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03Feb01, 1 hours - Continued shaping wing top.
04Feb01, 4 hours - Laid in left flap
spar laminates. Inspected the new parts: Cowling, extended
wingtips, GIII oil filter ducting, and fiberglass engine baffle.
Along with the mount I received last week, I now have all of the
required factory parts save the spinner.
05Feb01, 1 hour - Prepped for closing
of left flap. Drilled internal drain hole, cleaned & sanded
all bonding surfaces, reread manual & inspected flap for
completeness.
 10Feb01, 1 hour - Closed left flap.
11Feb01, 5 hours - Prepped for
closing of right flap. Re-reading the manual, I discovered that I
neglected to drill the drain hole at the actuator rib for the left
flap. Fortunately this can be done from the outside, and I've
marked the flap as a reminder. After a few more trial fits and a
final inspection, closed the right flap.
12Feb01, 2 hours - Inspected both
flaps with ailerons installed. Straight as an arrow! The
trials with the trailing edge boards were worth it. Bonded the
flap leading edges outboard of the end brackets, and began filling the
leading edge joggle.
18Feb01, 7 hours - Finished leading
edge filling. Continued wingtop shaping.
19Feb01, 4 hours - More wing
shaping. Finished filling right top skin
over the spar. Maximum thickness appears to be about .020, most is
less than .010.
 20Feb01, 1.5 hours - Shaped flap
hinge cutouts, sanded outboard ends for 3/16" gap before cap.
25Feb01, 4 hours - Fabricated &
installed outboard flap and inboard aileron caps. The flap caps
were precut & finished for the hinge bolt holes. The holes
will be filled with RTV prior to flight. In order to get an even
gap, I installed a 1/8" masonite shim between the caps while they
cured.
 26Feb01,
6 hours - Continued wing top finishing. The q-cell on the leading
edge still had not set up. Followed Neal Garvin's advice of
hitting it with a heat gun. This did the trick in just a few
minutes, allowing me to start finish shaping the leading edge.
27Feb01, 3 hours - Prepped the flaps
as male molds for the rear wing cap at the slotted flaps. Laid up
the left cap.
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