Cozy Builder's Log
Description of Activity Date Chapter Hours
Cut to length and sand Main landing gear, mount on nails 3-Nov-99 9 3
4 layers UNI, peel ply, scissor trim Main Landing Strut 4-Nov-99 9 4
Tube on rear of strut, build TE 5-Nov-99 9 2
Start unpacking big order 5-Nov-99 3 2
Cut, assemble, and epoxy longerons 5-Nov-99 5 2
Unpack and inventory big order 6-Nov-99 3 3
Cut out Ch 4 bulkheads 6-Nov-99 4 3
Build Resin Box, organize and clean shop, store materials 6-Nov-99 3 4
Cut more bulkheads, join Ch 4 bulkheads, glass seatback 7-Nov-99 4 4
Complete Seatback, one side F22, F28 8-Nov-99 4 3
Cut glass to complete f22, f28, IP, ldg gear bulkheads 9-Nov-99 4 2
Glass ldg gear bulkheads, IP, F22, F28, TE lg strut 10-Nov-99 4 4
BID layup over brake line conduit on LG strut 10-Nov-99 9 1
Lay foam in fuse jigs, cut contour foam, micro in place 11-Nov-99 5 4
Glass insides of fuselage 12-Nov-99 5 5
Glass Longerons, LWX, LWY, Electrical Channel 13-Nov-99 5 8
Glass rear of fuselage (lwx, etc) 14-Nov-99 5 4
Wire channels on Inst Panel, 19-Nov-99 4 2
Trim rear of fuselage sides, sand edges smooth 20-Nov-99 5 4
Glass Seatback and F22 to Fuselage, tape joints 21-Nov-99 6 6
Assemble Inst panel & F28 to fuselage, tape joints, 4ply reinforcement of F22 22-Nov-99 6 3
Flox landing gear bulkheads to fuse assembly 23-Nov-99 6 3
LG Bulkhead reinforcements, layout and glass duct and keel supports 24-Nov-99 6 3
Trim TE lg strut, start jigging 24-Nov-99 9 1
Cut out firewall 29-Nov-99 4 1
Glass keel support, map pockets 29-Nov-99 6 2
Sand Duct and keel pieces, add seatbelt hardpoints 30-Nov-99 6 2
Prepare Canard templates, hot wire rh end 1-Dec-99 10 2
fwd gear bulkhead 3 layers bid, 2bid outside keel & duct 2-Dec-99 6 4
Cut bottom foam, doublers, micro doublers 3-Dec-99 6 8
Glass Bottom, flox to sides, tape seams 4-Dec-99 6 10
Glass Firewall 5-Dec-99 4 2
Cut and install plywood braces 5-Dec-99 7 4
Install SHCS in firewall, glass fore side of firewall 6-Dec-99 4 2
Cut and micro urethane blocks around NACA scoop, glass plywood reinforcements between aft lg bulkhead and firewall 6-Dec-99 7 4
glass bottom of fuselage 8-Dec-99 7 5
glass sides of fuselage 9-Dec-99 7 5
glass inside of shoulder support 11-Dec-99 8 2
glass shoulder support into place, glass 2nd fuel sight glass layer 12-Dec-99 8 2
Glass seat belt pads 13-Dec-99 8 2
Cut & Glass insides rear air duct and transition 14-Dec-99 8 3
Jig landing strut for tab layup 14-Dec-99 9 3
Layup landing gear tabs 15-Dec-99 9 1
Layup landing gear reinforcements 16-Dec-99 9 3
drill landing gear tabs, fit to fuselage 17-Dec-99 9 2
install mg1s and mg2s 18-Dec-99 9 6
Weld mkng12s 19-Dec-99 10 3
Grind and finish mkng12s, reload resin pump 21-Dec-99 10 2
flox landing gear tubes to landing gear 22-Dec-99 9 2
Layup 2BID over lg tubes, add washer & Bid 23-Dec-99 9 2
Cut out landing brake, glass one side 26-Dec-99 9 3
resize and reglass landing brake panel 27-Dec-99 9 3
drill hinge screws into fuselage & landing brake 5-Jan-00 9 2
Relocate fuselage to cold storage 5-Jan-00 9 1
Put CS1 foam on center section jig 5-Jan-00 14 3
Cut and mount CS2 and CS3 foam, cut and glass CS4 6-Jan-00 14 4
Fabricate Aluminum parts, cut cloth 7-Jan-00 14 5
Internal Spar layup, micro spar top to assembly 8-Jan-00 14 6
Cut spar troughs, cut glass, layup shear web 9-Jan-00 14 10
Lay Top Spar Cap 11-Jan-00 14 6
Layup Bottom Spar Cap, make wood pieces for seatbelt hardpoints 12-Jan-00 14 4
Glass 4 ply UNI on center section 14-Jan-00 14 3
hot wire canard sections 14-Jan-00 10 3
hot wire elevators and shear web cutoff 15-Jan-00 11 2
Jig canard and layup shear web 16-Jan-00 10 4
Glass hardpoint layups 16-Jan-00 14 1
Attach Lift Tabs, Attach Front nose to canard 17-Jan-00 10 3
Glass Bottom of canard (spar caps and skin) 29-Jan-00 10 4
Cut opening in forward face center spar 30-Jan-00 14 1
jig canard to pipe, ready to glass top side 30-Jan-00 10 3
glass top of canard (spar caps & top skin) 1-Feb-00 10 6
work on offsets 2-Feb-00 12 3
work on offsets, trim rear edge of canard 3-Feb-00 10 4
Cut torque tubes, install NC2s 4-Feb-00 11 4
Re-Cut foam, Glass foam to torque tube 5-Feb-00 11 2
glass front of center section, tech inspection 5-Feb-00 14 4
Glass ends of center section 6-Feb-00 14 1
Glass Bottom of elevators 6-Feb-00 11 3
Glass Top of elevators 7-Feb-00 11 2
Trim all glass on elevators 8-Feb-00 11 1
Trim and sand Center section, sand table 8-Feb-00 14 2
Glue foam blocks together 8-Feb-00 19 2
Hot Wire Planforms to size 9-Feb-00 19 2
Hot Wire wings-  2 inboards, 2 centers 10-Feb-00 19 6
Hot Wire 2 outboard sections & Winglets 11-Feb-00 19 4
Cut wing jigs and assemble 12-Feb-00 19 8
cut & glass bolt pockets & hardpoints 13-Feb-00 19 3
Glass Shear Webs, attach FC4&5 to LH wing 16-Feb-00 19 9
Cut angle piece off FC4 18-Feb-00 19 1
Glass bottom spar cap and bottom of wing 19-Feb-00 19 10
Install Nav Antenna 20-Feb-00 19 2
Route rudder cables 23-Feb-00 19 2
Glass top spar cap 24-Feb-00 19 3
Glass top of wing 25-Feb-00 19 5
shape rib ends, Assemble Rh FC4&5 26-Feb-00 19 4
Lay rh wing down, micro joints 27-Feb-00 19 2
RH wing bottom skin, CS127 brackets 1-Mar-00 19 4
RH wing top spar cap 2-Mar-00 19 4
Remove fishtail, install antenna, rudder cable 3-Mar-00 19 3
Glass top of wing 4-Mar-00 19 6
Glass rib ends 5-Mar-00 19 4
cut out ailerons, glass pockets & 7/16 bar 7-Mar-00 19 3
Disassemble 2 13B Rotary Engines 8-Mar-00 23 4
Glass inside aileron, mount hinges to wing 9-Mar-00 19 3
Glass inside 2nd aileron 10-Mar-00 19 1
Mount hinges in ailerons, hardware 11-Mar-00 19 8
Install antenna, glass Winglet second side 12-Mar-00 19 4
Install aileron linkage 16-Mar-00 19 3
Cut ends of wings/winglets & Bondo 17-Mar-00 20 3
Winglet Layup 1 & 2 18-Mar-00 20 6
Winglet Layup 3 19-Mar-00 20 4
Place foam in turtleback jigs 22-Mar-00 18 2
Glass Inside of turtleback 23-Mar-00 18 3
Winglet attach Layup 4 24-Mar-00 20 3
Glass TB1 Bulkhead both sides 24-Mar-00 18 1
Finish aileron linkage 25-Mar-00 19 2
trim TB1 Attach TB1 to turtleback, drip rail 25-Mar-00 18 5
Contour and glass outside of turtleback 26-Mar-00 18 7
Cutout NG30, F0 and F5, glass both sides 26-Mar-00 13 2
Cutout windows in turtleback 28-Mar-00 18 3
Flox Windows into turtleback 31-Mar-00 18 3
Trim lower edge of canopy, Flox to turtleback 1-Apr-00 18 7
Glass cap on top of canopy, finish canopy to turtleback 3 ply 2-Apr-00 18 3
Cut out strake flat pieces 2-Apr-00 21 3
Glass strake flat pieces 3-Apr-00 21 4
Trim and sand strake pieces to shape 4-Apr-00 21 3
Glass 2 BID wrap on nose strut 13 2
machine NG6XL casting 13 4
Mount NG6XL to strut 13 1
Locate Wings and Center section to each other 19 5
Bondo Wings to center Section 19 2
Drill 1/4 pilot holes for bushings 19 1
Hole Saw 5/8 holes for bushings 19 3
Locate Fuselage to Center Section 14 1
Trim Cutout in Fuselage to fit spar 14 3
Flox Fuselage to center section spar 14 1
Jig canard to being square to wings 12 3
Build up pad on F22 for canard tab 12 1
Drill canard mounting holes 12 1
adjust incidence of canard relative to longerons 12 1
make canard mounting tabs and 5 ply BID 12 2
Remove wings, Flox bushings in place 19 3
Glass 3 ply BID front face of wing rib 19 2
Make doublers for strut pivot & flox 13 2
Make spring assembly for noselift 10-May-00 13 4
cut bottom of nose 13 1
glass bottom 13 2
cut and glass sides of nose 13 2
mount rudder pedals 13 2
shape bottom and sides 13 2
glass bottom half of nose 13 1
cut nose top 13 1
shape nose top 13 2
glass nose top 13 2
cut top off 13 1
cut door out 13 1
glass inside of top 13 2
glass inside of cover 13 2
mount arms to hold nose lift 13 1
mount axle assembly to strut 13 1
cutout bottom to clear tire 13 1
mount brake cylinders to ng30 13 1
make landing brake actuator brackets 9 1
mount landing brake actuator to rear of seat back 9 1
mount actuator bracket to speed brake 9 1
Bolt landing gear to bulkheads 9 1
shape landing gear to clear brake calipers 9 1
drill holes for axles 9 2
set toe-in and mount axles 9 2
drill axle holes to final size and mount brakes 9 1
mount tires to rims 9 1
mount rear tires and wheels 9 1
glass top of bottom strake piece (both sides) 7-Jul-00 21 3
flox B33 and B57 to center spar (with 17.4 WL verified) 7-Jul-00 21 1
make hidden belhorn rudder brackets 20 2
mount rudder brackets to winglet 20 1
fasten inside window trim to turtleback windows 7-Jul-00 18 2