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Fuselage
Wed Nov 14 2007
- Fuselage kit arrives!
Tue Dec 4 2007
- Unpacking / inventorying fuselage kit
Mon Dec 17 2007
- Deburring
Tue Dec 18 2007
- Deburring ribs
Thu Dec 20 2007
- Deburring
Sun Dec 23 2007
- Deburring
Wed Dec 26 2007
- Deburring
Thu Dec 27 2007
- Deburring and crate teardown
Sun Dec 30 2007
- Deburring
Mon Dec 31 2007
- Deburring
Tue Jan 1 2008
- Deburring
Wed Jan 2 2008
- Deburring
Thu Jan 3 2008
- Deburring
Fri Jan 4 2008
- Tech Counselor visit
Sat Jan 5 2008
- Visit from Tom Webster
Sun Jan 6 2008
- Deburring
Thu Jan 10 2008
- Deburring
Sat Jan 12 2008
- Wing riveting at Dan Hempy's and deburring
Sun Jan 13 2008
- Fabricating brackets, deburring
Wed Jan 16 2008
- Deburring
Thu Jan 17 2008
- Deburring bulkheads
Sat Jan 19 2008
- Deburring bulkheads
Sun Jan 20 2008
- Deburring bulkheads and firewall assy
Mon Jan 21 2008
- Firewall deburring
Tue Jan 22 2008
- Firewall deburring
Thu Jan 24 2008
- Countersinking and dimpling firewall
Sat Jan 26 2008
- Airplane Plastics visit
Sun Jan 27 2008
- F-704 Spar center section
Tue Jan 29 2008
- F-704 Spar center section riveting
Thu Jan 31 2008
- F-704 Spar center section spacers
Fri Feb 1 2008
- F-705 Rear spar bulkhead work
Sat Feb 2 2008
- F-705 Rear spar bulkhead work
Sun Feb 3 2008
- F-705 Rear spar bulkhead work
Wed Feb 6 2008
- F-705 Rear spar bulkhead work
Thu Feb 7 2008
- F-705 Rear spar bulkhead work
Sat Feb 9 2008
- F-705 Rear spar bulkhead work; Helping Brent Owens
Sun Feb 10 2008
- F-706, F-707, and F-708 Bulkheads
Mon Feb 11 2008
- F-705 Bulkhead work
Wed Feb 13 2008
- F-711 Bulkhead work
Sat Feb 16 2008
- Bulkhead work
Sun Feb 17 2008
- Building storage shelves
Mon Feb 18 2008
- Shop cleanup and longerons
Fri Feb 22 2008
- Bending longerons
Sat Feb 23 2008
- Bending longerons
Sun Feb 24 2008
- Bending longerons
Mon Feb 25 2008
- Drilling and trimming right canopy deck
Wed Feb 27 2008
- Canopy deck and battery box
Sat Mar 1 2008
- Battery box
Mon Mar 3 2008
- Battery strap standoffs
Fri Mar 7 2008
- Copper buss bars
Sat Mar 8 2008
- Battery box and relay mounting
Sun Mar 9 2008
- Polishing firewall
Fri Mar 21 2008
- Polishing firewall
Sat Mar 29 2008
- Trip to Put-in Bay
Sun Mar 30 2008
- Polishing firewall
Mon Mar 31 2008
- Polishing firewall
Tue Apr 1 2008
- Polishing firewall
Wed Apr 2 2008
- Polishing firewall
Sun Apr 6 2008
- Polishing firewall
Mon Apr 7 2008
- Polishing firewall
Wed Apr 9 2008
- Polishing firewall
Thu Apr 10 2008
- Polishing firewall
Sat Apr 12 2008
- Polishing firewall
Mon Apr 14 2008
- Polishing firewall
Tue Apr 15 2008
- Polishing firewall
Sat Apr 19 2008
- Polishing firewall
Sun Apr 20 2008
- Polishing firewall
Mon Apr 21 2008
- Polishing firewall
Tue Apr 22 2008
- Polishing firewall
Wed Apr 23 2008
- Polishing firewall complete!
Fri May 2 2008
- Working on an RV-
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Sun May 4 2008
- Post-polishing cleanup
Thu May 8 2008
- Building sawhorses for fuselage
Sat May 10 2008
- Flying with Tom Webster
Sun May 11 2008
- Sawhorses and tailcone
Mon May 12 2008
- Trimming J-channels
Tue May 13 2008
- Tweaking F-779 aft bottom skin
Fri May 16 2008
- Drilling F-711
Sun May 18 2008
- Match drilling aft fuselage
Tue May 20 2008
- Modifying F-716 center ribs
Wed May 21 2008
- Modifying F-716 center ribs
Fri May 23 2008
- Center section
Sat May 24 2008
- Straightening center section ribs
Sun May 25 2008
- F-715 and F-623 rib work
Mon May 26 2008
- Setting gap for wing spars in F-704
Fri May 30 2008
- Fabricating F-916C spacers
Sat May 31 2008
- EAA9 Pancake Breakfast
Sun Jun 1 2008
- Seat belt bracket prototype
Tue Jun 3 2008
- Match drilled side skins to F-704 and F-705
Mon Jun 9 2008
- Fitting F-715 ribs
Tue Jun 10 2008
- Drilling F-715s and deburring extra F-716 ribs
Wed Jun 11 2008
- Deburring extra F-716 ribs
Thu Jun 12 2008
- Fitting first F-716 doubler rib
Sun Jun 15 2008
- Fabricating seat belt brackets
Sun Jun 22 2008
- Fabricating seatbelt brackets
Tue Jun 24 2008
- Fabricating seatbelt brackets
Sun Jun 29 2008
- Fabricating seatbelt brackets
Mon Jun 30 2008
- Fabricating seatbelt brackets
Tue Jul 1 2008
- Fabricating seatbelt brackets
Wed Jul 2 2008
- Fabricating seatbelt brackets
Fri Jul 4 2008
- Fabricating seatbelt brackets
Sat Jul 5 2008
- Fabricating seatbelt brackets
Sun Jul 13 2008
- Fabricating seatbelt brackets
Tue Jul 15 2008
- Fabricating seatbelt brackets
Sat Jul 19 2008
- Fabricating seatbelt brackets
Sun Jul 20 2008
- Fabricating seatbelt brackets
Mon Jul 21 2008
- Fabricating seatbelt brackets
Fri Aug 1 2008
- Airventure 2008
Sun Aug 10 2008
- New dog!
Wed Aug 20 2008
- Trimming F-638 seat supports
Thu Aug 21 2008
- Fabricating F-637B and F-637C seat angles
Sat Aug 23 2008
- Flying with Tom Webster / working on seats
Sun Aug 24 2008
- Working on seats and flying with Dick Wetherald
Wed Aug 27 2008
- Drilling right seat
Thu Aug 28 2008
- Drilling new F-776 skin
Sun Aug 31 2008
- Notching F-786 J channel stiffeners
Mon Sep 1 2008
- J-channel stiffeners and joining center and aft fuselage
Sun Sep 7 2008
- Left conical bend
Wed Sep 10 2008
- Right conical bend
Sat Sep 13 2008
- Drilling left longeron
Tue Sep 16 2008
- Drilling right longeron
Wed Sep 17 2008
- Miscellaneous fuselage work
Thu Sep 18 2008
- Working on F-904L (F-704L ?) straps
Tue Sep 23 2008
- Firewall work
Sun Sep 28 2008
- Lee Bottom Fly-in
Sat Oct 4 2008
- Longeron and firewall work
Sun Oct 5 2008
- Front fuselage and firewall
Tue Oct 7 2008
- Drilling firewall and armrests
Sat Oct 11 2008
- Step kit installation
Sun Oct 12 2008
- Step kit installation
Mon Oct 13 2008
- Step kit installation
Tue Oct 14 2008
- Step kit installation
Sat Oct 18 2008
- Step kit installation
Sun Oct 19 2008
- Auxiliary longeron and gussets
Mon Oct 20 2008
- Auxiliary longeron
Thu Oct 23 2008
- Fitting left gear weldment
Sat Oct 25 2008
- Fitting F-713 auxiliary longerons
Sun Oct 26 2008
- Joggle problems
Sun Nov 16 2008
- Aileron boot rings
Tue Nov 18 2008
- Joggle tooling
Wed Nov 19 2008
- Joggle tooling
Sat Nov 22 2008
- Angle joggles
Sun Nov 23 2008
- F-719 Stiffeners and F-717 lower longerons
Tue Nov 25 2008
- Drilling F-719B clips and F-902 bulkheads
Wed Nov 26 2008
- Fitting F-7101 web plates
Thu Nov 27 2008
- Brake pedals and Tofurkey!
Sun Nov 30 2008
- Brake pedals
Mon Dec 1 2008
- Fabricating F-796-B, C, & D
Wed Dec 3 2008
- Drilling F-796-A, B, C, & D
Sat Dec 6 2008
- Drilling rudder pedal bearing blocks
Sun Dec 7 2008
- Fitting rudder pedals
Sun Dec 14 2008
- Floor stiffeners
Mon Dec 15 2008
- Fluted baggage stiffeners
Tue Dec 30 2008
- Baggage compartment side panels
Fri Jan 2 2009
- Extra fuselage stiffeners
Tue Jan 6 2009
- F-706 doublers for extra stiffeners
Wed Jan 7 2009
- F-707 doublers for extra stiffeners
Sat Jan 10 2009
- Fitting gear weldments
Mon Jan 12 2009
- Fitting gear weldments
Tue Jan 13 2009
- Fitting gear weldments
Wed Jan 14 2009
- Fitting gear weldments
Fri Jan 16 2009
- Fitting gear weldments
Sat Jan 17 2009
- Fitting gear weldments
Sun Jan 18 2009
- Stripping powder coating
Mon Jan 19 2009
- Geoff Combs RV-10 visit
Thu Jan 22 2009
- Baggage bulkhead
Sat Jan 24 2009
- Wheel nut modifications
Sun Jan 25 2009
- Miscellaneous fuselage work
Mon Jan 26 2009
- Fitting baggage bulkhead and floors
Thu Jan 29 2009
- New tools
Sat Jan 31 2009
- Fitting gear weldments
Sun Feb 1 2009
- Riveting Sportsman wings
Sat Feb 7 2009
- Fitting gear weldments
Wed Feb 11 2009
- Fabricated F-785B
Fri Feb 13 2009
- Fabricated F-766B
Sun Feb 15 2009
- Fitting F-767 attach plate and seat pans
Wed Feb 18 2009
- Drilling floor plates for nutplates
Thu Feb 26 2009
- EAA9 homebuilders visit
Sat Feb 28 2009
- Fuselage miscellaneous
Mon Mar 2 2009
- Fitting flap weldment
Tue Mar 3 2009
- Finishing kit arrives!
Sat Mar 7 2009
- Fuselage miscellaneous
Sun Mar 8 2009
- Disassembly and deburring
Mon Mar 9 2009
- Disassembly and deburring
Tue Mar 10 2009
- Deburring
Wed Mar 11 2009
- Deburring and fitting F-695 gussets
Sun Mar 15 2009
- Fitting F-695 gussets
Wed Mar 18 2009
- Fitting F-695R
Sat Mar 21 2009
- Fitting F-695L
Sun Mar 22 2009
- Fuselage disassembly
Tue Mar 24 2009
- Disassembling fuselage
Thu Mar 26 2009
- Fitting extra tailcone stiffeners
Sat Mar 28 2009
- Fitting extra tailcone stiffeners
Sun Mar 29 2009
- Fitting extra tailcone stiffeners
Tue Mar 31 2009
- Deburring and dimpling fuselage components
Wed Apr 1 2009
- Deburring and dimpling fuselage components
Sat Apr 4 2009
- Deburring and dimpling fuselage components
Sun Apr 5 2009
- Deburring fuselage components
Wed Apr 8 2009
- Deburring fuselage components
Thu Apr 9 2009
- Deburring fuselage components
Fri Apr 10 2009
- Visit to WhirlWind Propeller
Sat Apr 11 2009
- Deburring and dimpling fuselage components
Sun Apr 12 2009
- Deburring and dimpling fuselage components
Mon Apr 13 2009
- Deburring and dimpling fuselage components
Tue Apr 14 2009
- Dimpling fuselage skins
Wed Apr 15 2009
- Drilling engine mount to firewall
Thu Apr 16 2009
- Drilling engine mount to firewall
Fri Apr 17 2009
- Cleaning and priming fuselage parts
Sat Apr 18 2009
- Priming fuselage parts
Sun Apr 19 2009
- Tailcone assembly
Mon Apr 20 2009
- Installing nutplates
Tue Apr 21 2009
- Installing nutplates
Wed Apr 22 2009
- Riveting doubler blocks
Thu Apr 23 2009
- Drilling engine mount to firewall
Sat Apr 25 2009
- Priming and bulkhead assembly
Sun Apr 26 2009
- Miscellaneous fuselage assembly
Mon Apr 27 2009
- Installing nutplates and firewall reassembly
Wed Apr 29 2009
- Riveting tailcone
Thu Apr 30 2009
- Riveting firewall
Sat May 2 2009
- Riveting firewall and tailcone
Mon May 4 2009
- Installing F-704 doubler blocks
Wed May 6 2009
- Installing nutplates on seat floor ribs
Sat May 9 2009
- Cracked rivets
Sun May 10 2009
- Miscellaneous fuselage work
Mon May 11 2009
- Riveting seat ribs to F-704 bulkhead
Thu May 14 2009
- Dimpling side skins and ribs for aileron pushrood boot rings
Fri May 15 2009
- Drilling the new firewall weldment
Thu May 21 2009
- Visit to Bob Leffler's RV-10 project
Sat May 23 2009
- Prepping for riveting forward fuselage
Sun May 24 2009
- Riveting fuselage center section
Mon May 25 2009
- Fuselage details
Tue May 26 2009
- Fitting floor stiffeners
Sat May 30 2009
- EAA9 Pancake breakfast
Sun May 31 2009
- Floor and armrest stiffeners
Thu Jun 11 2009
- Forward fuselage work
Sat Jun 13 2009
- Flying to Sporty's
Sun Jun 14 2009
- Sealing firewall
Mon Jun 15 2009
- Armrest stiffeners
Wed Jun 17 2009
- Flipped the canoe!
Sat Jun 20 2009
- Drilling aft deck
Sat Jun 27 2009
- New garage workbench
Sun Jun 28 2009
- Armrest modifications
Tue Jun 30 2009
- Working on pushrod tubes
Thu Jul 2 2009
- Riveting aft deck
Fri Jul 3 2009
- Riveting pushrods
Sat Jul 4 2009
- Fitting side rails and F-757 gussets
Sun Jul 5 2009
- Drilling top fuselage skins
Wed Jul 8 2009
- Dimpling top fuselage skins
Fri Jul 10 2009
- Miscellaneous fuselage work
Sat Jul 11 2009
- Deburring heater cover
Sun Jul 12 2009
- Priming fuselage parts
Sat Jul 18 2009
- Fitting side rails
Mon Jul 20 2009
- Miscellaneous fuselage work
Tue Jul 21 2009
- Prep for riveting upper fuselage skins
Wed Jul 22 2009
- Riveting top fuselage skins
Sat Jul 25 2009
- Airventure 2009
Sat Aug 1 2009
- Drilling out rivets from F-708
Sun Aug 2 2009
- Priming and installing F-708 bulkhead shims
Wed Aug 5 2009
- Riveting top skins and arm rests
Sat Aug 8 2009
- Drilling and dimpling for static ports
Sun Aug 9 2009
- Forward floor center tunnel cover
Sat Aug 15 2009
- Drilling tunnel cover to floor stiffeners
Sun Aug 16 2009
- Drilling F-938A fuel selector mounting plate
Mon Aug 17 2009
- Drilling and dimpling for nutplates on the floor center covers
Thu Aug 20 2009
- Fuel pump cover and nutplates
Sat Aug 22 2009
- Riveting side rails and starting dog platform
Mon Aug 24 2009
- Dog platform
Fri Aug 28 2009
- Riveting Aaron May's RV-10 vertical stabilizer
Sat Aug 29 2009
- John Furey annual fly-in
Sun Aug 30 2009
- Dog platform
Wed Sep 2 2009
- Shear
Mon Sep 7 2009
- Assembling seat backs
Sat Sep 12 2009
- MERFI 2009
Sat Sep 19 2009
- Installed static ports
Sun Sep 27 2009
- Fabricating dog platform retaining clips
Tue Oct 13 2009
- Fabricating joggle tooling
Wed Oct 14 2009
- Testing joggle tooling
Sat Oct 17 2009
- Building blitz at MRT
Sun Oct 18 2009
- Trimming joggle tabs
Mon Oct 19 2009
- Dog platform
Thu Oct 22 2009
- Wire tie base
Sat Oct 24 2009
- Dog platform
Sun Oct 25 2009
- Dog platform
Tue Oct 27 2009
- Dog platform
Wed Oct 28 2009
- New brake!
Thu Oct 29 2009
- Dog platform
Sun Nov 1 2009
- Dog platform supports
Mon Nov 2 2009
- Dog platform supports
Tue Nov 3 2009
- Dog platform supports
Wed Nov 4 2009
- Dog platform supports
Sat Nov 7 2009
- Ohio Valley RVators birthday party
Sat Nov 28 2009
- Polishing intake pipes
Sun Nov 29 2009
- Kerin's first GA flight!
Sat Dec 19 2009
- Polishing intake pipes
Sat Jan 9 2010
- Anodizing rig
Sun Jan 10 2010
- Current supply
Sat Jan 16 2010
- Flying with Dick Wetherald
Sun Jan 17 2010
- Anodizing current control circuit
Sun Jan 24 2010
- First anodizing test...success!
Sat Jan 30 2010
- Anodizing pushrod tubes
Sun Jan 31 2010
- Anodizing intake pipe flanges
Mon Feb 1 2010
- Anodizing intake pipe flanges
Tue Feb 2 2010
- Anodizing intake pipe flanges
Fri Feb 5 2010
- Dog platform support shims
Sat Feb 6 2010
- Dog platform supports
Thu Feb 11 2010
- Fabricating latching mechanism
Fri Feb 12 2010
- Fabricating latching mechanism
Sat Feb 13 2010
- Dog platform
Mon Feb 15 2010
- Dog platform and latch
Tue Feb 16 2010
- Dog platform supports
Wed Feb 17 2010
- Jig for trimming roll bar components
Thu Feb 18 2010
- Roll bar
Sat Feb 20 2010
- Fuselage miscellaneous
Thu Feb 25 2010
- Roll bar
Thu Mar 11 2010
- Prop and staic line routing
Sat Mar 13 2010
- Miscellaneous tailcone work
Sun Mar 14 2010
- Fitting landing gear weldments