Dan's
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Wings
| Date | Session Hours | Task |
| 1/23/2006 | 1 | Reattached wingtip connectors |
| 1/20/2006 | 2 | prep and dimple fuse-wing fairing |
| 1/19/2006 | 2 | rivet platenuts onto tank |
| 1/18/2006 | 3 | Locate, drill platenut holes on tank for fairing |
| 1/16/2006 | 1 | Complete fuel tank attachment bends and platenut… |
| 1/13/2006 | 1 | Misc stuff flap and aileron setup |
| 1/11/2006 | 2.5 | drill holes , begin flap attachment |
| 1/9/2006 | 1 | begin R flap attachment |
| 1/8/2006 | 6 | Drill, dimple, attach platenuts, set wingbolts, tap fuse-wing skin, set screws to R wing. Is complete |
| 1/6/2006 | 3 | Run wing wiring thru conduit |
| 1/3/2006 | 3 | Finish setting bolts on left wing , begine tap and set screws to bottom wing-fuselage |
| 1/2/2006 | 6 | Remove L wing w temp bolts, drill dimple attach platenuts, reattach wing w permanent bolts |
| 12/31/2005 | 3 | misc wing prep for final setup |
| 12/30/2005 | 5 | set left wing incidence |
| 12/29/2005 | 2.5 | misc prep and attach wing |
| 12/27/2005 | 1 | rivet flap bracket |
| 12/26/2005 | 1 | final rivet bottom skin |
| 12/23/2005 | 1 | attach remaining screws on nottom wing |
| 12/21/2005 | 2 | Rivet bottom of left wing |
| 12/20/2005 | 2.5 | rivet bottom inboard skin |
| 12/19/2005 | 3 | atttach platenuts to R FT Z brackets, begin mounting FT |
| 12/18/2005 | 3 | rinse out R FT, attach quick drains to both FT, misc wing prep for setting incidense |
| 12/17/2005 | 3 | enlarge wire conduit holes on remaining 3 ribs, install conduit, rivet inboard bottom skin |
| 12/16/2005 | 1.5 | attach remaing platenutes to joint strip, drill, debur & coutersink Z brackets on R Tank |
| 12/15/2005 | 2.5 | drill, debur, apply platenute to joint plate for FT. Drill dimple & debur right FT, align for Z bracket drilling |
| 12/14/2005 | 1 | finished riveting left bottom skin |
| 12/13/2005 | 1 | rivet flap/hinge trailing edge |
| 12/12/2005 | 3 | contimue riveting inboard bottom skin |
| 12/11/2005 | 1 | begin riveting inboard bottom skin |
| 12/10/2005 | 7 | install Z bracket platenuts & tweak with alignment issues. Attach Right Fuel Tank to wing, bolt & screw down. Looks Good! |
| 12/9/2005 | 2 | locate & drill holes for platenuts on the right fuel tank Z brackets |
| 12/8/2005 | 0.5 | attach fuel tank for Z bracket drill locations |
| 12/7/2005 | 1 | drill & debur fuel tank perimeter |
| 12/6/2005 | 1 | prepare tanks & wing for setup |
| 12/4/2005 | 2 | bend & setup fuel float sender, remove ailerons, flaps from wings in stand & prepare for fuel tank addition |
| 6/18/2005 | 3.5 | rivet 1 outboard bottom sheet |
| 6/17/2005 | 1 | complete ctrsink, rivet of platenuts to both wingtips |
| 6/15/2005 | 1.5 | drill 2nd platenut series & ctrsink |
| 6/14/2005 | 0.5 | dimple both wing skins for tip attachment |
| 6/14/2005 | 2 | ctrsink screw holes, prep, ctrsink, attach & rivet bracket for both wingtips |
| 6/13/2005 | 3 | finish drill, ctrsink & rivet right wingtip nutplates |
| 6/12/2005 | 2.5 | drill one pilot hole/nutplate thru alum strip using wingtip hole as guide, reapply using contact cement & cleco to cure |
| 6/11/2005 | 5.5 | remove alum strips, trim wingtip edges, attach to wing & pilot drill center holes in prep for nutplates |
| 6/10/2005 | 1 | attach strip to 2nd wing tip |
| 6/9/2005 | 1 | attach alum strips to rear of wing tip |
| 6/7/2005 | 2.5 | drill, debur, dimple/ctrsk & attach platenuts to inboard wings, drill debur & prep outboard wings for platenuts |
| 2/2/2005 | 1 | attach platenuts to wingtip lens assy |
| 1/24/2005 | 1 | cut & shape wing tip lens |
| 8/31/2004 | 2.5 | fabricate, install aierlon trim |
| 8/30/2004 | 2 | assemble aileron trim assy |
| 4/6/2004 | 1.5 | DONE drill, debur, countersink/dimple flap brace & hinge assy, cleco panels move assy to wing cradle |
| 4/5/2004 | 1.5 | bellcrank assy |
| 4/4/2004 | 1 | drill, rivet flap flap brace. Mount aileron to hinges |
| 4/3/2004 | 0.5 | drill out erroneous aileron brace rivets and recleco |
| 4/3/2004 | 5.5 | rivet top skins w/Nann, rivet rear spar, drill, dimple, rivet aileron brace |
| 4/2/2004 | 1 | rivet top skins |
| 4/1/2004 | 1 | install access plates for bottom skins |
| 3/31/2004 | 4 | finish leading edge rivets, rivet LE ribs to Main spar, rivet LE assy to Main Spar |
| 3/30/2004 | 1.5 | cleanup skin edges, scarf joint, rivet leading edge |
| 3/30/2004 | 2 | debur/dimple/prime 423 joint strip, countersink rear spar, dimple leading edge skin |
| 3/29/2004 | 1.5 | finish dimple skins, prime interior skins @ rib connect, countersink main spar |
| 3/28/2004 | 3 | debur & dimple ribs, debur& dimple bottom skins |
| 3/27/2004 | 3 | debur bottom skins & dimple |
| 3/26/2004 | 1 | drill wiring conduit rib holes |
| 3/25/2004 | 1 | cleco & drill leading edge skins |
| 3/25/2004 | 2 | drill top & bottom main skins |
| 3/25/2004 | 1 | fabricate & drill wing walk doubler |
| 3/24/2004 | 2 | Rivet ribs to spar & attach aileron brackets |
| 3/23/2004 | 1 | prime remaining ribs, cleco |
| 3/22/2004 | 2 | drill, debur prime ribs... |
| 3/21/2004 | 0.5 | cleco 710,711,712 ribs to spar |
| 3/21/2004 | 0.5 | test fuel tank, bummer, leaks on center baffle & IB attach bracket |
| 3/21/2004 | 3.5 | attach ailerons & flaps |
| 3/20/2004 | 1 | proseal send unit |
| 3/20/2004 | 0.5 | proseal send unit |
| 3/18/2004 | 1 | install pitot tube |
| 3/16/2004 | 1.5 | install bellcrank |
| 3/15/2004 | 1.5 | bellcrank assy |
| 3/13/2004 | 4 | finished proseal tank |
| 3/7/2004 | 1 | Left Fuel Tank fabricate large aileron push rods |
| 3/5/2004 | 1 | Left Fuel Tank install vent tube |
| 3/4/2004 | 1 | Left Fuel Tank proseal/rivit end mounts |
| 3/3/2004 | 1 | Left Fuel Tank prep, vent tube… |
| 3/1/2004 | 1 | Left Fuel Tank pre fitting… |
| 3/1/2004 | 3 | Left Fuel Tank 4th proseal session |
| 2/28/2004 | 1 | aileron fabricate aileron push rods |
| 2/27/2004 | 1.5 | DONE FLAPS final rivet |
| 2/26/2004 | 4 | FLAPS dimple, prime, rivet rt flap |
| 2/25/2004 | 1.5 | FLAPS debur, dimple rt flap |
| 2/25/2004 | 4.5 | FLAPS final assy left flap |
| 2/24/2004 | 4 | FLAPS assy,fabricated brackets, prime… |
| 2/23/2004 | 7.5 | build FLAPS |
| 2/22/2004 | 0.5 | DONE - Aileron 24.5 hours |
| 2/22/2004 | 3 | finished right side, redo left bottom |
| 2/21/2004 | 2.5 | finish left side |
| 2/18/2004 | 1 | aileron prep work |
| 2/17/2004 | 1 | aileron prep work |
| 2/16/2004 | 4 | aileron prep work |
| 2/15/2004 | 3.5 | aileron, prime, prep,assemble... |
| 2/14/2004 | 3 | prime, debur edges, rivet skins & stiffeners |
| 2/13/2004 | 2 | dimple skins & stiffeners |
| 2/12/2004 | 1.5 | drill & debur skins |
| 2/12/2004 | 2.5 | remove plastic, cut stiffeners |
| 2/12/2004 | 1 | drill, debur, dimple 704,705 bottom skins & install platenuts for access plates |
| 2/10/2004 | 2.5 | drill, debur, rivet 721,724, flap/aileron gap braces |
| 2/10/2004 | 1.5 | prime aileron & gap braces, build both sets of brackets |
| 2/5/2004 | 1 | prep aileron brackets |
| 2/5/2004 | 1.5 | rivet bottom row... |
| 2/5/2004 | 2 | 3rd proseal session |
| 2/4/2004 | 1 | rivet skin to spar |
| 2/4/2004 | 1 | tank hardware setup |
| 2/3/2004 | 1.5 | rivet top skins w Drew |
| 2/2/2004 | 1.5 | rivet leading edge to main spar, rivet outboard rib to skin |
| 2/2/2004 | 0.5 | set conduit, cut,bend pitot ube |
| 2/2/2004 | 2 | prime skin interior, cleco top skins for final rivet |
| 2/1/2004 | 1 | rivet leading edge to main spar |
| 2/1/2004 | 2 | countersink spar, edge prep skins |
| 1/31/2004 | 2 | debur OB top dimple all ribs |
| 1/31/2004 | 3.5 | 2nd proseal session, 2 ribs |
| 1/30/2004 | 2 | debur top skins, dimple ribs, dimple skins |
| 1/29/2004 | 0.5 | dimple doubler |
| 1/29/2004 | 1.5 | drill pito tube hole, dimple OB skins |
| 1/28/2004 | 2.5 | deburr bottom skins,ribs |
| 1/28/2004 | 1.5 | rivet,prime leading edge |
| 1/26/2004 | 2 | 423 platenuts... |
| 1/26/2004 | 3 | Left Fuel Tank debur,dimple leading edge |
| 1/25/2004 | 3 | Left Fuel Tank 1st proseal session, seal/rivet stiffeners |
| 1/21/2004 | 1 | Left Fuel Tank sand/prep skin,siffeners |
| 1/20/2004 | 4 | Left Fuel Tank dimple,debur |
| 1/19/2004 | 2 | Left Fuel Tank prep |
| 1/16/2004 | 2 | Left Fuel Tank prep |
| 1/15/2004 | 2 | Left Fuel Tank prep |
| 1/13/2004 | 2 | Left Fuel Tank prep |
| 1/2/2004 | 3.5 | Left Fuel Tank prep |
| 1/1/2004 | 3 | Left Fuel Tank prep |
| 12/26/2003 | 0.5 | Left Fuel Tank prep |
| 12/25/2003 | 1 | Left Fuel Tank prep |
| 12/23/2003 | 0.5 | Left Fuel Tank prep |
| 12/22/2003 | 0.5 | Left Fuel Tank prep |
| 10/20/2003 | 3 | Left Wing Assy |
| 10/19/2003 | 0.5 | Left Wing Assy |
| 10/18/2003 | 1 | Left Wing Assy |
| 10/15/2003 | 1 | Left Wing Assy |
| 10/9/2003 | 3 | Left Wing Assy |
| 10/8/2003 | 2 | Left Wing Assy |
| 10/7/2003 | 2 | Left Wing Assy |
| 10/3/2003 | 3.5 | Left Wing Assy |
| 10/2/2003 | 1 | Rib fluting & deburring |
| 10/1/2003 | 2 | Rib fluting & deburring |
| 9/30/2003 | 1 | Rib fluting & deburring |
| 9/30/2003 | 1 | DONE -Wing Spar |
| 9/29/2003 | 3 | Wing Spar |
| 9/28/2003 | 2 | Wing Spar |
| 9/27/2003 | 1 | Wing Spar |
| 9/26/2003 | 1 | Wing Spar |
| 9/25/2003 | 3 | Wing Spar |
| 9/24/2003 | 2 | Wing Spar |
| 9/23/2003 | 3 | Wing Spar |
| 9/8/2003 | 2 | Wing Spar |
| 9/6/2003 | 1 | Wing Spar |
| 9/5/2003 | 2 | Wing Spar |
| 9/4/2003 | 2 | Wing Spar |
| 9/3/2003 | 2 | Wing Spar |
| 9/2/2003 | 2 | Wing Spar |
| 8/31/2003 | 2 | Wing Spar |