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July 2008 Finishing

July 1st  Pilot drilled the roll bar and aft top skin for the rear window

July 2nd  Drilled the rear window

July 5th  THREE YEARS!!  C-sunk screw holes, dimpled aft skin, tapped roll bar, repainted

July 6th  Installed cabin heater valve, installed missing platenut in baggage bulkhead

July 7th  Drilled canopy side skirts

July 8th  Deburred, dimpled, and countersunk canopy skirts and rails

July 12th  Installed forward canopy (50%), installed heater valve

July 14th  Finished heater valve install, finished canopy screws

July 15th  Installed canopy lugs, top handle, and lift handle

July 16th  Made and installed canopy guides, re-made roll bar side spacers

July 19th  Sealed canopy to rear ribs, started on the front windscreen fairing

July 20th  Fiberglassed the windscreen in place

July 21st  Started sanding...

July 22nd  ENGINE ARRIVES!

July 24th  Smeared on micro balloons

July 26th  Sanded the micro, laid down second layer

July 27th  Sam James induction kit and cowl are here, sanded the second (last) layer of micro

July 29th-August 2nd  Oshkosh!

 

August 2008

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