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Build chronology milestones
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Chronology |
December | February |
January 2006 |
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31st.
The rest of the rudder, clecoed. After deburring,
reassembly, drilling out to #30, deburring, reassembly, set
rivets. One assembly done, about 40 hours invested so far,
much in setting up and getting the tooling right, including
switching to a 15-tpi wood blade in the band saw, which
works well. |
28th.
Ordered the Wicks supplemental hardware kits and more
metalworking tools early in the month. This old metal rack
holds most of the formed metal parts and hardware, using
retired computer backup tape boxes to hold the
hardware. |
28th. Putting the
chamfer on the wing attach blocks--lots of carving metal
involved in making the wing spar fittings. While waiting
for the supplemental hardware kit, which contained the
rudder piano hinge, worked on the rudder skin and wing spar
fittings. Mismeasured both of the long lower spar
stiffeners, ordered new 2.5x2.5x0.187x48 extrusion stock
from Wicks to rebuild. Measure, measure, measure, then
cut--after rechecking the dimensions. |
1st. The
rudder horn assembly clecoed after bending the horn.
Later, riveted this assembly and cut the hinge to shape,
completing the rudder detail page. |
2nd. The
rudder skin, upside down, with the cutting line marked with
a laser level for the first cut of a complex shape to fit
around the rudder horn. Several cuts are required to fit
around the rudder horn. Used a cutoff wheel to rough cut
the preformed control surface material to shape, filed to
final measure line. |
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