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11/8/95 1.00 Bill of Materials  
11/9/95 1.50 Bill of Materials  
11/10/95 2.00 Bill of Materials  
11/11/95 2.00 Bill of Materials  
11/12/95 1.50 Bill of Materials  
11/13/95 2.25 Bill of Materials  
11/14/98 1.00 Bill of Materials  
2/19/96 2.00 Work on bench for fuselage layout  
2/21/96 3.00 Finish bench. Started layout on table Discrepancy on the plans 166 1/32 inches to station 8 doesn't match with lower station measurements it is 9/16" off.
2/22/96 2.50 Finish layout of drawing  
5/14/96 2.25 Receive metal from Dillsburg aeroplane works. All metal received per the packing list Photo1  Photo2
5/15/96 3.00 Rosette weld forward longeron at station 2 and upper at station 1  
5/16/96

5.00

Cut crosstubes for left side up to station 5  
5/17/96 3.00 Cut crosstubes for left side up to station 6  
5/18/96 2.00 Finish all crosstubes for left side. drilled holes for stress relief and fuselage oil
5/18/96 1.00 Tack weld left side. Installed upgrade for 125 HP engine in lower longeron.  
5/29/96 5.00 Layout right side installed reinforcement for 125 HP engine in lower longeron  
6/8/96 4.00 Layout right side to station 4 Photo
6/9/96 2.00 Layout right side to station 8  
6/23/96 5.00 Finish right side layout drilled holes and tack weld.  
6/29/96 1.00 Cut bench to layout the bottom of fuselage  
6/30/96 2.00 Layout bottom and put right side on the bench  
6/30/96 1.00 Install1X.049 for 125 HP upgrade in 1 1/8" tube at lower station 2  
7/3/96 4.00 Finish layout of bottom and start on top crosstubes  
7/5/96 3.00 Layout top and bend tube for top of back seat  
7/7/96 1.00 Tack weld bottom  
7/8/96 1.50 Cut top tubes and drill holes for stress and oil  
7/9/96 2.50 Fit tailpost and tack top tubes  
7/10/96 5.00 Finish top tube layout and took out of jig  
7/11/96 3.00 Installed tubes at front from top station 1 to lower station 2 for 125 HP upgrade.  
7/12/96 8.00 Weld joints  
7/14/96 2.00 Weld joints and start on landing gear fittings  
7/16/96 1.00 Weld joints and work on landing gear  
7/17/96 2.00 Weld joints and work on landing gear  
7/18/96 3.00 Landing gear upper shock struts  
7/21/96 2.00 Landing gear upper shock struts  
7/22/96 1.00 Landing gear upper and lower shock struts  
7/28/96 2.00 Cut cabane strut mounts Photo
7/29/96 1.00 Make template for metal mounts  
8/27/96 2.00 Make rear landing gear mounts  
9/1/96 3.00 make front mounts for landing gear and mount on fuselage finish front landing gear mount  
9/4/96 1.00 Weld right rear landing gear fitting  
2/28/97 1.5 Work on tail wheel mount  
2/29/97 1 Work on stabilizer mount  
3/22/97 1.5 Weld stabilizer mount  
3/22/97 1 Cut and weld 3/4" square tube for tail wheel mount and tail wire braces  
3/29/97 1 Cut landing gear axle for shock strut mount  
3/31/97 1.5 Weld doublers in place on landing gear axles  
4/1/97   Purchase wheels off of Tripacer from Carrol Deitz of Rockford IL  
4/3/97 2 Weld cabane for shock strut mount  
4/4/97 4 Work on right side landing gear  
4/11/97 1.5 Redo shock strut.  put on the shock cord retainer on up-side-down  
4/17/98 3 Worked on jackscrew mount.  First time Paul came to help on the airplane.  
4/19/98 3 Finished jackscrew mount. made a jig to hold tube while I cut the 4 tubes to the fuselage.
7/3/98 3 Mounts for rudder peddles  
8/11/98 4.5 Worked on bird cage for wing mounts  
8/18/98 4 Worked on bird cage for wing mounts  
9/1/98 4 Worked on bird cage for wing mounts tack weld  
9/8/98 4 Finish tubes for bird cage  
9/15/98 4 Weld bird cage  
9/16/98 5 Put in brake mounts and work on elevator bell crank mounts  
9/16/98 2 Took picture of clamp used for elevator bell crank mount  
9/16/98 1 Elevator bell crank assembly  
9/22/98 3 Floor board mounts and rudder peddle mounts weld  
9/28/98 4 Torque tube mounts and aileron stops  
10/9/98 3.5 Finish torque tube mounts and weld  
10/13/98 2 Cut tubes for rudder peddles and weld  
10/20/98 3 Rudder peddle mount straps  
10/29/98 3 Rudder peddle straps and motor mounts for fuselage  
11/3/98 4 Wing mounts for rear  
11/7/98 3 wing mounts for front and rear  
12/1/98 4 Finish brake peddles layout vertical stabilizer and rudder  
12/6/98 3 start vertical stabilizer  
12/8/98   receive metal from wicks aircraft supply Misc tubing for horizontal and vertical stabilizer and to redo the torque tube which I messed up on when I built the firs one
12/8/98 3 Build vertical stabilizer and tack weld  
12/15/98   Got AC 20-27D from FAA  
12/15/98 4 Technical counselor Bill Rewey came to look at the project. suggested we true the axles to correct toe out condition.  Worked on landing gear    
1/12/98 4 Weld left landing gear  
1/19/99 4 started on rudder.  Bent outside tube 3/8"x .035 did it on my knee  
1/27/99 4 rudder layout and tack weld  
2/9/99 4 Measured horizontal stabilizer from cub at Morey airport.   will install the balanced tail surfaces.  
2/23/98 4 layout horiz. stabilizer but could not bend the 1.00" X .035 tube  
2/24/98 4 start on building the new torque tube  
2/26/98 2 weld torque tube  
3/2/99 3 Horizontal stabilizer got a conduit bender to bend 1.00 x .035 leading edge.  
3/9/99 3 Finish layout of horizontal stabilizer  
3/12/99 3 Work on torque tube and horizontal stab.  
3/14/99 2 Torque tube and inner connecting tube.  
3/16/99 4 work on tail surfaces  
3/23/99 4 work on tail surfaces  
3/30/99 1 Made back seat front tube and mounts  
4/20/99 4.5 worked on hinges on the right side horizontal stab and elevator  
4/27/99 4 Horizontal stabilizer weld and work on hinges  
5/4/99 2 Weld hinges on elevator and Horiz. stabilizer  
5/11/99 4 cut and bend control horns for elevator and weld to tube.  
5/18/99 4 measure the degrees of sing for the elevator and weld control horns  
5/28/99 4 Modify the horizontal stab to fit the distance from the rear mount to the jackscrew mount.  
6/1/99 3 install hinges on rudder and vertical stabilizer  
6/22/99 4 cut door tubes and hinges and work on left landing gear brake mount  
6/26/99 2 weld rudder and horizontal stabilizer  
6/29/99 5 Cut top longeron for the door and weld door tubes and hinges.  
7/13/99 3.5 Cut tubes for step and welded. finished front horizontal stabilizer mount worked on welding horizontal stabilizer Photo
7/20/99 3.5 Finished step. work on cleaning up horizontal stabilizer. Cut stringer clips for side.  
07/31/99 .25 Bought full set of ribs from the Aeromart at EAA $250.00 for ribs
8/3/99 2.5 Clips for stringer.  Tested the new Turner Nibbler.   Works great made a jig for cutting metal of specified widths $168.00 for nibbler
8/10/99 1.5 fairleed cable mounts for elevator