Dave's Sonex Builders Log

Welcome to my builders log for Sonex S/N 767. It won't be as big as a real 767 but if you scale the speed I bet it will be almost as fast.


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1. Elevator
2. Firewall Forward
3. Fuselage
4. Horizontal Stabilizer
5. Landing Gear
6. Planning and Paperwork
7. Rudder
8. Tooling
9. Vertical Stabilizer
10. Wings
Hours Summary
Construction 859.68
Planning / Misc 6.10
Tooling 17.63
TOTAL 883.41
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This website is to log my progress while building a Sonex airplane. I purchased the plans for Sonex S/N 767 and began construction around Christmas 2004. I would like to keep my costs down and am currently considering the AeroVee engine. I'm leaning strongly towards tricycle gear.

I've finally settled on using an AeroVee engine and going with the tricycle gear. I know, everyone thinks a Sonex should be built with a tail wheel but I like the tricycle gear and I'm sticking with it.

Recent Builders Log Entries

Jan 22/12
Seat Pan
Type of Work: Construction
Category: Fuselage
Manual Reference: FSNX-08
I finished drilling and then riveting the hinges to the seat pan.
2.12 hrs

Jan 21/12
Structure Hinges and Seat Pan
Type of Work: Construction
Category: Fuselage
Manual Reference: SNX-F08
I made up the structure hinges today and the moved on and started to rivet the hinge to the upper part of the seat pan.
1.75 hrs

Jan 18/12
Seatbelt Attach Assembly
Type of Work: Construction
Category: Fuselage
Manual Reference: SNX-F09
I riveted the seatbelt attach assembly today.
0.58 hrs

Jan 17/12
Seat Belt Attach Assembly
Type of Work: Construction
Category: Fuselage
Manual Reference: F09-02
Today I started on the seat belt attach angle and drilled all of the pilot holes.
0.91 hrs

Jan 16/12
Hinge Pins
Type of Work: Construction
Category: Fuselage
Manual Reference: F08-06
I made up three of the 6 hinge pins needed for the seat today.
0.35 hrs

Jan 14/12
Seat Hinge and Seat Assembly
Type of Work: Construction
Category: Fuselage
Manual Reference: SNX-F08
I started today by forming my seat pan a little further. I did not quite have the 86 degree bend and I wanted to have the bend correct so that I could correctly position the hinge. With the pan formed I located the hinge at each edge of the pan. I drilled the outer end holes and then used the other piece of hinge to ensure the hinge was correctly aligned while I drilled the remaining holes. I then up drilled, trimmed the hinge in the middle and removed the protective plastic from the seat pan in preparation for riveting. After riveting I moved on to make two more seat hinges. I used a sharpie to layout the holes and after drilling to #40 I cleaned up the hinge with acetone. It seems to be the only thing that removes sharpie marks on hinges. The hinges are anodized so they look terrible if you try to clean them up with Scotch-brite.

Preparing To Drill Seat Pan Mid Hinge
Preparing To Drill Seat Pan Mid Hinge
Seat Pan Mid Hinge Drilled To #40
Seat Pan Mid Hinge Drilled To #40
Seat Pan After Drilling
Seat Pan After Drilling
Seat Pan Ready For Riveting
Seat Pan Ready For Riveting
Bottom Of Seat Pan Before Riveting
Bottom Of Seat Pan Before Riveting
Riveted Seat Pan
Riveted Seat Pan
Seat Hinge After Drilling
Seat Hinge After Drilling
   
2.68 hrs

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