log

Date	Time	Task Description	Notes
10/30/97	2	Inventoried kit parts, and re-wrapped in plastic.
11/5/97	5	Matched HS-801skins to HS-603 spars. Drilled, de-burred, smoothed edges.	Sctratched up the HS-603 Channels because I took all the Vinyl coat off before finishing the edges. Will Leave Vinyl on as long a poss from now on.
11/6/97	4	De-burred and smoothed edges of HS-609. Dimpled HS-603 flanges.
11/7/97	3	Drilled HS-609 to the HS-603, drilled and fitted HS 412 & 413 brackets.
11/8/97	4	Drilled HS-411brackets and fitted it to the HS-603.
11/9/97	2	Primed HS-603, 609, & 411, 412, 413 brackets.	Used "Extend" rust neutralizer on the steel, and SW 988 GBP Self Etching primer on the aluminum and steel. Used tape to mask the 146 Flange bearing.
11/10/97	2	Deburred and finish sanded the HS 411, 412, & 413 brackets. Sprayed with "Extend".	For some reason I neglected to finish sand the steel parts, and had to redo them. Bought wood for jig, $140.00 #1 Kiln Dried 2x4s
11/11/97	2	Initial jig setup	Never use Steve for help again.
11/12/97	1	Riveted HS-411/bearing assembley together	Hand squeezing isn't that hard. Figuring out the rivet guages proved harder.
11/17/97	4	Riveted Rear HS Spar together	Had to buck rivets because of my stitches. Bucking isn't that hard, just hold the gun firm against the rivet, and let the bar bounce.
11/18/97	3	Repaired botched rivet on HS-413 bracket, screwed down jig	Drilled out hole in the 413 with a 5/32 bit, and put a D5-5 rivet in it. Spar looks sloppy with all the oil from the rivet gun on it.
11/19/97	2	Prepared HS-814 for cutting, cleaned and primed HS rear spar assembly	Marked centerline on HS-814, scribed drill holes, used engineer's compass to mark curves on ends.
11/20/97	2	Fabricated HS-814	Why does everything take 2 hrs?
11/21/97	4	Fabricated HS-810	Need to use much larger circles when templating radiused edges. Just made the .5 diam using a .53 template.
11/23/97	2	Setup HS-802's for cutting	Laid out 802's and scribed centerlines. Setup everything on jig and matched up with the 810 and 814 so I didn't screw anything up.
11/24/97	4	Fabricated HS-802's, setup for drilling to 810 and 814	Looks like I should just make the min edge distance with the fuse attach holes. Will know for sure tommorrow.
11/25/97	1	Drilled holes in the 814 and 810's, inboard of the bend lines
11/26/97	1	Drilled 814 & 810 to the HS front spar	Didn't quite make the min edge dist for the fuse attach holes on the 810, off by 1/32" Ken at Van's said not to worry about it.
11/28/97	3	Bent & final drilled the 810 & 814 to the HS front spar, prepared front spar for dimpling/cs
12/2/97	1	C/S 810 & 814	Ruined the 810, c/s right through it, had to order a new one.
12/3/97	2	Deburred and fluted 3 HS ribs	Last day to work before I'm off to MWTC for 2 weeks.
12/22/97	3	Fabricated HS-810	Went faster then the first time. Need to drill it and bend it.
12/26/97	5	Screwed up HS-810, deburred all HS ribs	Drilled holes off center on HS-810. Will need to make another, and will use the press this time.
12/28/97	4	Fabricated HS 810, Primed HS Front spar and ribs	No good, 1/2" too short. I have no idea what I was thinking!
1/1/98	2	Fabricated HS-810	Clamped it to the first 810 and drilled it in the press, holes still didn't line up
1/2/98	3	Fabricated/primed HS-810	Set up the whole HS front spar and used it to drill the 810. This time it worked.
1/3/98	3	Riveted HS front spar	Having a hell of a time with rivets, will ask Paul for help. I screwed up at least 1.
1/4/98	2	Fixed HS front spar, drilled ribs to rear spar	Talked to Paul, he said not to worry. Had me drill out one to a -5, and replace 2 others. -5 is pretty messed up. Will call Vans for advice.
1/7/98	4	Fabricated HS-814 & 810	Decided to rebuild HS front spar. Bought a pneumatic squeezer. Will practice before I rivet this one!
1/14/98	4	Fabricated HS-802 channels	Recived Pneumatic squeezer. Works awsome, well worth the $500.
1/15/98	6	Finished HS-814 & 810, drilled to 802's, prepped and primed front spar parts
1/16/98	1	Riveted HS front spar	Pneumatic Squeezer works great. Have 2 crooked rivets, I still haven't decided what to do with them.
1/19/98	4	Mounted jig brackets, mounted HS frame in the jig, fitted a skin	Drilled out and replaced 2 bad rivets, setup jig and put HS in it. Everything looks good so far.
1/20/98	2	Drilled HS Front Spar to tip ribs	Setup Front Spar too low, won't make edge distance. New ribs ordered. Need to mark all centerlines, and check skin fit BEFORE drilling.
1/22/98	1	Marked all spar centerlines
1/25/98	4	Drilled Front Spar to tip ribs, drilled root ribs to front spar	Drilled a hole in the wrong place while drilling for the front ribs. Not a big deal, will still make min's with new hole, but annoying.
1/26/98	2	Cut the "ears" off the 814, drilled HS-404 ribs to front spar	Ken Marscke says not to worry about the extra hole. I made all min distances from it, so it should be OK.
1/27/98	2	Drilled middle ribs to front spar, deburred all holes	Drilled front center ribs slightly crooked, but they still line up with the skin.
1/31/98	3	Drilled skins to HS skeleton	Made all min edge dist except the intersection of the 404 flange and the front spar flange. I will catch the front spar, but not the 404. I may trim the 404 out of the way.
2/1/98	4	Deburred and dimpled HS skeleton	Missed edge dist on the 404 and 608 where they intersect with the front spar. I may cut away the flange or rivet a new one in place.
2/2/98	1	Dimpled HS Skins	Dinged the top of each skin with the dimple dies. Not bad though.
2/3/98	2	Primed HS	Re-Primed all parts, primed inside of skins.
2/5/98	3	Riveted HS Skeleton	Had to buck rivets for the forward ribs. Messed up 1 out of 6.
2/10/98	2	Riveted left HS top skin	Not as bad as I thought it would be. Turned out very nice, have 2 possible bad rivets. Need a smaller bucking bar.
2/11/98	1	Squeezed all the rivets along the bottom edge of the left HS top	Had to use the Tatco, the P.E. Flange Yoke was too big. Got a smaller bucking bar from Paul too.
2/15/98	3	Riveted Left HS bottom skin	Taught Kelly to drive rivets. Everything went very well, no problems bucking etc.
2/16/98	2	Riveted Right HS top skin	Had trouble bucking. A few ugly rivets, had to drill out 3. Bucking bar slipped on a few. Very nice looking top side.
2/22/98	3	Riveted Right HS Bottom Skin	Went well, no problems. Used 35lbs on the gun.
2/23/98	1	Duburred VS 808 & VS 803
2/24/98	3	Drilled VS 803 to VS 808, deburred, dimpled
2/28/98	3	Prepped VS ribs & Front Spar, drilled ribs to rear spar, setup jig
3/1/98	3	Drilled ribs to front spar, test fit skin	Everything fits. going much smoother then the HS.
3/3/98	1	Deburred VS parts
3/4/98	2	Primed VS parts
3/5/98	2	Riveted VS rear spar	Drilled out 3, rivet removal tool I made works great.
3/7/98	4	Drilled skins to VS skeleton, deburred and dimpled VS, primed VS skin	Will have same edge distance problems with the last hole in the ribs as I had with the HS.
3/8/98	1	Riveted VS Skeleton
3/10/98	2	Riveted VS left skin	Packing tape on the flush set works great. Had to buck top leading edge rivet with a claw hammer head.
3/11/98	2	Riveted VS right skin, finished VS	Looks great, no problem rivets.
3/20/98	4	Drilled Rudder skin to spar, made left side stiffeners	This rudder skin has a few wrinkles. I must have made them while moving other parts in the box.
3/21/98	5	Made right side stiffeners, finish sanded all stiffeners
3/22/98	3	Drilled Rudder Stiffeners	Made a drill jig from a piece of stiffener material. 1.5" spacing was too large, 1" spacing worked well. Need to remake 3 stiffeners.
3/23/98	3	Made 2 rudder stiffeners, drilled stiffeners to rudder skin	Rivet spacing looks pretty good. Adjusted 1 hole. Offset stiffeners a little more then 1/8".
3/24/98	2	De-burred rudder skin and stiffeners	Still need to finish sand rudder edges.
3/26/98	3	Dimpled rudder skin, stiffeners, and spar	Finished rudder & spar edges. Used pop rivet dimpler. Used spring set on the C frame because I dinged the skin twice.
3/27/98	3	Primed Rudder skin & stiffeners	2 part SW primer sucks! Too much hassle. Ended up recoating with spray can stuff. Nothing beats it.
3/28/98	3	Riveted Stiffeners to rudder skin	Went ok. Forgot to RTV 1 stiffener, put way too much on another. One drop at each end is plenty. Messed up 2 rivets, 1 real bad.
3/30/98	3	Drilled Spar/horn assembly, drilled tip rib	Horn went ok after some thought. Drilled rib and spacers 1st, then horn. Drilled extra holes in tip rib, missed edge D by 1/32 on 1 hole.
3/31/98	2	Drilled counterweight skin to tip rib. Deburred spar parts, prepped for prime
4/1/98	1	Primed Rudder spar parts
4/2/98	2	Riveted Rudder spar assembly	Went ok. Rivets on horn need to be done with a hand squeezer or a gun. P-squeezer doesn't have enough depth. Had to drill one out 3 times, but finally got it with the hand squeezer.
4/9/98	1	Riveted Platenuts to spar	Lowest platenut needs AN470AD4-9 rivets to properly set. Had to run a 3/8" bit through the horn assembly to get the rod end to go through straight.
4/10/98	1	Checked Rudder Spar fit to VS	Fits ok, stripped my long bearing, will need to get another.
4/14/98	2	Final bend on rudder skin	Bend came out ok, may need a little more. Setup V block jigs, made brace for tip rib.
4/16/98	3	Set rudder in jig, drilled skin to spar, fabricated R410	My jig may have been knocked crooked. Had to add screws, I hope the rudder comes out straight.
4/19/98	3	Dimpled remaining holes in skin and spar, fabricated shims and strip for lower rudder	Had to make .032 shims for the 410 sides. Used a hand squeezer with a male die and female pop die to dimple tight areas.
4/20/98	3	Riveted Rudder skin to spar	Bucked rivets along spar, squeezer wouldn't reach half. Used 1 pop in the last hole in lower TE. Should have used pop on both sides. RTV with straws in TE. Looks pretty straight.
4/21/98	3	Bent & riveted leading edge, attached counterweight, finished Rudder	Overbent TE, had to bend it back some. Dipped pops in primer. Used screws to force c/s rib.
4/28/98	2	Drilled spar to skin, marked stiffener locations
4/29/98	3	Cut and drilled stiffeners	Used rivet fan to mark spacing this time. Looks much better.
4/30/98	4	Received and unpacked Quickbuild Kit
5/6/98	4	Inventoryed QB Kit
5/7/98	1	Drilled stiffeners to elevator
5/8/98		EAA Tech Counciler Visit. Jim George, #1960	Jim was very impressed with the QB.
5/9/98	3	Deburred & Dimpled Elevator skin and stiffeners	Used the deburring tip on the air drill with low air pressure. Worked great, really saved time.
5/10/98	2	Prepped and primed stiffeners and skin
5/11/98	2	Riveted stiffeners to skin
5/12/98	3	Drilled and deburred E 803, 804, Drilled and deburred E-610 & 611 both elevators
5/13/98	3	Drilled ribs to spar, primed elevator skeleton and elevator horns
5/14/98	4	Riveted Elevator frame, setup jig, completed priming horns
5/16/98	4	Drilled skin horn, & 813 to skeleton, deburred & dimpled.	Drilled a hole too close to 309 flange on horn, have to drill another farther down. Lined up horn with a file jammed in it.
5/17/98	4	Riveted Elevator together
5/18/98	3	Finished Leading edge radius, attached counterweight, Right Elevator completed	Have some oilcanning on bottom side. Jim said don't sweat it. Elevator is straight.
5/19/98	2	Fabricated stiffeners for left elevator	Made them all backwards. Will have to swap sides and adjust measurements.
5/21/98	1	Finished stiffeners for top side of the left elevator	Just switched stiffeners, and trimmed them to fit.
5/25/98	4	Finished stiffeners bottom side, drilled to skin, deburred all elevator parts
5/27/98	4	Dimpled and primed all elevator parts
5/29/98	2	Riveted stiffeners and doubler plate to skin	40 PSI works better for backriveting. Angled stiffener ends looks good.
5/31/98	4	Drilled and deburred all spar parts together, finished trailing edge bend	Angled stiffeners look better.
6/1/98	3	Drilled skeleton and horn to skin, deburred all parts	Trim tab plate had to be trimmed to clear a horn rivet.
6/3/98	1	Removed 606 from frame, finished dimpling, rivited horn on
6/4/98	1	Drilled & Dimpled new 606, dimpled edges of skin
6/5/98	2	Made new flange for 605, started riveting skin, drilled out rivets in skin	Got way ahead of myself, and riveted skin too soon, had to drill out a lot of rivets. Only screwed up 1. Had to make a new flange for 605, as I oversized the holes drilling it to the new 606.
6/7/98	5	Made MAC servo mount, bent elevator tabs, cut off tabs & made a rib	Elev tabs were a nightmare, need to make a better rib. MAC installation was confusing.
6/11/98	2	Completed riviting left elevator, made and installed trim cutout rib	Made rib out of .025 using a cardboard template.
6/13/98	3	Bent trim tab, drilled to rear spar	Trim tab bend went well.
6/14/98	3	Finished trim tab, attached hinge to elevator and tab, drilled out hinge rivets	I put the hinge on upside down. Will order another.
7/14/98	3	Built new trim tab, drilled hinge too far out	Drilled the hinge too far out on tab, too much space between tab and elevator.
7/17/98	4	Finished trim tab, riveted hinge in place, attached to elevator
7/20/98	3	Finished left elevator leading edge roll, attached elevators to HS	Had to back the rod ends off 1.5 turns to make proper clearance. Overall it doesn't look bad. Right elevator is further out then the left.
7/21/98	1	Added lead weight to left elevator	Emphennage complete for now. I'm waiting till later to drill the horns as per Paul C.
7/26/98	1	Ran rudder cables in fuselage
8/10/98	2	Fuselage floor panels
8/13/98	4	Rear Seat Footwells	Footwell parts were marked wrong, I had to switch two to make them fit.
8/17/98	3	Riveted Rear Seat Footwells, prepared rear floors
8/19/98	2	Prepared rear floors
8/20/98	3	Riveted rear floor stiffeners, fit and drilled rear floors
8/22/98	4	Installed flap actuator	What a hassle! Didn't drill blocks straight, bolts into platenuts is a horrible idea. Actuator doesn't track exactly straight.
8/23/98	1	Installed flap motor	Installation appears to be OK. Will check with some other builders. Flap motor seems to unscrew the rod end a little.
8/25/98	3	Fabricated control stick support
8/26/98	1	Drilled control stick support
9/2/98	2	Fitted rear seat side skins	Drilled some of the platenut holes to 3/16", they needed to be #21. Doh.
9/3/98	2	Cleaned out fuselage, deburred floors, started on forward baggage compartment
9/8/98	3	Drilled, fitted, and primed front baggage bin
9/9/98	4	Riveted and installed front baggage bin	Platenuts suck! Using a #19 to drill for -8 Platenuts gives a better screw fit.
9/11/98	2	Prepared cockpit floors for platenuts	Had to shim out rear left cabin skin for flap motor clearance. Hopefully it will be enough.
9/21/98	3	Installed platenuts in floors
9/22/98	3	Installed platenuts in floors
9/23/98	3	Installed platenuts in floors
9/24/98	3	Installed platenuts in floors	Platenut install: Fit screw to p/n, center p/n in hole with screw, drill lugs, c/s & deburr, install with screw in if possible.
9/28/98	3	Front left throttle quadrant	Drilled out the bad platenut on the flap bracket
9/30/98	3	Re-installed flap actuator platenut, installed floors, control column, flap actuator
10/3/98		EAA Tech Counciler Visit. Jim George, #1960
10/5/98	3	Front consoles
10/6/98	2	Front consoles
10/8/98	3	Installed front consoles, adjusted floor, prepped and primed elevator bellcrank
10/10/98	3	Riveted elevator bellcrank, fitted fuel selector valve
10/12/98	2	Installed fuel selector valve
10/13/98	3	Drilled Mid cabin floors
10/15/98	3	Installed platenuts for mid cabin floors
10/16/98	2	Drilled front seat floor ramp	Nicked wing spar carry through. Bill B at Vans said to sand it out, it was in a non critical area.
10/17/98	4	Installed platenuts for front seat floor ramp	Platenut jigs really speeds things along.
10/22/98	1	Initial fit for rudder pedals	Ground adjustable pedals cannot be installed with QB normally. Charry-Max blind rivets must be used.
10/27/98	3	Fabricated firewall battery tray installation	Plans say to use PP holes on firewall, but there are none!
11/2/98	2	Installed forward battery tray
11/6/98	2	Shimmed Fuselage, fitted HS	Fuse has a .02 deg twist, Vans says nothing to worry about.
11/9/98	2	Rudder pedals	Needed to order an oversized Cherry Max rivet, and had to get a smaller pop rivet tool for tight spots.
11/10/98	2	Drilled rudder attach angles
11/12/98	3	Installed rudder pedals	Pop riveter I bought couldn't pull C-max. Used 28 470-4-3, 4 470-4-5, 2 426-4-4 C-max for the installation, all went well and is straight.
11/16/98	3	Fitted HS, ready to drill	use an .025 shim on the right 811 bar, and 5/32 shims under the rear spar. All looks good.
11/17/98	3	Pilot drilled HS to fuse	Re-made wider shims. Pilot drilled HS first, then attached and drilled to fuse. Had to tweak holes a little.
11/19/98	2	Drilling HS
11/23/98	2	Made fuselage false floors	False floors make a big difference, much easier to get inside. Used 3/4" ply.
11/24/98	3	Drilling HS	Holes have to be drilled from the inside.
11/27/98	3	Final drilled HS	Joe helped me mount it. Looks very neat, everything is straight, etc.
12/3/98	2	Setup VS for drilling, made bracket for fuel selector	Paul said not to drill the VS yet. Will ask Scott M what he thinks.
12/14/98	2	Riveted fuel selector bracket, setup VS for drilling
12/19/98	2	Fuel selector valve, VS setup
12/21/98	1	pilot drilled VS
12/22/98	2	Prepped steel parts for powdercoating, removed and deburred HS
12/23/98	1	Attached HS, setup VS for drilling. Rudder pedals removed for priming
12/26/98	2	Drilled lower VS to fuse, fabricated 812 attach angle	Looks straight, but who knows.
12/28/98	2	Made a fixture to support the rear of the fuselage, aligned VS	Took 1 washer on the right to get the VS on center. Front spar is gonna be a pain.
12/29/98	1	Fabricated 812B angle	Got VS center by stretching string between 2 PP holes, then measuring the center. VS looks on center. 812 bulkhead is crooked and bowed in, and top deck is not flat.
1/4/99	3	Drilled VS to 812, set VS incedence	Used Vans method of measuring between 2 strings to set incidence.
1/6/99	2	Final drilled VS, initial fitting of VS front spar	Had to cut about 3/4" off the front spar. Need to shim 3/16" to make it match the HS spar, will use a 1/8" plate on the VS spar and a 1/16" plate on the HS spar. Whole thing would be easier if VS spar holes were left at 3/16" so clecos could be used to take it on and off. Undoing and redoing the 1/4" bolts stinks.
1/11/99	1	Fitted VS front spar, drilled front spar doubler plate
1/12/99	2	Drilled splice plate to VS, made shim for HS spar	Am shimming VS spar with 2x.032 plates, as the thinner shim will rivet better. Don’t have any .063 sheet, may replace later. HS spar now gets the 1/8" plate.
1/13/99	3	Drilled VS front spar attach plate to HS	I did it all wrong, but it came out fine. I drilled the pilot holes to 1/8 on the HS first on the bench, to make sure I had proper edge D, then I mounted the HS & VS. When I tried to dril from the front side of the HS, the 1/8" angle drill bit was too long! I had to drill through the 1/8" hole with a 3/32" bit, then open them up to 1/8" from the back, then open to 1/16". All came out fine, and it looks straight.
1/14/99	1	Riveted splice plate to VS spar
1/16/99	4	Bead blasted and primed all steel parts
1/25/99	2	Mounted elevators	Shop was broken into on 1/25. They took the bandsaw, grinder, sander, and hammer. No damage to the plane.
1/31/99	1	Removed VS and adjusted left elev	Put new tools together. Left elevator does not rotate in the proper plane. Bearing adjustments didn't help. It may be close enough, will ask around.
2/1/99	2	Set elevator throws: 30 deg up, 25 deg down	Still not sure what to do about the center bearing. Playing with the HEIM bearings helped a little, but didn’t fix it.
2/2/99	4	Drilled elevators through center bearing	Put a very small load on the elevator to get it centered, and drilled it. It swings fine, no binding. Used a water level and measured from a level on the floor to get the tips even.
2/3/99	3	Drilled elevator horn pushrod attach holes	Used a 3/4" center block with pilot holes drilled in it to keep the hole perpendicular. Worked great.
2/4/99	2	Installed control column and sticks, elevator bellcrank	Steel weldment for the rear stick had to be sanded to fit in the column. Bronze bushings and column need to be reamed for a 1/4" bolt.
2/6/99	3	Finished stick installation, cut and primed elevator pushrod	Bolts holding the sticks in is torqed until all sideplay is removed. Cut pushrod 1.5" longer to make sure it fits.
2/8/99	4	Installed Elevator rear pushrod	Cut the rod 1.5" longer then the plans say, had to cut ~0.5" off to make it fit correctly.
2/9/99	3	Cut 839 & 840 pushrods	Cut 840 too long, then cut it too short. Will have to get a new one eventually. Can set it up for now with short rod.
2/11/99	2	Installed 841 & 840 pushrods
2/15/99	2	Installed the 839 pushrod	It's defiantely too short, have to make a new one, but will work ok for fitting controls.
3/8/99	1	Fuel selector valve
3/9/99	1	Fuel selector valve	Valve is installed, but it bows the floor skin slightly because it sits too low. Can't shim because of the design.
3/11/99	1	Attached VS and fitted rudder	Need to find HEIM bearing measurements.
3/12/99	1	Setup rudder
3/13/99	4	Re-ran rudder cables, adjusted rudder angle, shaved top of VS	Rudder cables had to be re-run from the OUTSIDE of the fuse in the rear. Top of VS was shaved down to make the rudder HEIM measurements work.
3/15/99	3	Fabricated rudder stops, installed cable linkages to pedals	Looks ok, cables exit fuse at a bad angle, fuse will have to be trimmed. Got 35deg of travel each way as per Scott M.
3/17/99	2	Installed rudder stops	What a hassle! Vans measurements suck! I should have known better. Stops need to be fabricated, then drilled in assembly so the rivets don't interefere with the bulkheads.
3/29/99	3	Fabricated elevator stop, adjusted rudder cable routing
3/30/99	2	Removed all controls from fuse, prepared fuse for gear
3/31/99	1	Built forward fuse support jig, prepared fuse for gear
4/2/99	1	Fuselage stands
4/3/99	2	Fuse Stands, rudder cable fairings	Made the cable fairings shown on Sam B's page, but I'm not sure how I'll get them glued down.
4/6/99	2	Made 2 new rudder cable fairings, and glued them in place	Screwed the first 2 up. Used Scotch Weld structural epoxy to attach them.
3/6/99	2	Flipped fuselage, and setup for mounting the gear	Rudder cable fairings set up pretty good, will need some minor filling.
4/7/99	2	Drilled gear leg wear plates	Not paying attention as usual, gear bracket needs to be drilled before the wear plate. Had to remove the powdercoating to get the bracket to fit properly, but I lucked out with perfectly centered holes, and the PP holes in the brackets will just line up.
4/8/99	1	Gear Leg attach brackets
4/14/99	2	Drilled inboard Gear brackets	As usual, matchdrilled parts do not want to fit. Using a hand drill rounded out the holes a little, and the assemblys didn't want to line up properly.
4/15/99	4	Initial fitting of landing gear, engine inventory	Engine arrived. Landing gear is going badly, nothing fits as it should, had to trim fuse skins back, and outboard wear plates look crooked when gear is all lined up.
4/28/99	1	Painted gear brackets, removed rivet heads	Two 470 rivets were interfering with the outside wear plates on each side, so I had to grind off the heads. Will use set squares to align the gear tommorrow.
4/29/99	3	Aligned and installed landing gear outboard brackets	Used the straightedges to get gear aligned, and drilled with bullet bits.
5/1/99	4	Drilled inboard attach brackets to fuse, completed drilling outboard wear plates, deburred all holes	Hope my gear is facing the right direction.
5/13/99	2	Torqued and sealed all landing gear bolts	Steve helped. Cost me dinner and 12 Star Wars tickets. Torque seal was applied to all bolts.
5/22/99	5	Installed remaining landing gear bolts, checked torque on gear box bolts, initial fit fwd top skin	Outboard gear bolts need more torque, I missed the value in the instructions. Several QB bolts were too loose.
5/24/99	3	Fit and drill fwd top skin	Used band clamps & duct tape to get the fit right, and quick grips to hold the ends in place.
5/28/99	4	Fabricated instrument panel, and initial fit	Doesn't fit correctly, siderails need to be trimmed slightly.
5/29/99	3	Installed instrument panel and rollover bar	Panel is a sloppy fit, needed shimms on the sides. Will have to fill some gaps before painting.
6/14/99	2	Inventoried Finish kit, started fabricating front seat	Cut one of the seat rails the wrong way. Need to get a new piece.
7/3/99	5	Fabricated and installed front and rear seat
7/15/99	2	Riveted front seat, cut fiberglass headreast for back seat	The rumors are all true: Fiberglass sucks.
7/19/99	2	Rear seat fitting
7/20/99	1	Fit rear seat, drilled and deburred	Some trimming was necessary to get it to fit right. I'm still not 100% happy.
7/22/99	3	Riveted rear seat, installed bolts in rear rollbar (Not Torqued)
7/23/99	2	Bolted rear rollbar, deburred topskins
7/24/99	1	Dimpled forward top skin and bulkheads, measured for rollbar placement	Rollbar is too small at the bottom. Fuse needs to be squeezed in, or bar needs to be bent out. Will check with the list.
7/26/99	2	C/S front skin holes, front baggage door	Baggage door fits like crap. 1/4" too high at the front, 1/16" too high at the back. Vans says it can be forced into place when the inside skin is drilled to it.
8/2/99	3	Baggage door	I think I know how it goes together, the plans are not very clear here. The hinge & reinforcing angle go the full length, notches need to be cut in the bulkhead doubler strips & rib for clearance. I cut the ribs into 3 pieces each so the door could lay down properly on the fuse. I will need to rivet doublers to fix them in the proper position.
8/4/99	3	Baggage Door	Re-made the door hinge and support angle to the proper size (Full length of the door).
8/5/99	2	Deburred and primed baggage door parts
8/9/99	3	Riveted baggage door top skin, fitted door to fuselage	Riveting was a hassle, used a flush set and bucking bar because I don't have an offset backrivet set. Initial fit looks good.
8/16/99	2	Filed baggage door to fit, drilled, dimpled, primed splice plates	Reduced splice plate rivets from 5 to 3. 5 was too many holes to drill. Fit looks ok, bottom edge fits like hell. Will need some major adjusting.
8/17/99	2	Riveted baggage rib splice plates, then tore down baggage door	I screwed the whole thing up, for some reason I had the ribs placed incorrectly, even though I remember reading how they go in the manual. Skin rivets were all drilled out and ribs were removed. New ones on order. No oblong holes, at least I'm good at taking rivets out.
8/24/99	1	Clamped rollbar in place	I ordered 2 left side baggage skin ribs. Waiting for right side rib to arrive.
8/28/99	1	Drilled forward rollover bar	Fits like hell, will need some tweaking to get a no-load fit.
9/2/99	2	Mounted forward roll bar	Had to bend it in a few places to make it fit, still doesn't fit right.
9/6/99	2	Fabricated, c/s and primed center canopy frame rail	1/8" rivets in the last 6 holes, the rest get 3/32. No screws in the forward bent portion.
9/8/99	2	Riveted canopy center slide rail, drilled rail to fuse	Fwd end of the rail lifted while drilling. I will either have to bend it further to get it in position, or put a screw on the end.
9/14/99	2	Fabricated canopy slider block and side rails	Block was drilled all wrong, ordered a new one. I found out that the side rails must be trimmed to fit over the roll bar flange. This means cutting away the whole bottom section at that end.
9/16/99	2	Finished cutting forward ends of the canopy rails, fabricated new slide block	New slide block looks great. The drill press made all the difference.
9/17/99	1	Cut slide rail to fit stop block
9/19/99	3	Bent canopy frame to proper shape, installed side rails	Is it the proper shape? Who knows. I screwed all up drilling the side rails. Have a figure 8 hole on the longeron, will check if it's a problem.
9/20/99	1	Final drilled canopy side rails	Came out fine. Figure-8 hole turned out to be a single #20 hole, and will work fine.
9/22/99	2	Mounted side rails	Didn't get much done. Mounted side rails, played with slider. Getting ready to cut plexi.
9/23/99	1	Prepped canopy for fit and cut	Refaced the workbench, cut some of the wrap off the canopy. I hope I don't crack this damn thing. Fitting it alone will be a difficult job.
9/6/99	2	Fluted, drilled, and riveted baggage ribs to baggage door	Started marking centerline on canopy, but it's a 2 person job so I decided to prep the baggage ribs. I ended up going as far as riveting them.
10/10/99	4	Fitting canopy bubble	Cutting went well, not as nerve wracking as I thought it would be. Front-top skin is interfereing with the slider frame and will have to be resolved. I asked the list.
10/11/99	3	Trimmed canopy bubble	Cut the top-front skin away where it was interfereing as per other listers. Plexi bubble needs to be trimmed at the front to fit first, then finished off by trimming the back, then cutting the windshield free. Steve K. was a great help, really got me moving on it. I will have to scrape up some help for the rest of the bubble, he will be too busy.