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Fuselage Final Prep Day 3 (10/6/12)
2.8 Hours - A little more fuselage final prep today, and a lot more to go! Today, I deburred and countersunk the remaining forward fuselage angles. I also primed the mating surfaces of all the angle...
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Fuselage Final Prep Day 5 (10/9/12)
1.8 Hours - The left, F-770 side skin final prep is now finished. All that I had to do today was to complete the dimpling. A large portion of the holes could be reached with my squeezer, so dimpling...
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Fuselage Final Prep Day 10 (10/23/12)
0.8 Hours - Another day of longeron countersinking. I’m now about half way through the right longeron, so I should be able to finish with one more session. Once the longerons are countersunk, I’ll...
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Fuselage Final Prep Finally Over (10/25/12)
1.5 Hours - After another hour of countersinking, the longerons were finished. With the countersinks out-of-the-way, I quickly cleaned the longerons with acetone and then sprayed them with some...
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Forward Gusset and Canopy Decks Continued (12/30/12)
3.0 Hours - Today, I started off by riveting the forward fuselage gussets to the longerons and upper firewall angle. Most of the rivets could be reached with my squeezer, but a few had to be...
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Canopy Frame Riveted (5/16/15)
5.0 Hours – This is another cumulative post about work I’ve done over the last month. Since I’m just getting a little work done now and then, it’s easier to just post progress when “milestones” are...
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Aft Window Continued (6/13/15)
5.0 Hours – Fitting the rear window really hasn’t been that difficult, but it is a lot of work. Both the canopy halves need to constantly be positioned, marked for additional trimming/sanding,...
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Fuselage Final Prep Day 2 (10/5/12)
2.3 Hours – My plan is to remove parts from the fuselage one at a time for finishing. Doing it this way, I seem to be able to keep better track of what needs to get countersunk/dimpled and what does...
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Fuselage Final Prep Day 9 (10/21/12)
3.5 Hours – Over 200 holes countersunk today…not fun! The theme for the day was countersinking. After deburring and dimpling the aft fuselage, I started working on the longerons. Each longeron has...
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Forward Gusset and Canopy Deck Work (12/29/12)
2.8 Hours – The F-695 forward fuselage gussets were next on my to-do list. The gussets are cut to size and have a slight bend placed on one side at the factory. I was left to fine tune the fit and...
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