2005
October 31, 2005 Beginning project and planning
November 9, 2005 Shop layout and planning
November 10, 2005 Selecting wood for wings
November 22, 2005 Early fuselage welding
2006
January 31, 2006 Fitting tubes
February 11, 2006 Fuselage welding
February 18, 2006 Jigging second fuselage section
March 4, 2006 Connecting top and bottom fuselage sections
April 11, 2006 Jigging door openings
April 15, 2006 Fuselage side tubes
April 20, 2006 Tail post jigging
April 28, 2006 Welding tail post
April 29, 2006 Major tack welding done
June 23, 2006 Tubes around firewall
August 5, 2006 Laying out upper deck
2007
February 23, 2007 Top deck done, new shop
March 12, 2007 Tail bracing and wire attach
March 20, 2007 Figuring out gear fittings
April 28, 2007 Welding up gear fittings and cabane
June 12, 2007 More gear attach fittings/welding
June 14, 2007 Fuselage is on its gear
July 4, 2007 Welding wing attach fittings in place
November 3, 2007 Fabricating the bird cage
2008
February 16, 2008 Fabricating stringer attachments, rear 3/8” channel, and door frame sheet metal
February 23, 2008 Fabricating 3/8" channel underside of fuselage
June 21, 2008 Fabricating and welding rudder bar and pedals
June 28, 2008 Fabricating ribs and welding rudder/vertical stabilizer.
September 11, 2008 Re-design of stabilizer link and fabrication of link assembly
2009
January 13, 2009 Welding and fabricating stabilizer, bending 3/8" rudder trailing edge around a tree
February 22, 2009 Building shock struts (design pdf drawings for shock struts link included)
March 1, 2009 Redesign and second build of shock struts. CAD drawings of struts
May 7, 2009 Installing shock struts, gear done and fuselage now rolling
August 29, 2009 Beginning wood wing construction
December 15, 2009 Wing attach fittings
December 17, 2009 Fabricating compression struts
December 20, 2009 Drilling spar for attach fittings
2010
January 1, 2010 Spar fabrication
January 25, 2010 Test fitting spars
February 20, 2010 Welding compression struts
May 2, 2010 Fitting compression struts
May 7, 2010 Trammeling wings
May 17, 2010 Gluing on "D" ribs
June 19, 2010 Making and attaching wood bow wing tips
June 25, 2010 Beginning second wing
July 3, 2010 Second wing, lots of repeating steps from first wing
July 26, 2010 Lots of shots of second wing build
October 28, 2010 Aileron and flap hinges
November 16, 2010 First installation of aileron hinges
2011
January 16, 2011 Fabricating hinges to fit on ailerons and flaps
April 2, 2011 Building a wood aileron
April 21, 2011 Building a wood flap and test fitting
October 25, 2011 Adding flap bellcrank to 2+2 wing (not in Wag plans)
October 27, 2011 Pulley install and running cables
2012
July 7, 2012 All four wood control surfaces done, flap bellcrank and springs installed
2013
June 25, 2013 Moving to my third home during build process
November 15, 2013 New shop set up, ready to work again
2014
January 2, 2014 Modifying the fuel tank; removing cross brace
January 28, 2014 Mock-up of fuel tank and new cable runs for aileron cables
February 1, 2014 Pulleys Installed in second wing
February 12, 2014 Cables finished with fairleads around mock up of fuel tank; all cables inside wing without going through fuel tank.
July 16, 2014 Tank bay sheer plate construction
November 6, 2014 Leading edge plywood install
2015
February 9, 2015 Wingtip fiberglass, Landing lights and Nav Lights
November 4th, 2015 Torque tube control sticks
November 11th, 2015 Mounting the wings on the fuselage
2016
February 17, 2016 Mounting the aileron and flap pulleys in the fuselage.
February 19, 2016 Front floor pattern and rudder cables
February 20, 2016 Rudder Pedals
February 21, 2016 Front seats
February 24, 2016 Lap belts for front seats
February 25, 2016 Rear Seat
2018
January 14, 2018 Back to posting; final belt tabs (work completed February and March, 2016)
January 14, 2018 post # 2 Fuselage rotisserie (work completed February and March, 2016)
January 14, 2018 post #3 Electric trim brackets, final tabs and last welding. (work completed in April, 2016)
January 14, 2018 post #4 Compressor set up and sandblasting (work completed April, 2016)
January 14, 2018 post #5 Fuselage painting and links to Stewart Systems (work done from April - August, 2016)
January 14, 2018 post #6 Fuel tanks (work done from October -November, 2016)
January 15, 2018 Floorboards (work done mid October, 2016)
January 15, 2018 post #2 Rudder pedals and stringers (work done mid October, 2016)
January 15, 2018 post #3 Upper baggage door (work done mid October- November, 2016)
January 15, 2018 post #4 Cabin door frames (work done mid October 2016 - February, 2017)
January 16, 2018 Cabin door latches, skins, and fabric covering (work done mid October 2016 - June, 2017)
January 16, 2018 post#2 Main door windows and tracks (work done May- June, 2017)
January 16, 2018 post#3 Electric trim install (work done mid June, 2017)
April 17, 2018 Covering control surfaces
November 25, 2018 Engine mount and Boot Cowl patterns
January 27th, 2024 First post since 2018
January 28, 2024 Fuel tank lids
My Work for Stewart Systems, July - December 2017