Date:	12-31-2011
Number of Hours:	2.50
Brief Description:	Tail wheel rod & fittings
- Got some hardware from A/C Spruce today, so finished installing the center seat belts. The reason I needed a -27 bolt (instead of the -13 called on the plans) is because of the LOWERED SEAT MOD that I'm building. This area is wider in the lower seat version. - Watched the EAA video (by Kerry Fores at Sonex) on how to drill the titanium rod for the tail wheel landing gear spring. VERY helpful. Drilled through with a 1/8" cobalt bit, then the final hole with a 1/4" cobalt bit. - Loosely installed the titanium gear spring with its bolt. The plans say to torque it down, but since I still have to drill another hole in the titanium rod, that can't be done yet. - Drilled the 3/8" hole in the pivot fitting (seen in photo #3). - Measured for the pivot fitting at the other end of the rod (set the distance with some duct tape in photo #3). Marked the hole location on the titanium rod. Will drill another night. This wraps up my work of 2011. Total project hours to date = 1,476. Of that, the total for 2011 was 528 hours.