Mantua, New Jersey
Original Site:
September 2004
E-mail: usav8or@yahoo.com
Things left to do !
February
21, 2015
Trying to get...
a little bit more orgainized.
I have 10's of lists just floating around with things to do. I'm going to try and make a list and put it up on here for me to view easily. It will be updated with things done (crossed out) and additional items added as I think of them...
My list:
Fuselage: new 1/2 stringers fit and attach additional tabs for flooring and heel rails make floor and heel rails
Tabs for P-47 air scoop drill and attach flooring
make and attach control arms
need to buy bearings
front mount
re-angle the fair leads ? holes for seatbelt cables (not needed now) Drill and bolt fuselage stringers
Fuel Tank Ribs for main gear
Brakes; Buy brake system
mount and run lines
Confirm tabs for attaching Battery box and run cable make battery box floorre-do
tabs/mounts on battery box
Fit up sheet metal First test skins completed
Final skins (need firewall first) Make and mount tabs for sheet metal
Final check of landing gear
Attach wheels and brakes Weld on upper wing hardware to fuselage Make faceted windshields
Made one
Rails for rear-cockpit bubble
Empenage: Finish turtledeck make finishing touches on tailcone Make access door and flooring for turtledeck Attach Rudder Horn Finish weld tail wheel bracket
Balance elevators
Cockpits:
Attachment of seatbelts Seat pans and backs
Instrument panels
Order of sequence... Firewall
Sheet metal Instrument Panels made
Oil Tank
Buy stick grips Have two different styles Finish throttles; mount and connect
Mounts for running throttle and other cables Trim/Servo Stick/handle Attach handle to fuselage Hooks for hanging belts Pilot's raised shoulder harness support
Interplane Struts
Wings:
Upper Wings:
cut spars
re-check ribs for finish
sand ribs
pretty much everything
Upper Wing Center Section
Fuel Tank
make and mount
Run lines; fuel, vent, etc
Lower Wings:
cut spars
re-check ribs for finish
sand ribs
Antenna mounts; radio, elt, etc.
Lights; LED wing tip and tail strobes
run wiring
Data plate
Firewall Forward Make engine mount for Jacobs
Overhaul Jacobs Make and attach engine mount brakets Make and attach firewall
Have Prop made
Cover fuselage and wings with fabric
Paint
May 9, 2015
Additions... ???:
Trim/Servo: need cables
  How to route ?
 Use fairleads or what ? Confirm which sway wire bracket to cut
Lower upper wing ?
Turtledeck: hatch and floor Re-work tail cone
Still need to blend tail cone into sides Figure out the mounting of rear-end of turtledeck stringers Front mounting tabs for turtledeck
Square up bushings for landing gear Rear: 1/2 x .o65 reamed to 3/8