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Olan Hodges

Fuselage

Rudder Cable Linkages Complete

Wrapping up this section for now and I will come back to it at a later date. I fabricated all four of the rudder cable linkages and got them installed. I will need to remove them later when I have a bunch of parts to prime so I can prime Read more

By Olan Hodges, 4 months ago
Fuselage

Brake Lines Finished and Rudder Wire Guides Installed

I installed the steel braided lines which wasn’t too difficult since it is basically just screwing on both ends. The flexible lines were a bit more of a pain. The brass ferrules that needed to be installed in the ends of the lines were pretty difficult. I tried boiling the Read more

By Olan Hodges, 4 months ago
Fuselage

Rudder Pedals Installed and Rudder Cables Ran

Ok, I ended up having more time than I expected. By the time we got to the game we were only 20ish minutes away from kickoff and parking was now way too far away so I dropped the family off and went home. I ran the rudder cables while I Read more

By Olan Hodges, 4 months ago
Fuselage

Rudder Pedals Assembled

I didn’t get a ton of time today as I have a baptism that I get to attend and then my son is playing in the OU band tonight for their high school recruitment night so I got as much as I could done. I got the pedals assembled, installed, Read more

By Olan Hodges, 4 months ago
Fuselage

Rudder Pedals Cut, Deburred, and Primed

While I’m still waiting to decide on what fuel system I want to use, I went ahead and started section 37 which is the installation of the rudder pedals, brake cylinders, and rudder cabling. So the title pretty much wraps up the total time I’m counting in this post for Read more

By Olan Hodges, 4 months ago
Fuselage

Front Floorboards Installed

I realized as I was going back through the sections and double checking their work that they didn’t do two things. One was install the front floor boards permanently and two was to secure the rear vents. I got both of those done today though it took quite a bit Read more

By Olan Hodges, 4 months ago
Fuselage

Brake Lines Complete (Almost)

I decided to move forward with some of the sections that I knew needed to be done and would not interfere with the other sections I was jumping past. So I decided to do the brake lines. A pretty easy section in terms of how much time that was needed Read more

By Olan Hodges, 4 months ago
Avionics

Garmin Brackets Finished and More Avionics Planning

Last night before I went to bed I decided I needed to 3d print the components I was going to be installing in my system so I could plan space, cable runs, etc. And below is the fruit of my efforts (granted Garmin provided the models) The first one is Read more

By Olan Hodges, 4 months ago
Avionics

More Avionics Planning & Misc Parts Installed

I spent a good portion of my build time today working on the avionics and power distribution documentation. I decided I’m going to swap out the GTR 205xR remote comm radio for an actual nav/comm radio. This will be my separate backup for IFR navigation just in case the GTN Read more

By Olan Hodges, 4 months ago
Avionics

Pitch Servo Lead, Garmin Roll Servo, Magnetometer, and Wing Tip Lights

I need to plan the conduits that will traverse the rear seat and baggage area. There isn’t any good way to access that area after I seal it off so I need to get conduit run through that area so I can make runs down the road. In the mean Read more

By Olan Hodges, 4 months ago

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Aircraft Build Time

Airplane sectionBuild time (hrs)
Avionics/Electronics18.25
S06 - Vertical Stabilizer22.5
S07 - Rudder34.25
S08 - Horizontal Stabilizer49.75
S09 - Elevators59
S10 - Tailcone75.75
S11 - Empennage Attach27.75
S12 - Empennage Fairings26.5
S13 - Main Spar18.25
S14 - Wing Ribs35.5
S15 - Rear Spar29.25
S16 - Top Skins32.75
S17 - Outboard Leading Edge34.75
S18 - Fuel Tank79.5
S20 - Bottom Skins42.25
S21 - Aileron35.5
S22 - Flap44
S23 - Aileron Actuation11
S24 - Wing Tip Installation15.5
S25 - Mid Fuselage Bulkheads0.25
S26 - Mid Fuselage Ribs Bottom Skins0.25
S27 - Firewall0.25
S28 - Forward Fuselage Bulkhead Ribs0.25
S29 - Fuselage Side Skins4
S30 - Step Installation2
S31 - Upper Forward Fuselage0.25
S32 - Tailcone Attach14.75
S33 - Baggage Area28
S34 - Baggage Door8
S35 - Access & Floors7.75
S36 - Brake Lines4.5
S37 - Fuel System11.5
S38 - Rudder Pedals & Brake System13
S39 - Control System10.75
S40 - Flap System5
S41 - Upper Forward Fuselage Installation9
S42 - Rear Seat Backs7.5
S43 - Cabin3.5
S46 - Engine Mount & Gear0.75
S49 - Seats12
S50 - Cabin Heat1
Total836.25

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