Elevator Construction
Up Foam Cores Bottom Skin Top Skin Inserts and Hinges Tip Fairings Balance Weights

 

 
Overall totals for Chapter 11
Start Latest Hours Sessions

7/11/2004

9/6/2006

107.8

62

 
Detail of Sessions Worked
Date Start Finish Hours Work Performed

9/6/2006

7:33 PM

9:26 PM

1.9

Shur-form planed and sanded the last layups to conform with the tip fairings and weight recesses, re-installed the elevators and store the canard/elevator assembly overhead

9/4/2006

1:56 PM

5:49 PM

3.9

Did the 1 ply BID layups in the weight recesses and end of the tip fairings, installed the pitch trim bellcrank, the CZ-12 weights, checked the elevators for nose-down balance and cleaned up

8/23/2006

6:18 PM

7:35 PM

1.3

Made templates for 1 BID layup and microed tip fairings

8/21/2006

7:08 PM

8:21 PM

1.2

Finished cutting the second weight recess and microed some curve cut foam in the back of both

8/21/2006

5:35 PM

6:00 PM

0.4

Cut the second elevator weight recess

8/20/2006

4:20 PM

5:53 PM

1.6

Finished cutting one elevator weight recess

8/20/2006

9:50 AM

11:37 AM

1.8

Made elevator weight mimic jig and started cutting recesses for elevator weights

8/19/2006

7:41 AM

8:48 AM

1.1

Removed peel ply from the elevator weights and marked the canard for slots for same

8/18/2006

12:35 PM

4:53 PM

4.3

Finished making foam pieces for the elevator lead weights, did the 2 ply UNI layup, peel plied, vacuum bagged and cleaned up

8/18/2006

9:35 AM

11:37 AM

2

Made the foam inserts for the elevator weights and glued them to the lead and elevators

8/17/2006

6:31 PM

7:38 PM

1.1

Sanded carbon fiber tubes on tip fairings

8/16/2006

6:40 PM

7:07 PM

0.4

Microed carbon fiber tubes into tip fairings

8/16/2006

4:09 PM

5:58 PM

1.8

Cut slots for tubes in tip fairings & Dremel cut slots for flox corner

8/14/2006

6:30 PM

7:45 PM

1.3

Removed the vacuum bag, peel ply and Shurform plane trimmed the tip fairings

8/13/2006

12:41 PM

2:29 PM

1.8

Did the 2 ply UNI layup on the bottoms of the tip fairings, peel plied, vacuum bagged and cleaned up

8/13/2006

9:58 AM

11:45 AM

1.8

Sanded the tip fairings and cut glass for the bottom side layups

8/6/2006

1:32 PM

4:39 PM

3.1

Did the 2 UNI, top, tip fairing layup on both tip fairings, vacuum bagged and cleaned up

7/17/2006

3:57 PM

4:33 PM

0.6

Glued some broken tip foam back on and microed nail gouges in same

7/11/2006

3:25 PM

5:15 PM

1.8

Did a vacuum bag test of the canard - works great - no distortion of the tip fairings

7/9/2006

2:15 PM

5:20 PM

3.1

Carved and sanded the new/second set of tip fairings

7/7/2006

1:37 PM

3:37 PM

2

Sawed off old canard tips, made new foam blanks and microed those on

5/13/2006

11:01 AM

12:13 PM

1.2

Sanded micro slot for second hinge pin and cleaned up

5/10/2006

4:35 PM

5:22 PM

0.8

Sanded the first micro slot and made a second for the hinge pins through the canard tips

5/9/2006

6:50 PM

9:13 PM

2.4

Finished (almost) sanding and shaping canard tips and microed one hinge slot

5/7/2006

8:45 AM

10:22 AM

1.6

Continued sanding & shaping canard tips

5/4/2006

6:50 PM

8:23 PM

1.5

Shaped & sanded canard tips

5/3/2006

7:09 PM

8:41 PM

1.5

Carved and sanded the top of one canard tip

4/30/2006

12:03 PM

1:42 PM

1.6

Microed extra foam pieces onto canard tips

4/29/2006

11:30 AM

1:02 PM

1.5

Drilled holes for hinge pins in foam pieces for canard tips and microed same onto the canard

4/29/2006

7:59 AM

11:00 AM

3

rebuilt epoxy pump, filled it and made some test batches

4/26/2006

7:19 PM

9:01 PM

1.7

Removed elevators from canard and sanded tips; assembled epoxy pump

4/25/2006

7:27 PM

9:28 PM

2

Leveled the jig table, sanded 0 degree L jigs then set canard and elevator up on table to begin tip fairing work

4/11/2006

8:00 PM

9:00 PM

1

Cut foam blocks for canard tips and started jigging canard onto table

2/26/2005

2:15 PM

4:50 PM

2.6

Jigged the elevators into the correct spot then floxed the NC-3 pieces into the canard and cleaned up

2/15/2005

6:25 PM

8:59 PM

2.6

Jigged the canard to the work table, jigged the elevators to the canard with the L templates and sanded the trailing edge of the canard for proper fit

2/15/2005

5:10 PM

5:31 PM

0.3

Removed the elevators and spool piece from the jig & workbench and cleaned up for the next step

2/13/2005