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 01Jan02, 6 hours - Laid out rear bulkhead location. Located
& installed the marker beacon & main com antennae. Began
layout of the header tank. The standard layout will rub on my
right foot when braking, so I'm trying to find a layout that is better,
but without losing capacity. Cut hole for the header tank
filler, and sanded the top front seam.
03Jan02, 2 hours - Laid out static ports, relieved interior foam at
the ports & laid in backing glass.
04Jan02, 1 hour - Fit the static ports. Cut foam for the belly panel
reinforcements.
 05Jan02, 7 hours - Began fitting doors. I'll carry the doors as
far as hinge attachment, then leave final trimming until the engine is
mounted & on gear. Trimmed the fuselage for the canopy seal,
installed the seal, trial fit the canopies & mounted the left side canopy
hinges. Mounted outside door handles.
06Jan02, 2 hours - Located and drilled the right side canopy hinges & potted
both sets.
07Jan02, 4 hours - Repotted one hinge which was not as well aligned
as the others. Built up the door latch parts, and installed the
left latch system. After several trial fits, the custom snap ring provided with the kit is too stretched to be usable, must order more.
12Jan02, 2 hours - Continued door fitting...also finally sorted out
header tank layout. After much obsessing with tank shape &
location to make sure my toes did not hit the tank while braking,
several builders on the newsgroup led me to my problem: I
installed the rudder pedals too high. They can go down about an
inch, so after doing that I'll be able to build the tank as
standard. I also was advised to watch out for interference with
the plumbing, so I'll mock that up before committing to glass.
13Jan02, 4 hours - Finished up door fitting, and jigged up to mount
hinges. My trusty Dremel finally died while carving out the
hinge pin recesses. A short time after hitting the hardware store,
I was able to pot the hinges in, as well as the header tank
filler. The sanding, cutting & grinding of the past week have
trashed Celia's car, so I took it into town for a carwash.
14-31Jan02, 34 hours - I managed to munge up my log, so I'm catching
up now. Move on to February for pics & descriptions from Han
14 through Feb 10.
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