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 877.04
Planning / Misc 6.10
Tooling 17.63
TOTAL 900.77
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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

May 6/12
Fuselage Box Assembly
Type of Work: Construction
Category: Fuselage
Manual Reference: SNX-F11
0.67 hrs

May 5/12
Fuselage Box Assembly
Type of Work: Construction
Category: Fuselage
Manual Reference: SNX=F11
Today I installed the side clips
0.31 hrs

May 2/12
Fuselage Box Assembly
Type of Work: Construction
Category: Fuselage
Manual Reference: SNX-F11
Today I continued the fuselage box assembly. I continued to drill the pilot holes for the various parts in the assembly. The last remaining pieces are the side clips which I will get next time.
1.01 hrs

Apr 29/12
Drilling Fuselge Box Assembly
Type of Work: Construction
Category: Fuselage
Manual Reference: SNX-F11
1.28 hrs

Apr 21/12
Fitting Fire Wall
Type of Work: Construction
Category: Fuselage
Manual Reference: SNX-F11
Today I continued to transfer the #40 holes on each side of the fire wall through to each angle as it continued to fit the fire wall to the front of the fuselage. After completing the vertical holes I proceeded to transfer the holes along the forward upper cross tie. Next, I drilled the holes down through the lower crosstie. The last thing today was to drill the holes and fit the upper firewall. I'm a little bit out of sequence to the plans so I need to backtrack a bit on this sheet.

Upper Firewall Fit
Upper Firewall Fit
Firewall from the Front
Firewall from the Front
The Firewall after Drilling the Lower Crosstie
The Firewall after Drilling the Lower Crosstie
Looking Down at the Lower Firewall Crosstie before Drilling
Looking Down at the Lower Firewall Crosstie before Drilling
   
2.03 hrs

Apr 15/12
Fuselage Box Assembly
Type of Work: Construction
Category: Fuselage
Manual Reference: SNX-F11
Today I worked on installing the upper and lower cross ties at the fire wall.
1.33 hrs

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