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Building my own flying machine

Sparky's Sonex

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  • Tail Section
    • The Begining
    • Elevator Root Assembly
    • Preparing Parts
    • Horizontal Tail Assembly: Dec ’12 – Jan ’13
    • Vertical Tail Assembly: Feb ’13 – Apr ’13
    • Tail Tips: Apr ’13 – Jun ’13
  • Fuselage
    • Preparation; Jul ’13
    • Aft Fuselage: Jul ’13 – Mar ’14
    • Forward Fuselage: Mar ’14 – Dec ’14
    • Joining the Forward and Aft Fuselage: Dec ’14 – Mar ’15
    • Continuing work on the fuselage: Mar ’15 – Sep ’16
    • Flap Lever, Glare Shield and Fuel Tank: Oct ’16 – Mar ’17
  • Wings
    • Front and Rear Spars: March ’17 – January ’18.
    • Ribs: January ’18 – November ’18
    • Right Wing: November ’18 – May ’20
    • Left Wing: May ’20 – November ’20
  • General Assembly
    • Tail attachment and wheel stuff. Nov ’20 – Mar ’21
    • Electrical Planning – Mar ’21
    • Wings – April/May ’21
    • Tip Ribs and Lights – May/June ’21
    • Shop upgrade and shopping – July ’21
    • Windshield and Canopy – August ’21
    • Avionics – September ’21
    • Air Vents – September ’21
    • Switch Panels – September ’21
    • Wiring : October – December ’21
  • AeroVee 2.1
    • AeroVee 2.1 : January – March ’22
    • Firewall: April ’22 – January ’23
    • Cowling: January – May ’23
    • Exhaust and Baffles: May ’23 – September ’23
  • Finishing
    • Engine Bay, Canopy, Trim & Tail Tips – Oct ’23
    • Upholstery, Wings, Lights and Fire Extinguisher – Nov ’23
    • Upholstery, Parking Brake & Polishing – Feb ’24
    • Pitot/Static, Switches, Wheel Fairings, and a move – March ’24
    • Moving day – April ’24
    • Control Rigging plus miscellaneous – May ’24
    • Rigging continued and Fuel Level Calibration – June ’24
    • Punch list – August ’24
    • Finish line in sight…

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Published December 16, 2017 at 480 × 640 in Front and Rear Spars: March ’17 – January ’18.

Second spar assembled.

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