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Date: 3/24/2003 |
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New Aileron Counter
Weights |
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Fabricated
mold, cut and bent 1/2" stainless square tubing, melted lead and poured
new aileron counter weights. Mounted weights to ailerons and balanced
assembly. Installed on wing and cut clearance holes through lower wing
skins. (yes, these are the second set of aileron counter-weights)
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Task Hours: 6
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Date: 4/27/2003 |
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Control Surface Hinges
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Counter-sunk and riveted the aileron and flap hinges
to the wing.
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Task Hours: 2
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Date: 5/10/2003 |
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Wing Tips |
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Sanded filler on wing tips around lens area.
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Task Hours: 1
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Date: 5/10/2003 |
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Rigging |
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Installed ailerons and flaps. Installed and adjusted
flap stop bolts.
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Task Hours: 2
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Date: 8/17/2003 |
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Installed Strobe Control
Unit |
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Installed
strobe control units into wing tip area.
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Task Hours: 1.5
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Date: 9/28/2003 |
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Wing Ground and Positive
Busses |
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Installed
and wired wing ground and positive busses.
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Task Hours: 10
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Date: 11/21/2004 |
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LED Nav Lights
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November 21, 2004: Today I started working on
mounting my navigation led and landing light assemblies. I built a set
of These
LED Nav lights from Killacycle.com.. I highly recommend these kits for
their ease of assembly. I decided on the shaped kit with the hole in the
middle for the landing light to shine through. I didn't purchase the
landing lights with the kit. Instead, I found a set of self contained
PIAA driving lights that have a more focused beam yet retained the
compact size.
Here is a picture of the 004XT style lamp.
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Task Hours: 3
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Date: 11/28/2004 |
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LED Nav Lights
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I finished fabricating and fitting up the LED
navigation and PIAA landing light assemblies today. See
my website for more detail.
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Task Hours: 2
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Date: 12/5/2004 |
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Terminated Wingtip Wiring
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I
designed a small bracket to mount the wiring connectors for the Nav and
Landing lights at the wingtip. I fabricated the bracket out of 1/2" x
3/4" hardware store aluminum. After sanding and cleaning them, I primed
them. I terminated the ends of the Nav and Landing light wires with
Molex connectors and labeled them. When the primer was cured I
assembled the brackets and attached the connectors. The black wire tie
is a reusable type that will provide strain relief to the wires coming
from the lights. The photos are a before and after. I attached the
bracket to the strobe light housing.
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Task Hours: 5
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