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Daily  Project
Date Description Hours Hours 
December 21, 2005 Picked up empennage kit! 0.8 0.8
January 11-13, 2006 Inventory empennage kit 7.0 7.8
March 11, 2006 Step 1 of Vertical Tail 1.5 9.3
March 13, 2006 Step 2 of Vertical Tail 2.0 11.3
March 14, 2006 Step 3 of Vertical Tail 1.0 12.3
March 17, 2006 Making progress, Step 4-6 of Vertical Tail 3.5 15.8
March 19, 2006 Putting together Vertical Tail for first time! 4.0 19.8
March 22, 2006 Drilling holes in Vertical Tail skin and BEGIN RUDDER 4.0 23.8
March 23, 2006 Deburring Vert Tail skin holes and more parts for Rudder 6.0 29.8
March 25, 2006 More Rear Spar and inventorying Wing Kit 5.0 34.8
March 26, 2006 Final prepping Vertical Stabilizer parts prior to priming 5.5 40.3
March 30, 2006 Mod to Vert Stab top rib, Rudder stiffeners & Horn 5.0 45.3
April 1, 2006 1st Dimples & Alodine; First screwed up holes
10.8 56.1
April 2, 2006 Finsihed Wing Kit inventory;  Rudder skin & trailing edge
10.0 66.1
April 4, 2006 Non productive work, but VERY needed!
zip! 66.1
April 5, 2006 Dimpling remaining Vertical Stabilizer parts
1.3 67.4
April 7-8, 2006 Sun n Fun
zilch! 67.4
April 11, 2006 Deburring & dimpling rudder parts
2.3 69.7
April 12, 2006 More rudder prep work
3.1 72.8
April 13, 2006 Dimpling rudder skins & countersinking trailing edge
2.8 75.6
April 14, 2006 Redoing bottom rudder rib half, & neighbors converge :-)
3.5
79.1
April 15, 2006 Alodining, and some frustrations
4.3 83.4
April 16, 2006 Rudder & vertical stabilizer priming done
1.5 84.9
April 17, 2006 First rivets squeezed :-)
0.9 85.8
April 18, 2006 Vertical stabilizer rear spar assembly complete
2.3 88.1
April 20, 2006 Begin assembling rudder
2.5 90.6
April 21, 2006 Rudder & vert stab ready to proseal;  BEGIN HORIZ STAB.
3.5 94.1
April 22, 2006 Pro seal rudder trailing edge and vertical stabilizer conduit.
8.5 102.6
April 26, 2006 More horizontal stabilizer.
3.0 105.6
April 27, 2006 FIRST FLIGHT IN AN RV!  Installing rudder spar.
6.8 112.4
April 28, 2006 Riveting rudder skin to spar, and put in counterbalance rib.
1.5 113.9
April 29, 2006 Horizontal stabilizer front spar rib & stringers
2.8 116.7
April 30, 2006 Misdrilling the horizontal stabilizer front spar cap (doh!)
1.3 118.0
May 2, 2006 Riveting rudder trailing edge (no wavies, no wavies, STOP!)
3.7 121.7
May 3, 2006 Confidence regained & rolling rudder leading edge (part 1)
4.6 126.3
May 4, 2006 More horizontal stabilizer front spar
3.7 130.0
May 5, 2006 Rolling rudder leading edge (part 2) & horiz stab inspar ribs
6.9 136.9
May 6, 2006 RUDDER COMPLETE!  Horizontal stabilizer nose ribs
6.2 143.1
May 7, 2006 VERTICAL STABILIZER COMPLETE!
3.8 146.9
May 22, 2006 Horizontal stabilizer spars, doublers & caps prep work
1.6 148.5
May 23, 2006 Horizontal stabilizer spars, doublers & caps prep work
1.9 150.4
May 24, 2006 Horizontal stabilizer spars, doublers & caps prep work
2.9 153.3
May 26, 2006 Priming & deburring
7.0 160.3