Fuselage

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                                                           Total Hours (Fuselage):    379.5 hrs

2 Nov 2004

Fuselage Arrives!!

1.0 hr

14 Nov 2004 Began inventory of fuselage 3.0 hrs

15 Nov 2004

Finished inventory

3.0 hrs

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

12 Dec 2004

Assembled firewall

3.5 hrs

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
     

   
 
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