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11/21/11 3.6 hours The 5202 aluminum tubing arrived Aircraft Spruce. Shipping on the 6′ lengths was about $15. Originally, I had ordered it in 12′ lengths. AS dropped me an email saying my $60 order would cost $144 to ship, … Continue reading →

11/20/11 1.6 hours I carefully figured out how to square the doghouse up. It meant moving two platenuts, installing two more platenuts, and running a tap through all of the platenuts. What a difference that last step makes! The screws … Continue reading →

November 19, 2011. 3.9 hours and lots of cogitating. I have figured out 3 ways to mount the Whelen strobe power pack on my plane and built two of them. The third way is to mount it on the deck … Continue reading →

11/13/11, 3.1 hours I started off today by trying to fix the doghouse cover over the fuel pump. I spent an hour working on sorting out the problems – and there are several. It just got too frustrating and I … Continue reading →

11/12/11 2.6 That’s not misprint – I worked the same number of hours today as yesterday. As hard as it is to believe, all I accomplished was getting the magnetometer shelf finished and installed. The shelf itself is pretty simple. … Continue reading →

11/11/11 2.6 hours After talking to another builder friend about how he routed his wiring, I realized that I forgotten to put two holes in the F707 bulkhead. With all the control tubes, the bell crank and the AP servo, … Continue reading →

1 hour Nothing accomplished beyond a lot of head scratching. Not sure how to install the fuel line to the Andair valve, passing it through two plastic bushings along the main spar, through the gear web, a couple of bends … Continue reading →

10/29/11 2.0 hours, 535.1 Fuselage Build Time, Total Build Time 1148.1 It has taken a fair amount of preparation to get to this point – most of it rather frustrating. In any event, I’ve been reading about problems with poorly … Continue reading →

10/29/11 3.1 hours, 533.1 Fuselage Build Time, Total Build Time 1146.1 Fit, drilled, deburred, dimpled, and riveted the fuel pump housing, including installing 8 #6 platenuts. On the bright side, I located 6 out of the 8 correctly. The other … Continue reading →

10/28/11 2.6 hours, 530.3 Fuselage Build Time, Total Build Time 1143.0 Made the cuts required to fit the new base that the fuel pump rests on to the center tunnel cover. I installed the platenuts to secure both parts to … Continue reading →