Canard Construction
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Overall totals for Chapter 10
Start Finish Hours Sessions

2/1/2003

7/18/2004

129.2

77

 
Detail of Sessions Worked
Date Start Finish Hours Work Performed

7/18/2004

3:12 PM

6:02 PM

2.8

Sanded the underside of the leading edge of the canard, made a spline sander, sanded the trailing edge of the canard and then stored the canard

7/18/2004

1:17 PM

2:17 PM

1

Sanded the underside of the leading edge of the canard

7/18/2004

11:18 AM

12:35 PM

1.3

Removed canard from jigs, removed jigs from table and canard, sanded trailing edge some and etc.

7/17/2004

8:41 PM

9:07 PM

0.4

Knife trimmed same and cleaned up a bit

7/17/2004

2:55 PM

6:16 PM

3.3

Did canard top skin layup and peel plied same

7/17/2004

12:27 PM

1:20 PM

0.9

Sanded glass overlap on trailing edge of canard and microed gap near same

7/17/2004

10:42 AM

11:29 AM

0.8

Sanded the 1/32" by 1 inch depression and vacuumed the canard for the next step

7/11/2004

2:25 PM

5:57 PM

3.5

Re-leveled canard for top skin layup, laid plastic, cut fiberglass for same

6/24/2004

7:40 PM

8:08 PM

0.5

Microed the antenna coax and remaining dings in the foam on canard

6/24/2004

4:56 PM

5:43 PM

0.8

5 minute epoxied the canard antenna coax into the channel I routed for same

6/19/2004

1:43 PM

3:52 PM

2.1

Finished basic installation of NAV and Glideslope antennas in canard top and cleaned up

6/19/2004

9:48 AM

12:29 PM

2.7

Cut foil tape to length for antennas, soldered together same and routed channel on canard for coax

6/19/2004

8:05 AM

9:02 AM

1

Removed peel ply from top of canard spar cap layup and sanded same

5/30/2004

10:43 AM

1:53 PM

3.2

Did the canard top spar cap layup and peel plied same

5/30/2004

8:30 AM

9:52 AM

1.4

Cleaned up, taped and put plastic around canard top spar cap and microed same

5/26/2004

6:46 PM

9:12 PM

2.4

Sanded PVC foam inserts flush, leveled canard then bondoed same to jig table

5/25/2004

7:23 PM

9:31 PM

2.1

Carved out styrofoam for PVC foam inserts, microed in same, micro filled nail holes and dings in canard top

5/23/2004

9:40 PM

10:40 PM

1

Measured spots for PVC high-density inserts in canard top, drew marks for same and cut one out

5/23/2004

10:26 AM

11:00 AM

0.6

Vacuumed canard from previous step

5/22/2004

7:38 AM

9:32 AM

1.9

Sawed fishtail off of canard & sanded smooth, sanded profile, removed peel ply from trailing edge, cleaned micro drips from shear web well and sanded shear web dull

1/31/2004

2:21 PM

3:19 PM

0.9

Finished sanding leading edge of canard

1/31/2004

10:07 AM

12:21 PM

2.2

Bondoed PVC pipe and wood jigs to canard bottom and sanded leading edge

1/30/2004

7:35 PM

8:42 PM

1.1

Made PVC pipe and 1" x 4" x 8" pine board jigs for canard bottom

1/15/2004

7:10 PM

8:02 PM

0.9

Fein trimmed and sanding block sanded trailing edge

1/15/2004

4:28 PM

5:23 PM

0.9

Cleaned up from the previous step

1/11/2004

5:29 PM

6:00 PM

0.5

Knife trimmed canard bottom layups

1/11/2004

9:55 AM

1:13 PM

3.3

Did canard bottom layup with Kelly and cleaned up from same.

1/11/2004

7:30 AM

8:25 AM

0.9

Cleaned up from previous step and dry micro filled holes on canard bottom

1/10/2004

10:38 AM

12:21 PM

1.7

Laid out plastic for tips of canard and cut fiberglass for the canard bottom layup

1/8/2004

5:02 PM

6:03 PM

1

Put grey tape on canard leading edge, box tape over same, peel plied trailing edge and laid plastic out for layup prep.

1/7/2004

7:30 PM

8:40 PM

1.2

Dremeled down high micro spots, sanded even joints between sections, sanded 1/32" depression on end of canard bottom

12/13/2003

1:11 PM

4:54 PM

3.7

Sanded lower spar cap layup and cleaned up

12/2/2003

5:31 PM

6:15 PM

0.7

Sanded spar cap layup

11/29/2003

11:50 AM

12:16 PM

0.4

Sanded spar cap layup

11/29/2003

9:33 AM

10:30 AM

0.9

Sanded spar cap layup

11/29/2003

7:30 AM

8:00 AM

0.5

Removed peel ply and masking tape from bottom spar cap layup

11/28/2003

3:03 PM

7:33 PM

4.5

Did the canard bottom spar cap layup and cleaned up

11/28/2003

1:22 PM

2:26 PM

1.1

Filled forward corner of spar cap layup trough with micro

11/28/2003

9:55 AM

12:47 PM

2.9

Sanded shear web layup, masked for spar cap layup and prepared for spar cap layup

11/23/2003

1:27 PM

4:30 PM

3.1

Microed canard sections together

11/22/2003

3:30 PM

6:33 PM

3

Jigged canard for microing

10/25/2003

2:30 PM

4:11 PM

1.7

Continued jigging up canard, made shims for same, routed clearance on centersection leading edge piece

10/25/2003

9:35 AM

12:59 PM

3.4

Jigged canard, adjusted leading edge cores and made templates E and F

10/21/2003

6:53 PM

8:38 PM

1.8

Cleaned jig table, glued on bottom templates and fitted outboard cores to canard.

10/11/2003

7:07 PM

10:07 PM

3

Finished sanding K templates, removed canard from workbench and started fitting front foam pieces

10/9/2003

8:26 PM

9:15 PM

0.8

Band sawed all K templates sanded one

10/9/2003

4:50 PM

5:35 PM

0.8

Started making canard templates K

10/7/2003

8:06 PM

9:15 PM

1.2

Floxed on canard lift tabs

10/7/2003

7:06 PM

7:35 PM

0.5

Worked on installing canard lift tabs

10/6/2003

7:43 AM

8:03 AM

0.3

Removed peel ply, inspected layup and started drilling holes for lift tab bolts

10/5/2003

1:29 PM

5:51 PM

4.4

Did the canard shear web layup with Kelly, peel plied same then cleaned up

10/5/2003

11:27 AM

12:45 PM

1.3

Laid wax paper and cut fiberglass for the canard shear web layup

10/5/2003

7:31 AM

9:52 AM

2.3

Cleaned up a bit, then reattached the lift tab mount fixtures and sanded the canard smooth for shear web layups

10/1/2003

7:17 PM

8:17 PM

1

Mixed up and applied bondo to canard holding nails for shear web layup

10/1/2003

5:12 PM

5:37 PM

0.4

Laid out string, for assuring straightness, for canard shear web layup

9/24/2003

5:05 PM

5:35 PM

0.5

Trial fitted front sections of canard cores

7/28/2003

7:59 PM

 

 

 

7/27/2003

7:26 AM

8:56 AM

1.5

Microed the lift tab inserts into the front of the aft cores.

7/26/2003

3:01 PM

5:34 PM

2.5

Microed canard cores together and made the fixtures to install the lift tab mounting plates.

7/26/2003

11:08 AM

12:15 PM

1.1

Finished mounting the 2x4s to the work table, sanded round edges on the canard core aft sections and positioned them in the "jig"

7/4/2003

2:03 PM

5:13 PM

3.2

Finished lift tab mounts (2), rounded corners for shear web and drew centerline on shear web. Started install of 2x4s on top of table.

7/4/2003

10:45 AM

1:02 PM

2.3

Cleaned up and starting making canard lift tab mounting inserts.

7/2/2003

6:10 PM

9:15 PM

3.1

Did all remaining hot wire cuts for canard airfoil sections, spar cutouts and shear webs

7/2/2003

4:09 PM

5:01 PM

0.9

Cut another (first airfoil template moved, have to do it over) 51 inch AB airfoil blank to size and set up for further cuts.

7/1/2003

3:33 PM

5:08 PM

1.6

Drilled extra holes in canard templates for a sturdier, less movement prone hot wire cut, set up for next airfoil end section cut and glued mirror image labels to templates C and D.

6/29/2003

7:25 PM

8:40 PM

1.2

Cut the one airfoil to length and cut off the 8 inch end piece. Made the 6.5 inch dowel pieces for later steps.

6/29/2003

2:54 PM

6:20 PM

3.4

Hot wire cut most of the canard cores to length and overall shape with my nephew Will. Hot wired one of the blanks to airfoil shape - an outboard core.

5/7/2003

8:33 PM

9:40 PM

1.1

Added a spring to the hot wire saw - but the spring is too wimpy and the wire's not tight enough.

5/3/2003

1:30 PM

2:08 PM

0.6

Set up for the test hot wire cut

5/3/2003

10:30 AM

12:10 PM

1.7

Cut to size for a test canard core then Great Stuff glued together some cheap insulation grade foam for testing the hot wire saw.

4/30/2003

7:00 PM

8:30 PM

1.5

Wired up the hot wire saw

4/27/2003

3:00 PM

4:30 PM

1.5

Worked with the Corey boys to start building a hot wire saw

4/13/2003

1:23 PM

4:23 PM

3

Started on the hot wire saw

2/8/2003

2:15 PM

3:20 PM

1.1

Drilled canard templates for alignment & cleaned up

2/8/2003

10:18 AM

1:04 PM

2.8

Finished cutting out paper canard templates, glued onto plywood, cut out on band saw and sanded to perfect shape.

2/8/2003

9:28 AM

9:43 AM

0.2

Cut out paper canard templates made previously

2/1/2003

1:40 PM

3:58 PM

2.3

Scanned canard templates and printed to 100% scale.

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