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Welcome to my Sonex #145 project log.
14 various finished pieces of wing and fuselage angle
Al the angle cut to length except the 2.5x2.5x.125 (I have not found a supplier for this yet)
12/2009: 1 month update
4 weeks since I've started, clocked 28.9 hours building time.
So far I've got 14 finished pieces of various 1x1x.125 wing and fuselage angle, plus all the other angle cut to length.
So far I've got 14 finished pieces of various 1x1x.125 wing and fuselage angle, plus all the other angle cut to length.
01/2010: 2 month progress update
8 weeks since I've started now.
These various angle parts are what I have to show for have 73 hours building time in total on the log book.
These various angle parts are what I have to show for have 73 hours building time in total on the log book.
02/2010: 3 month progress update
3 months now, time sure goes fast.
I've now got 109.9 hours of building time logged and I estimate I've completed about 3 quarters of all the angle components, off course I did save some of the more difficult angles for last which I'm starting to work on now.
I've now got 109.9 hours of building time logged and I estimate I've completed about 3 quarters of all the angle components, off course I did save some of the more difficult angles for last which I'm starting to work on now.
After completing the angles that will be the backbone of the fwd fuselage side panels, I thought I'd lay them out the way they will be riveted on the skin.
H-Tail spar fittings
Proudly showing the forward spar fitting
Proudly showing the main spar fitting
03/2010: 4 month progress update
145 fours now or almost 10% of the estimated total 1500 hours it will take to build my Sonex.
I've completed nearly all the angle parts, the 2.5x2.5x.125 pieces are all that's left to make of the angle.
I've got too many parts now to show them all in one picture as before, displayed are some of the more exiting pieces I made this month, I did make many others as well, just check out my log.
I've completed nearly all the angle parts, the 2.5x2.5x.125 pieces are all that's left to make of the angle.
I've got too many parts now to show them all in one picture as before, displayed are some of the more exiting pieces I made this month, I did make many others as well, just check out my log.
Flap handle
Brake handle and elevator trim lever
04/2010: 5 month progress update
Not much to show this month, My wife and I went to Europe on holidays, originally the trip was supposed to be 3 weeks but because of an imaginary volcanic ash cloud, Europe's airspace had to be closed and we ended up staying an extra week before we could fly back home.
I did manage to get the 2.5x2.5x.125 angle cut to length but that's pretty much all I did this month.
I did manage to get the 2.5x2.5x.125 angle cut to length but that's pretty much all I did this month.
05/2010: 6 month progress update
6 months now, 180.2 hours in the log.
My biggest achievement this month was acquiring the machined, laser cut, holes punched flat pieces from a guy in Dandenong I met through someone on the Australian Sonex news list.
The person I bought the parts from was building Sonex #309 but gave up due to lack of time.
He owns a sheet metal engineering company and was therefore he was able to machine, laser cut, all the parts with holes punched, professionally folded where required. Just as good as a kit.
The parts he made are nearly all the 0.025 0.032 0.090 and 0.125 flat parts, the ones I was going to make next!
Some are still missing, also he did not make the 0.060 and 0.190 thick parts, I'll still have to make those.
Anyway, this will take years off my build! I'll start assembling soon, much sooner then I had planned.
My biggest achievement this month was acquiring the machined, laser cut, holes punched flat pieces from a guy in Dandenong I met through someone on the Australian Sonex news list.
The person I bought the parts from was building Sonex #309 but gave up due to lack of time.
He owns a sheet metal engineering company and was therefore he was able to machine, laser cut, all the parts with holes punched, professionally folded where required. Just as good as a kit.
The parts he made are nearly all the 0.025 0.032 0.090 and 0.125 flat parts, the ones I was going to make next!
Some are still missing, also he did not make the 0.060 and 0.190 thick parts, I'll still have to make those.
Anyway, this will take years off my build! I'll start assembling soon, much sooner then I had planned.
07/2011: 8 month Progress update
252 hours in the log.
I made many more parts over the last 2 months, finished all the .090, .125 and .190 thick flat parts. I still have to make most of the .060 flat parts but I could not help myself starting some assembly work. I've had all the pieces for the H-Stab sitting there looking at me for a while now so I decided to put them together and do something else instead of making parts all the time.
Soon you'll be able to see what I'm actually building, so far if an unknowing person would have looked at what I've been making so far and be asked what it is I'm building, he/she might as well have answered "a boat". This could change once I've got the H-Stab together.
I made many more parts over the last 2 months, finished all the .090, .125 and .190 thick flat parts. I still have to make most of the .060 flat parts but I could not help myself starting some assembly work. I've had all the pieces for the H-Stab sitting there looking at me for a while now so I decided to put them together and do something else instead of making parts all the time.
Soon you'll be able to see what I'm actually building, so far if an unknowing person would have looked at what I've been making so far and be asked what it is I'm building, he/she might as well have answered "a boat". This could change once I've got the H-Stab together.