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Sunday, 9 March 2025

Progress - week of March 3, 2025

As of Monday, March 4.... 36 days to go.  Detailed progress:

Monday, March 3 - 36 days to go

  • Fuselage holes potted for exhaust shield in bottom of fuselage
  • Flap track fuselage pockets bonded
Tuesday, March 4 - 35 days to go
  • Took the night off.  Worked on checklists a bit.
Wednesday, March 5 - 34 days to go
  • Left wing tip.  Drilled counterweight arm, cut slot for counterweight.  Cut and fit vent fitting.  Trimmed trailing edge of wing trip.  Clearanced aileron / wing tip gap.  Sanded for fiberglass.
  • Checked fuselage flap track pockets.  All good.


Thursday, March 6 - 33 days to go
  • Next step on hatch covers... sanding and fiberglassing.
  • Next step on port wing tip.  Trimming and filling.
Friday, March 7 - 32 days to go
  • Night off.  Work function.
Saturday, March 8 - 31 days to go
  • Drilled holes for fuselage exhaust shield
  • Strut fairing - got the port side started
  • Flap tracks - all drilled.  Need a different die for my rivnut tool... 8-32.  Ordered.




Sunday, March 9 - 30 days to go.
  • Fiberglass on port wing tip.
  • Strut fairing continuation
  • Cleaned the hangar so I could get to the starboard wing tip (shelf was in the way).
  • Pilots drilled on the starboard wing tip.  Aft cut for aileron.


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