 | Match drilled side skin stiffeners | 3.0 hrs |
| 26 Jun 2005 | Baggage area stiffeners and brake pedals | 3.0 hrs |
| 28 Jun 2005 | Painted and assembled brake pedals | 2.0 hrs |
| 30 Jun 2005 | Drilled rudder pedal blocks and floor stiffeners | 4.0 hrs |
| 1 Jul 2005 | Cut out gear holes and cut flanges for side steps | 3.0 hrs |
| 2 Jul 2005 | Drilled rudder pedal brackets to skin stiffeners | 4.0 hrs |
| 3 Jul 2005 | Began disassemble, deburring, edge finishing and dimpling | 7.0 hrs |
| 4 Jul 2005 | More dimpling, countersinking and deburring | 6.0 hrs |
| 5 Jul 2005 | Started priming parts | 4.0 hrs |
| 6 Jul 2005 | Finished priming | 4.0 hrs |
| 8 Jul 2005 | Started putting fuselage back together | 3.0 hrs |
| 9 Jul 2005 | Fuselage ready for riveting | 4.5 hrs |
| 15 Jul 2005 | Started riveting the fuselage | 2.5 hrs |
| 17 Jul 2005 | More fuselage riveting | 1.0 hr |
| 29 Jul 2005 | Finished aft and center section joint | 3.0 hrs |
| 30 Jul 2005 | Finished the forward fuselage floor riveting | 2.0 hrs |
| 31 Jul 2005 | Finished the fuselage and ready to roll it over | 2.0 hrs |
| 2 Aug 2005 | Rolled the fuselage and leveled it | 1.0 hr |
| 6 Aug 2005 | Drilled the rear deck to the fuselage | 2.0 hrs |
| 7 Aug 2005 | Painted the deck and some wing skins | 2.0 hrs |
| 8 Aug 2005 | Attached the rear deck to the fuselage | 2.0 hrs |
| 9 Aug 2005 | Built the fuselage stand | 2.0 hrs |
| 12 Aug 2005 | Match drilled all the gussets and modified armrests | 3.5 hrs |
| 13 Aug 2005 | Riveted the siderails, gussets and armrests | 4.0 hrs |
| 16 Aug 2005 | Attached the bellcrank | 1.5 hrs |
| 17 Aug 2005 | Started attaching the aft skin | 2.5 hrs |
| 19 Aug 2005 | Clecoed and drilled all aft fuselage skins | 3.5 hrs |
| 28 Aug 2005 | Started right wing step | 3.0 hrs |
| 2 Sep 2005 | Dimpled the skins | 2.5 hrs |
| 3 Sep 2005 | Painted the skins | 2.0 hrs |
| 4 Sep 2005 | Drilled the floor ribs for nutplates | 2.5 hrs |
| 5 Sep 2005 | Dimpled the floor ribs | 1.5 hrs |
| 6 Sep 2005 | Dimpled baggage floor skins | 0.5 hrs |
| 10 Sep 2005 | Started work on the baggage bulkheads | 2.0 hrs |
| 11 Sep 2005 | Cut , shaped and drilled the baggage bulkheads | 3.0 hrs |
| 13 Sep 2005 | Laid out all the cut marks for the seat pieces | 1.0 hr |
| 14 Sep 2005 | Cut the seat pieces and edge finished them | 1.0 hr |
| 21 Sep 2005 | Notched seatback stiffeners and cut lightening holes | 2.0 hrs |
| 23 Sep 2005 | Deburred and edge finished the lightening holes and stiffeners | 1.0 hr |
| 24 Sep 2005 | Worked on seat backs | 1.0 hr |
| 25 Sep 2005 | Drilled stiffeners to seatbacks | 2.0 hrs |
| 27 Sep 2005 | Cut hinges to length | 1.0 hr |
| 28 Sep 2005 | Finished hinge edges | 2.0 hrs |
| 30 Sep 2005 | Finished drilling seats and hinges | 2.5 hrs |
| 2 Oct 2005 | Painted all the seat parts | 3.0 hrs |
| 5 Oct 2005 | Built seatback braces | 0.5 hrs |
| 7 Oct 2005 | Assemble the seatbacks | 2.0 hrs |
| 8 Oct 2005 | Finished the nutplates for the floors | 4.5 hrs |
| 11 Oct 2005 | Finished the floors/seat bottom | 2.0 hrs |
| 22 Oct 2005 | Finished baggage area | 3.5 hrs |
| 25 Oct 2005 | Built the forward tunnel cover | 1.5 hrs |
| 29 Oct 2005 | Edge finished parts | 4.0 hrs |
| 30 Oct 2005 | Painted remaining parts | 3.5 hrs |
| 9 Nov 2005 | Riveted canopy rails | 1.0 hr |
| 16 Nov 2005 | Began brake pedal attachment to rudder pedals | 1.5 hrs |
| 19 Nov 2005 | Drilled out brake pedals | 2.0 hrs |
| 3 Dec 2005 | Started forward fuselage covers | 2.0 hrs |
| 4 Dec 2005 | More forward fuselage covers | 2.0 hrs |
| 6 Dec 2005 | Filed hole for left fuselage step | 1.0 hr |
| 7 Dec 2005 | Fit right aft top skin rib | 1.5 hrs |
| 17 Dec 2005 | Drilled steps to skin steps | 3.5 hrs |
| 18 Dec 2005 | Finished fitting steps | 4.0 hrs |
| 20 Dec 2005 | Finished steps and started flap mechanism | 3.5 hrs |
| 29 Dec 2005 | Fabricated several flap mechanism parts | 3.0 hrs |
| 31 Dec 2005 | Built flap mechanism braces | 3.0 hrs |
| 1 Jan 2006 | Installed the flap motor | 3.0 hrs |
| 2 Jan 2006 | Installed flap mechanism covers | 2.0 hrs |
| 4 Feb 2006 | Started installing landing gear mounts | 3.0 hrs |
| 11 Feb 2006 | More landing gear work | 3.0 hrs |
| 18 Feb 2006 | Finished up landing gear work | 3.0 hrs |
| 19 Feb 2006 | Started right fuel vent | 3.0 hrs |
| 20 Feb 2006 | Finished fuel vent tubing | 2.5 hrs |
| 26 Feb 2006 | Started fuel lines | 3.5 hrs |
| 12 Mar 2006 | Finished fuel line from valve to tank | 3.0 hrs |
| 18 Mar 2006 | Attached elevators to Horizontal Stab | 3.0 hrs |
| 29 Apr 2006 | Built the control rod | 2.0 hrs |
| 6 May 2006 | Drilled the elevator horns | 5.5 hrs |
| 14 May 2006 | Drilled the Horizontal Stab to the fuselage | 3.5 hrs |
| 17 May 2006 | Installed control tube | 1.5 hrs |
| 19 May 2006 | Started attaching vertical stab | 2.5 hrs |
| 20 May 2006 | More vertical stab work | 4.0 hrs |
| 21 May 2006 | Finished attaching vertical stab | 2.0 hrs |
| 17 Jun 2006 | Started work on fuel pump parts | 3.5 hrs |
| 18 Jun 2006 | More fuel pump work | 3.0 hrs |
| 24 Jun 2006 | Painted fuel pump parts | 2.0 hrs |
| 28 Jun 2006 | Instrument panel work | 3.0 hrs |
| 29 Jun 2006 | Installed nutplates on panel | 2.0 hrs |
| 4 Jul 2006 | Started working on parking brake mount | 2.0 hrs |
| 5 Jul 2006 | Finished parking brake mount | 2.0 hrs |