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Europa |
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| December, 2004 |
Europa A-055
December 2nd
Worked on fitting the windscreen...
Time: 1 hour
Total: 715 hoursDecember 3rd
Finished prepping the windscreen and bonded it into place. More prep on the doors...
Click thumbnail for larger viewTime: 2 hours
Total: 717 hoursDecember 4th
Cleaned up around windscreen, sanded edges and laid up a layer of BID, to insure it's integrity, then peel plied. Installed seat harnesses and top of the tunnel. Installed instrument panel and began hooking up the wiring. Powered up the system. So far, so good...
Click thumbnail for larger viewTime: 6 hours
Total: 723 hoursDecember 5th
Worked with the wiring in the panel and installed some of the placards. Covered the center of the tunnel with carpet, cut the access cover to the fuel selector and installed placard. Sanded BID around the windscreen and applied filler. Fabricated the battery tray...
Click thumbnail for larger viewTime: 5 hours
Total: 728 hoursDecember 7th
Installed more placards, trimmed the battery tray and sanded on the windshield filler and refilled...
Time: 1 hour
Total: 729 hoursDecember 9th
Finished all carpet in the cockpit. Except for the seats and finishing the panel, this pretty much finishes up the interior. Sanded the windscreen edges. It still needs a couple of spots touched up...
Click thumbnail for larger viewTime: 2 hours
Total: 731 hoursDecember 10th
Designed, fabricated and painted two high strength, aluminum risers, which will take the shoulder harness up above shoulder level. Got an engineer friend, testing the prototype to ensure that the rig will be strong enough for the task...
Time: 1 hour
Total: 732 hoursDecember 12th
Finished fabricating, painted and installed shoulder harness risers. Sanded and filled on doors. Filled various spots on the fuselage and avionics panel. Scuff sanded and bonded the battery tray to the starboard footwell...
Click thumbnail for larger viewTime: 4 hours
Total: 736 hoursDecember 17th
Removed mask and re-masked windscreen and began sanding edges. Sanded vertical fin and checked for more movement in the fiberglass. It will need a bit more filling...
Time: 1 hour
Total: 737 hoursDecember 19th
More sanding on the vertical fin and filling imperfections where the fiberglass has moved during curing. Finished the initial sanding on the edges of the windscreen and doors...
Time: 1 hour
Total: 738 hoursDecember 22nd
Finished sanding and primed the avionics panel, doors and windscreen area, then sanded around windscreen. Sanded filler on fin and primed, then sanded entire empennage. The fin and windscreen area will require one more coat of primer, then I can sand the entire fuselage and bring it to the paint shop...
Click thumbnail for larger viewTime: 3 hours
Total: 741 hoursDecember 27th
Finished sanding the doors. They lack only retaping the screen and feathering the primer. Mounted the wings to the fuselage and aimed the landing/taxi lights. I can now install the clear wingtips...
Time: 2 hours
Total: 743 hoursDecember 28th
Retaped the door screens and feather edged the primer. The doors, handles and one of the inspection covers are at the painters. More sanding on the fuselage...
Time: 2 hours
Total: 745 hoursDecember 29th
Sanded entire fuselage. Primed various parts of wings and fuselage. Filled a couple of spots on fuselage that needed touching up.
Time: 5 hours
Total: 750 hoursDecember 30th
Did a little sanding on the fuselage, to smooth out a few spots, then primed the entire thing. Once the primer cured, I did the finish sanding on everything behind the doors. Slick as a baby's butt...
Time: 3 hours
Total: 753 hoursDecember 31st
Finished sanding the entire fuselage, including underneath and the door flanges. Feathered in around the windscreen. Sanded the rudder. Mixed a little primer in a cup and walked around the fuselage with a small brush and touched up any pin holes and scratches I could find. This baby is finally ready for the paint shop...
Click thumbnail for larger viewTime: 4 hours
Total: 757 hours
